ROCKFORD - Samantha Beerbower is well into a multi-faceted FFA project that she began from the ground up. It's chrysanthemums. She's been raising and selling these colorful autumn posies for three years.

Several property owners in Celina are pursuing building restoration projects with the help of a downtown revitalization grant.

On Thursday afternoon, members of the newly formed Celina Design Review Commission approved multiple requests for improvement projects.

The local health department is closing the book on investigations into two unrelated parties this summer that sickened nearly 150 people.

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Babies, sunsets, corn fields.

Picture an image and it's likely on display somewhere in the community center at the Mercer County Fairgrounds.

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Much discussion must happen before Celina City Schools board of education changes the high school's current seven-period day to a five-period day in school year 2010-2011. The switch also would change the grading period from quarters to trimesters.

Attorneys for 23-year-old Nicholas Schwieterman of Chickasaw, who was sentenced to 24 years in prison for a quadruple traffic fatality, have filed another appeal. This time they are seeking to overturn Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Ingraham's decision to deny a new trial.

A downtown Celina business has only one more hoop to jump through to obtain a low-interest loan for a large renovation/addition project.

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Remember when your elementary school teacher asked you to collect and identify insects for a school project. That was something I enjoyed and still remember even though it was decades (and decades) ago.

MARIA STEIN - College student Sarah Hess recalls spending a portion of her childhood visiting the sprawling Maria Stein Center and gawking at the rich history inside. [More]

COLUMBUS - Tony Harlamert said that Ohio State's photo day was a bit crazier than the ones he had at Coldwater.

The freshman walk-on, along with fe

COLUMBUS - In an area that already was rich in traditionally sending football players to Ohio State, the Grand Lake area continues to do its part in supporting the Buckeyes' gridiron program. [More]

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Local girls golf teams gathered at Stillwater Country Club to take part in the Versailles Lady Tiger Tee Invitational on Thursday.

The Mercer County Fair will have three days of harness racing as part of its schedule, starting Sunday with a 1:30 p.m. program.

Sunday's action will be highlighted by several events, including the presenation of Blue Ribbon Fair award given out by the United States Trotting Assocition.