Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey looks through a stack of folders filled with pending bills regarding sex offenders and admits he is skeptical about the latest - a proposal that would require predators to have fluorescent green license plates on their vehicles. [More]
MINSTER - Dusty manuscripts filled with ancient scribble attract Jan Wilson like a child to a candy store.
A part-time eye doctor and surgeon, Wilson's in-depth knowledge and training in ancient religious studies has given him the ability to translate some of the world's oldest literature into languages that can be read and studied by scholars around the world. [More]
COLUMBUS - What was looking like a tremendous day of potential for the Coldwater wrestling program at the 70th State Wrestling Tournament hit a big roadblock from the start.
The Cavalier trio - Tyler Kunk, Lucas Homan and Adam Grieshop, - lost their opening matches, two via pinfall, as the first day of wrestling got underway at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. [More]
FINDLAY - It didn't take long for Ottawa-Glandorf to realize that Celina was a different team than it was on the first of February when the Titans prevailed by 22 points.
Celina controlled the first quarter of play with as much as a six-point lead, but Ottawa-Glandorf recovered with a great defensive effort over the final three quarters to defeat the Bulldogs, 47-39, in Division II district semifinals action at Findlay High School on Thursday night. [More]
Margaret G. Bushnell, 80, 6122 Burkettsville-St. Henry Road, Celina, died at 12:35 p.m. Feb. 26, 2007, at the Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Those attending Wildlife Summit ask if poor water quality is to blame
Ohio Division of Wildlife officials could offer no firm answers for why the crappie fishing on Grand Lake has been less than mediocre and why the state's walleye stocking program has shown lackluster results locally.
Betty Lawrence's column "Naturally Speaking" is among the finalists in the annual Associated Press contest for best column for Ohio daily newspapers with a circulation between 8,000 and 12,999.
A Coldwater woman who bit off nearly one-third of a man's tongue will learn her fate March 21 in Mercer County Common Pleas Court when she is sentenced.
COLDWATER - When the tournament brackets were drawn a few weeks ago, the matchup most area basketball fans were looking forward to was a possible district final featuring a pair of state-ranked teams in Fort Recovery and New Knoxville.
If Coldwater was going to upset 20-2 Swanton in Division III district semifinal action at Defiance on Thursday night, then the Cavaliers were going to need a big night from star Kendra Robbins.
NEW BREMEN - Sharon Fiely Anderson hadn't lifted an artist paint brush for a decade when she was inspired to share her talent with a church in El Salvador.
