ST. HENRY - With a westerly wind at his face, Moe leaps over a set of double bars like a graceful ballerina.

He eagerly runs in the shadow of his master, focusing on her commands as he picks up speed through a bright red, U-shaped tunnel.

CELINA - A first-degree misdemeanor charge of inducing panic filed against a 95-year-old Montezuma man was dismissed Friday morning in Celina Municipal Court. [More]

CELINA - The aroma of mouth-watering barbecue wafted across the Mercer County Fairgrounds Friday as the fourth annual Ribfest kicked off.

The food

NEW BREMEN - Michael Staton lost his father to cancer before he had a chance to really know him as an adult. In the early 1990s it became the young man's quest to learn more.

ST. MARYS - A 20-year-old St. Marys man was injured when the ATV he was operating struck a car at 6:11 p.m. Tuesday on Southway Road in St. Marys.

COLDWATER - The racing was so exciting at the annual Mercer County Knights of Columbus Track and Field Meet that the lights went out as the race wrapped up, although stormy weather was the true culrpit. [More]

ROSSBURG - Joey Saldana loves Eldora Speedway.

Saldana, a two-time Kings Royal champion, picked up his seventh career World of Outlaw feature win at the high-banked, one-half mile oval on Friday night.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Mitchel Poeppelman homered and drove in five runs as Ross Heitkamp and Chase Paxson kept St. Henry in check, allowing Minster to take over second place in the MAC by themselves with a 8-5 win at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.