GRAND LAKE - Sunday's drive-it-yourself public tour highlighting activities aimed at improving Grand Lake's water quality was a success, an organizer said.
About 150 people visited each of the eight stops, Nikki Hawk, district administrator/education specialist with the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District, said. [More]
ROSSBURG - In 2002, virtual unknown Brian Birkhofer made one of the most famous passes in dirt late model history when he passed Scott Bloomquist with the "slide job heard around the World" in the final corner of the final lap to win the World 100 at Eldora Speedway. [More]
VERSAILLES - Coldwater countered Versailles' hot start at the re-start of Friday's suspended game on Saturday by scoring at the end of the first half and at the start of the second half on the way to a 21-7 victory over the Tigers at Hole Field in the Midwest Athletic Conference lidlifter for both teams. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County's bicentennial barn is being dismantled one piece at a time, but the hand-painted logo that drew considerable interest over the years may reappear in some fashion.
ST. MARYS - The Ohio Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a St. Marys man who was convicted of beating to death a man outside a bar two years ago.
GREENVILLE - A motorcyclist remains in critical condition after his vehicle was struck by a car at the intersection of Childrens Home Bradford Road and U.S. 127 on Saturday morning.
DEFIANCE - With just 4:13 remaining in its suspended game against Defiance, Celina's football team needed a defensive stand on Saturday afternoon to earn its first Western Buckeye League win of the season.
MINSTER - When Friday night's game was suspended with the Minster Wildcats leading the New Bremen Cardinals 21-0 in the second quarter, everything was going Minster's way.
ROCKFORD - After a shaky start on Friday night, the Marion Local Flyers roared to life less than a day later to finish the postponed game against the Parkway Panthers.
Celina's girls soccer team scored early and often to improve to 5-2 on the season following an 11-1 win over Greenville on Saturday night at the Soccer Stadium.
