The economic impact of Grand Lake's blue-green algae crisis is about as murky as its water.
Sales tax revenues in Mercer County rose 2 percent this summer over the same time period last year and recent lake-area home sales show overall property values increasing. However, officials say tourism has plummeted and lakeside businesses are claiming up to a 40 percent loss of income. [More]
Prior to the kickoff of the 1960 football season, the red carpet of the Western Buckeye League was expected to weave through St. Marys.
Hoping to keep their own league title hopes alive, Paul Ponzuric's Coldwater Cavaliers hosted the Roughriders 50 years ago this week in an attempt to derail the Roughrider train. Fans on both sides held a collective breath of optimism after one quarter when the squads were deadlocked at zero. [More]
The Celina Police Department continues to investigate a rash of residential burglaries in recent days, including one that occurred while the homeowner was working in the yard.
A joint effort involving the Grand Lake Drug Task Force and law enforcement officers in Mercer and Auglaize counties resulted in the arrest of 22 people on drug charges.
COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village Schools has received a $397,726 Jobs Protection Grant that is an extension of President Barack Obama's federal stimulus program.
A Celina woman and her toddler were injured when a Coldwater driver failed to yield at an intersection in the St. Marys area at 1:18 p.m. Sept. 24, according to a report from the Wapakoneta post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The regular season for high school football is already half over, though teams who will make the playoffs have only earned about a third of the computer points they will have at the end of the season.
