CELINA - Versa Pak wants to expand its facilities here and add 15 new employees in the next five years, if a city ordinance is approved by council members. [More]

CELINA - Sales tax revenue continues to climb in Mercer County - with March numbers up 2.73 percent from one year ago.

But county officials aren't dancing a jig just yet.

FILBURNS ISLAND - A published historian and former state historic preservation office director is at work on several projects at her home on this small island in Lake Loramie. She's a first-class history buff who has helped put structures and places in Mercer County on many maps.

ST. MARYS - A full house but fairly quiet group heard city council pass a resolution Monday to loan money to improve storefronts at the Fort Barbee building downtown. [More]

CELINA - The city's unencumbered balance for 2010 is projected to be $123,607 - a bit better than a previous estimate of $50,300.

The city's personnel and finance committee met Monday to review the budget one last time.

ST. HENRY - Village council members on Monday heard first reading of an ordinance to establish a 100 percent, 10-year tax abatement for a building owned by Buschur's Refrigeration and Air Conditioning.

COLDWATER - Village Law Director Judy Koesters hopes a timetable will hasten the owner of a vacant home at 412 W. Main St. to become compliant with the nuisance rules in the village zoning ordinance.

WILLSHIRE - Four area fire departments responded to a Saturday night fire near Willshire that destroyed a barn and damaged two nearby structures.

A passing motorist from Michigan called 911 at 8:11 p.m. to report the fire at a property owned by Alvin Buchanan at 11319 state Route 49.

A 44-year-old Coldwater man remains incarcerated at the Mercer County Adult Detention Center after grand jurors returned a two-count indictment charging him with rape and sexual battery.

It's amazing what turning in a resume will do.

St. Henry volleyball standout Kenzie Bruggeman sent a questionaire to the University of Indianapolis and a short time later, was given the opportunity to sign with the NCAA Division II powerhouse.

From staff and wire reports

COLUMBUS - Jared Sullinger and Cameron Wright, two highly sought recruits who had remarkable senior seasons, headline the 2010 Associated Press Division I and II All-Ohio boys basketball teams.