Although sales tax revenue is climbing, the fear of vanishing state funds later this year prompted Mercer County officials to make cuts to the 2011 budget. [More]

MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Schools board of education will conduct the first round of interviews with superintendent candidates on Monday night.

The board initially received 13 applications and narrowed the field to four finalists.

Mercer County Board of Elections employees all received positive evaluations and raises at an elections board meeting this week.

Board members Toni

All school districts in Mercer County may begin storing documents digitally.

Mercer County Educational Service Center (ESC) Superintendent Andy Smith informed ESC governing board members this week of the possible change.

ROCKFORD - A 21-year-old Rockford man accused of robbing another man at a party last summer wants to withdrawal his previous guilty plea and obtain a new lawyer.

The Celina boys basketball team opened the Western Buckeye League schedule with a loss nearly five weeks ago, but the Bulldogs can erase the disappointing memory of that loss on Friday night.

When Kyle Bornhorst laced up her basketball shoes for the first time in the mid-1970s at Minster High School, the sport with which she was about to set sail was a relatively new concept. [More]

Three new members will be enshrined into the Fort Recovery High School Athletic Hall of Fame between the boys' jayvee and varsity games on Saturday night when Franklin-Monroe visits Fort Site Fieldhouse.

The Four Corners: Four area games of interest this weekend
Thursday
Girls Basketball
Minster at Fort Recovery

Sole possession of first place in the Midwest Athletic Conference is on the line as two state-ranked teams meet at Fort Site Fieldhouse.