Mercer County voters will decide the fate of a dozen issues that will appear on the Nov. 6 election ballot.
  Only two countywide issues will appear [More]

The water in Grand Lake was tested Thursday as part of a first-ever Survey of the Nation's Lakes.

The 13,500-acre lake is among 19 in Ohio and 909 across the United States randomly selected for the testing. [More]

Blackcreek Township will get its polling site back if township trustees can bring the township house into compliance with accessibility laws.

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It's one high-profile case after another for Wapakoneta attorney Kris Poppe who this week successfully defended the highest-ranking military officer involved in the Iraqi prison abuse scandal.

The Mercer County Board of Elections certified petitions of all local candidates for the Nov. 6 election, essentially finalizing the ballot.

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A Montezuma woman faces up to six months at a community-based corrections center after pleading guilty to three counts of theft by deception.

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Veyance Technologies has named a new plant manager to assume supervision of the St. Marys facility effective tomorrow.

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MINSTER - Katie Dahlinghaus remembers visiting Washington, D.C., as an eighth-grader and staring in awe at the impressive residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

FORT RECOVERY - Third grade teacher Nicole Homan said she had a uniquely rewarding experience last school year while caring for a student with Fragile X Syndrome - an incurable genetic disability causing learning and cognitive disabilities.

An overmatched Wapakoneta volleyball team traveled to Celina on Thursday and the Bulldogs handled the Redskins easily.

Celina started a little slow

Sometimes you get the breaks, and sometimes you don't.

In the first half, Celina was helped by the crossbar, but the second half was a different story as a rebound header off the crossbar was the game-winner as Findlay defeated the Bulldogs 2-1 at the Soccer Stadium.

COLDWATER - The old adage about the difficulty of getting conference wins on the road proved true again on Thursday night, as the Marion Local Flyers struggled, but survived, to post a 25-27, 25-14, 26-24, 25-17 victory over the Coldwater Cavaliers. [More]

ROCKFORD - The Parkway Panthers used a solid defensive effort to down the Fort Recovery Indians 25-21, 25-17, 25-19 in Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball action Thursday night at Panther Gymnasium.

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Celina opened Western Buckeye League boys soccer play with a convincing 5-0 win at Wapakoneta on Thursday night.