Celina High School, the middle school and Tri Star building were training targets this morning for six drug dogs and about 25 area law enforcement officers. The exercise resulted in the arrest of a high school female for underage possession. [More]

ST. MARYS - The new fountain statuary in Heritage Park was once in Memorial Park, until it was replaced by the clock tower donated to the city by AAP St. Marys Corporation in 1988.

COLDWATER - A plan to improve efficiency and reduce waiting time at Doctor's Urgent Care in Celina appears to be working.

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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Mercer County Regional Planning Commission have granted variances to allow local developer Steve Klosterman a new ingress/egress off U.S. 127.

ST. HENRY - Burkettsville residents living on the Mercer County side of the village will no longer be paying two separate fire levies due to the creation of a new fire district. [More]

A Montezuma woman returned to Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon for resentencing on three counts of theft by deception.

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COLDWATER - The color of hospital patient wristbands is changing locally and across the state of Ohio to bring about consistency and to prevent deadly mistakes.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Celina brought home three top seeds for the Western Buckeye League tennis tournament starting today at the Collett Street Courts in Lima.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Friday could be a historic night in Fort Recovery.

The 3-2 Indians play host to St. John's at Barrenbrugge Park in Midwest Athletic Conference play and the Blue Jays have won two straight after starting the season 0-3.

Last Game: Kenton got six touchdown passes from Trevor Beazley in beating Bath 46-14. ... Celina had trouble stopping the Shawnee running attack, falling 42-20 at Shawnee.

Last Week: Coldwater stopped a long St. Henry drive at the start of the game, then clamped down the rest of the way to make it 11 straight wins over

Last Game: The Flyers made it 17 consecutive wins in blowing out Minster 57-0 on Homecoming. ... The Tigers had a solid defensive game, but could not get much offense going in losing 14-7 to St. John's on Saturday night.

Last Game: St. Marys looked a lot better and kept the penalties down in beating Auglaize County rival Wapakoneta 17-9. ... Ottawa-Glandorf became sole holder of the WBL lead in drilling Elida 66-0.

Last Game: St. Henry's best chance to score came in the first series of the game. After that, the Redskins struggled in losing to Coldwater for the 1

Last Game: The Cardinals suffered their seventh straight loss - spanning two seasons - in falling 34-0 to Parkway. ... The Wildcats ran into the Flyer Buzzsaw in losing 57-0 at Booster Field.