CELINA - In an effort to curb the city's bleak financial situation, Celina City Council members on Monday night abolished two full-time parks and recreation jobs.
The position of recreation office service coordinator, held by Donna Birt, is now classified as part time. Birt will be offered the new position, officials said. The job held by Chad Howell as parks maintenance crew leader assistant was abolished. [More]
Eight Mercer County farmers will split $18,000 in grant money during the next two years to plant winter cover crops as a way to help transition to no-till farming.
The grant comes from the USDA's North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE). [More]
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office encourages area residents to take note of suspicious activities in their neighborhood in the wake of daytime burglaries occurring in a two-county area.
WAPAKONETA - Voter turnout at the May 4 primary in Auglaize County was 5,152, or 15.8 percent of the 32,489 registered voters in the county, according to the official ballot count completed Monday.
COLDWATER - The accidental death of a city worker in Middletown earlier this month has led village manager/engineer Eric Thomas to seek a gas detector for the village.
Mercer and Auglaize county unemployment figures improved during the month of April, according to data released today from the Ohio Job and Family Services.
ST. MARYS - Memorial High School will graduate 188 members of the 2010 senior class at 2 p.m. Sunday in McBroom Gymnasium. This class will forever carry the distinction of being the last class to complete four full years in the 1923 building.
The Republican Party selected St. Henry resident Dave Kaiser as their candidate for Mercer County treasurer on the November ballot.
The unanimous appointment Monday night at the Republican Party's special meeting was a formality. Kaiser was appointed as interim treasurer by the party in April.
ST. MARYS - Council members conducted routine business quickly Monday night and spent time on some local concerns that homeowners should address, such as blocking driveways and brush in the street.
