Candidates are needed for elected positions in four Mercer County communities.
Five council seats and one public affairs board position remained without contenders for the Nov. 7 general election following Wednesday's filing deadline.
WAPAKONETA - A state official objected to a local official's report that the Miami & Erie Canal is to blame for flooding problems in St. Marys and New Bremen.
A 16-year-old Celina boy is undergoing treatment at a Dayton hospital following a Wednesday night accident that touched off a search of Coldwater Creek for a possible passenger. [More]
A 28-year-old Celina man will spend up to six months at a community-based residential treatment center for his actions related to an apparent drug overdose.
CINCINNATI - After playing three hours of some of the most popular contemporary music of the 20th century, one thing is sure - Paul McCartney doesn't need visual gimmicks to entertain the masses.
For many of the area's baseball fans who wanted to keep up with the progress of Cory Luebke's Major League Baseball career, newspapers, television and computers were the only outlets unless they wanted to travel to see him play for the San Diego Padres.
Minster and Wapakoneta were tied at 345 after Wednesday's tournament, but an 89 by the Wildcats' fifth-golfer Xavier Francis in the tiebreak allowed Minster to grab county bragging rights during the Auglaize County Open at Wapakoneta Country Club.
