A Minster-area father tearfully told a courtroom of people on Wednesday he will never be able to take his young daughter to Walt Disney World, teach her to ride a bicycle or walk her down the aisle.
John Bruns made the statements prior to the sentencing of illegal alien Jinghao Xu on a single count of vehicular homicide in connection with the death of Bruns' 3-year-old daughter, Aubrey Lynn. Xu pleaded no contest to the charge. [More]
ST. HENRY - A great teacher can make a world of difference in the life of a student.
The six Mercer County students who were honored for their academic achievements on Wednesday night at the annual Franklin B. Walter All Scholastic Awards banquet spoke passionately about the one teacher who influenced them most. [More]
Fort Recovery has been a member of the Midwest Athletic Conference since the fall of 1977, and over the last 35 years the boys' basketball team has captured four MAC championships.
The Indians won their second MAC crown in the last three years this past season and Fort Recovery swept the annual Daily Standard's Player and Coach of the Year honors. [More]
Local and federal law enforcement officers found that most sex offenders in Mercer County are residing at the homes they registered with the sheriff's department.
Mercer County health department staff will take a 7 percent cut in pay, work an hour less each week and lose holiday pay the rest of the year to trim $70,000 from the agency's budget.
NEW BREMEN - Residents will receive mailed surveys as early as next week to provide board of education members input on a proposed school construction project and general opinions on the district.
FORT RECOVERY - Southwest Mercer firefighters responded to a machine shed fire Tuesday afternoon in the 1600 block of St. Peter Road.
The 10-by-20-foot structure owned by Patrick Reinhard was fully engulfed when four fire trucks and 15 to 18 firefighters arrived on the scene around 4:30 p.m.
As New Bremen's Aaron Powers crouched down and adjusted his feet onto his starting block, he mentally blocked out the other seven competitors performing the same ritual only a few feet around him.
