ST. MARYS - Striking Steelworkers need to go back to work and let the powers that be negotiate on a day-to-day basis as they were doing before the Oct. 5 strike, says Mike Harvey, a USW man with more than 29 years at Goodyear.
"A strike may serve a certain time frame, say 60 to 90 days; but after that, it's just an economic disaster for the union members," Harvey said from his St. Marys home Thursday afternoon. [More]
ST. MARYS - Celina erased a seven-point deficit at the beginning of the fourth quarter and Liz Homan hit the game-winner for the Bulldogs in a 46-45 win over St. Marys on Thursday night.
The Bulldogs' win in the annual rivalry meeting stops a three-game losing streak as the Green and White improve to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the Western Buckeye League. St. Marys slips to 1-3 on the season and 0-2 in league play. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - The first big Midwest Athletic Conference matchup of the season pitted two unbeaten teams that had easy times of things in their first three games.
Fort Recovery got the hot hand early, saw Versailles get a hot streak of its own, then the Indians got hot again when they needed to getting a 47-38 win over the Tigers at Fort Site Fieldhouse on Thursday night. [More]
About 30 local government and agriculture leaders met Thursday in Celina to create a local plan to minimize the economic damage from a potential infectious animal disease outbreak.
Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members Thursday adopted a protocol for reporting alleged violations of wintertime manure application, which can cause stream pollution.
Okay, it's nearing Christmas and time to put up the tree.
There are those who love the look and smell of a real evergreen for their holiday tree, and then there are those on the opposite end of the spectrum who prefer the ease of an artificial tree.
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Flyers used a strong defensive effort to overcome an ugly offensive showing to down the St. Henry Redskins, 50-38, on Thursday night in the Midwest Athletic Conference opener for both teams at the Hangar.
