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.

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. [More]

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.

Celina Planning Commission on Thursday night had no problem recommending the vacation of two alleys crisscrossing the property of Mercer Landmark. [More]

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.

It's the time of year for purchasing gifts, preparing heavenly desserts and spending time with family and friends.

But through the hustle and bustle of the season, it's easy to forget the reason for celebration: Jesus' birth.

The Celina girls basketball team played a near flawless first half on Thursday night and it was more than enough to beat Defiance.

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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. [More]

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.

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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.