Mercer County Home, local libraries get funds; Mendon residents can buy liquor
By William Kincaid
It was a good night for local levies and issues as all nine initiatives in Mercer and Auglaize counties were successful at the polls Tuesday night.
Mercer County Home
A 1-mill renewal property tax levy for the Mercer County Home easily passed with 63.5 percent of the vote or 8,420 votes. There were 4,833 votes against the levy. [More]
St. Marys school board vice president ousted in close race; Celina board incumbents retain seats
By Shelley Grieshop
Voters in the St. Marys City Schools district ousted an incumbent board member in one of five contested school board races held in the Grand Lake area on Tuesday.
St. Marys City Schools
In an upset, school board Vice President Eric Langsdon, 1550 [More]
By BETTY LAWRENCE and JANIE SOUTHARD
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Too close to call are council races in St. Marys, where two candidates are just one vote apart, and in Minster, where only 12 votes separate three candidates.
COLUMBUS - Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said he would start first thing today making plans for the four casinos that Ohio voters wrote into the state Constitution.
The newly appointed staff of the Mercer County Board of Elections and its board members encountered a few obstacles on Election Day that led to a much delayed release of results.
Results were mixed on the three contested races for council and mayor seats in Celina, Rockford and Coldwater. Most council seats in Mercer and Auglaize counties were uncontested and won by default.
It's the early November tradition: Grand Lake area cross country teams and runners making the trek to Scioto Downs in Columbus for the state cross country meet.
The state cross country championship is a difficult race to predict, mainly because there are so many runners who all finish within a few seconds of each other.
