A man and a woman were arrested this week as suspects in a rash of burglaries in the Versailles area including the theft of gifts from under Christmas trees.
In custody on parole violations are John A. Nelson, 23, of Lima, and Vivian "Paige" Jasso, 27, of Versailles. The pair were arrested Wednesday at a home on Wood Street in Versailles during a follow-up investigation into numerous home burglaries and vehicle break-ins during the past two weeks. [More]
Celina Planning Commission on Thursday night had no problem recommending the vacation of two alleys crisscrossing the property of Mercer Landmark.
Planning members Tom Hone, Eldon Wetter, Ralph Stelzer, Celina Safety Service Director Rick Bachelor and Celina Mayor Sharon LaRue unanimously recommended vacating the alleys after listening to a brief presentation by Mercer Landmark attorney Tom Lammers. [More]
ROCKFORD - The Fort Recovery Indians went on the road and took care of business as they used a great defensive effort to defeat the Parkway Panthers, 73-28, in Midwest Athletic Conference action on Thursday night at Panther Gymnasium.
With the win, its third in a row, Fort Recovery improves to 4-1 on the season and 2-0 in the conference while Parkway falls to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the MAC. [More]
Raymond C. Flaute, 89, 2171 Cassella-Montezuma Road, Maria Stein, died at 12:27 p.m. Dec. 17, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Mercer County officials got an early Christmas gift this week as most bids for a multi-million dollar sanitary sewer project in Marion Township came in much lower than project estimates.
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a rash of thefts involving vehicles, tools and money in the Chickasaw area after receiving three reports in a two-hour period Wednesday morning.
Beaver trapping will be allowed in portions of Grand Lake St. Marys State Park from Dec. 26 through Feb. 28.
Brian Miller, assistant manager at the park, said the state park started getting calls this fall from lakeside residents about beavers damaging their trees.
Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday opened six bids for an estimated $800,000 bridge project on Township Line Road.
The highest bid submitted was $789,937 from R.B. Jergens Contractors of Vandalia. The lowest bid of $658,252 came from RG Zachrich Construction of Defiance.
Rockford Village Council members discussed a variety of topics at Tuesday night's regular council meeting: overtime, the pool committee, banner display, hydrants, to name a few. As well, the January meeting date has been changed to Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m.
Mercer County Sheriff's deputies responded to a Montezuma-area home Wednesday afternoon and found a 45-year-old man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
NEW BREMEN - Coldwater shrugged off an early New Bremen fast start and held off a feisty Cardinal squad for its second straight win, and first conference win of the season, in beating New Bremen 56-47 at Cardinal Gymnasium on Thursday night.
Versailles used a 20-9 second-quarter burst to pull ahead of St. Henry, handing the Redskins their first loss of the season by a 48-43 margin in Midwest Athletic Conference play at Redskin Gymnasium. The Tigers go to 6-1 on the season and 3-0 in the conference.
