Todd Mangen, director of the Ohio State University Extension office in Mercer County, will be out of a job in May as a direct result of funding shortfalls at the state level. [More]

PIQUA - Every farm group in Ohio should unite to fight an animal rights group whose ultimate goal is to end modern livestock production.

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St. Henry schools Superintendent Rod Moorman was not chosen for the superintendent position he applied for at Green Local Schools near Akron.

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A Dayton man pleaded not guilty late last week to charges he shot a St. Marys man in the neck during a drug deal in Dayton in February.

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A garage was destroyed and a home damaged by fire Friday night along Parker Street in St. Marys.

The owner of the property, Doug Obringer, 409 Park [More]

Several Mercer County bars, bowling alleys, clubs and their patrons dug into their pockets during tough times and helped collected nearly $5,000 recently for a St. Anthony soldier seriously injured Jan. 8 while serving in Afghanistan.

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St. Marys senior Paul Lauth completed his high school wrestling career with a victory to earn Division II All-Ohio status at the 2009 State Wrestling Tournament at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University on Saturday.