GRAND LAKE - A group of 87 landowners downstream from Grand Lake on Thursday filed a motion in the Ohio Supreme Court to hold the state in contempt for failing to compensate them for their flooded land in a timely manner. [More]

CELINA - Mercer County will receive nearly 24 percent less in state funds next year.

The cut follows a nearly 30 percent slashing of local government funds this year, as part of Ohio Gov. John Kasich's 2011 plan to balance the state budget.

Two human cases of West Nile virus were confirmed this week in Mercer County.

The cases involve two women - one in her 30s and one in her 50s - who

CELINA - A Coldwater construction company was tapped Thursday to build a fire department building in Chattanooga.

Mercer County Commissioners award

Grain farmers should skip storage and cash in on historically high corn and soybeans prices, a local grain marketing consultant said.

John Leighty, [More]

Authorities continue to investigate the discovery of drugs with a street value of $10,000 at the home of a 30-year-old Celina man on probation through Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

WAPAKONETA - Electric rates will be decreasing soon for some residents in Auglaize County.

Residents in Moulton, Clay and St. Marys townships voted

WAPAKONETA - Pyrotechnic equipment used on-stage by rock bands KISS and Mötley Crüe was strewn across Interstate 75 on Wednesday morning after a semitrailer overturned at 8:20 a.m. between Wapakoneta and Cridersville.

If you love flowering vines as much as I do, you will appreciate Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis terniflora), a vine that currently is in full bloom.

CELINA - Pastor Steve Clayton considers himself incredibly blessed to be serving in Celina. Members of his congregation feel the same way.

Clayton

ST. MARYS - Despite a solid defensive effort by Coldwater, St. Marys scored a trio of goals before Mother Nature ended the game prematurely with the Roughriders earning a 3-0 victory over the Cavaliers. [More]

ST. HENRY - Diana Kramer's St. Henry Redskins are successfully defending their Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball title from a year ago thus far

COLDWATER - The Coldwater Cavaliers used a big comeback in the fifth game of their match on Thursday night to post a 25-18, 22-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-13 Midwest Athletic Conference win over the Versailles Tigers at The Palace.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Celina's quest for a fifth straight Western Buckeye League volleyball title opened with a loss last week to Ottawa-G