ST. MARYS - Late last year a local teenager broke into his former girlfriend's house armed with a knife. The apparent plan was a murder/suicide. By the time city police crisis negotiators arrived he was barricaded in the bathroom.
Once at the scene the negotiators talked with other officers and people who might know the situation. The aim was to gauge the depth of the teen's emotional state as well as discover background information. [More]
A Mercer County agency that provides job services will share more than $1 million in stimulus funds with three other area counties.
The local Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and its One Stop System was recently notified of the $1,051,479 award through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Mercer County will split the funds with three other counties in the Area 8 region: Auglaize, Van Wert and Hardin. [More]
Election Day is Tuesday and polling locations will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voters still need to bring identification to the polls in order to vote.
"Also, if you have moved or changed your name and did not update your voter registration, you will have to vote a provisional ballot at your new precinct," said Carolyn Campbell, executive director of Auglaize County Election Board, speaking of requirements for all voters. [More]
St. Marys hits three home runs in 14-0 victory over Celina
By Ryan Hines
ST. MARYS - The bats were sizzling for the St. Marys softball team on Wednesday afternoon as the Roughriders hosted the rival Celina Bulldogs at K.C. Geiger Park.
St. Marys belted 19 hits, including three home runs, during a 14-0 thrashing of Celina in a five-inning Western Buckeye League affair. [More]
Fr. Robert Onofrey, C.PP.S., 76, died at 5:10 p.m. April 28, 2009, in the infirmary of St. Charles Center, Carthagena, following an extended illness. [More]
Industry officials say pork is safe; no virus detected in any swine worldwide
The swine flu outbreak sickening people has caused a drop in hog prices as officials scramble to dispel misinformation on the virus, which appears to have no connection to pigs at all.
A 26-year-old Celina man entered Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon and flashed a quick smile minutes before pleading not guilty to charges stemming from the death of his infant stepson.
NEW BREMEN - Village councilor Delores Stienecker smiled broadly Tuesday night as fellow councilors unanimously authorized seeking bids for the construction of a lockkeeper's house along the Miami and Erie Canal.
The half-a-century-old Stauf- fer lift station located on Myers Road will most likely be relinquished by the city of Celina.
"This station, in my opinion, should have been abandoned years ago," wastewater treatment plant Superintendent Kerry Duncan said at a recent utilities committee meeting.
A Celina man faces an assault charge after he walked out of a local mental health facility and later scuffled with a deputy attempting to talk him into going back.
Ellen Keyes of New Bremen can't imagine a day without art.
From the design of clothes, cars and computers to the pleasure and expression of music and painting, art permeates all aspects of life, Keyes, the executive director of Gateway Arts Council in Sidney, says.
St. Henry rallied to score a run in the bottom of the seventh to tie Lehman and send the game into extra innings, but the Cavaliers scored three times in the top of the 10th to leave the Wally Post Athletic Complex with a 6-3 win over the Redskins.
