CELINA - The generosity of Christmas was on full display Sunday afternoon at the Mercer County Fairgrounds as a group of local families distributed several items to people in need.
Toys, clothes, hygiene products and enough food to make a holiday meal were provided to 43 families and 110 children. Santa Claus also appeared. [More]
ST. HENRY - After a sluggish start to Saturday's game, St. Henry's girls basketball team did nearly everything they needed to do to rally and beat Lima Central Catholic.
However, LCC's Stacia Allen canned a pair of free throws with 16.8 seconds left in the game to put the visitors on top 51-50 and teammate Ty Taylor's free throws with three seconds on the clock helped the T-Birds escape Redskin Gymnasium with a 53-50 win. [More]
Ryan Dean Berg, 7-month-old son of Jamie Berg and Stephanie Gillingham, New Bremen, died at 3:32 p.m. Dec. 9, 2011, at Children's Hospital, Cincinnati. [More]
County commissioners for the third straight year are requesting wage freezes for county workers, even though previous pleas were ignored by several agencies - including themselves.
COLDWATER - Coldwater Police are investigating a second burglary in less than a week - this one involving a residence.
The owners of a home in the 1000 block of Terrace Avenue arrived home shortly after 7:30 p.m. to discover someone had broken a back door and entered the premises.
VAN WERT - The Coldwater boys basketball team had a seven-point lead in the third quarter during Saturday's season opener, but Van Wert's extra weeks of conditioning and two-game experience helped the Cougars rally for a 59-43 victory over the Cavaliers.
Fort Recovery's 16-2 advantage in the third quarter put the game out of reach as the Indians improve to 4-0 on the season after a 65-42 blowout victory over Ansonia on Saturday night in Darke County.
