Local school leaders are still digesting the National Rifle Association's recommendation on Tuesday that selected school staff be trained as armed security officers. One administrator called it a "knee-jerk" reaction. [More]

CELINA - What a difference a year makes.

The total cost to remove snow and ice from Mercer County roads this year was $244,150 - up nearly 60 percent from the mild winter of 2011-2012.

NEW BREMEN - The Community Improvement Corporation honored a local businessman and two relocated businesses during its annual luncheon Wednesday afternoon.

COLDWATER - A community garden will be sprouting this spring in the village.

"We wanted to give Coldwater residents the opportunity to grow their o

A 21-year-old Coldwater man pleaded no contest Monday afternoon to assault and received a suspended jail sentence in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

Philip Hibner, 219 W. South St., apologized for his actions and told Judge Jeffrey Ingraham he had no desire to return to court.

DAYTON - The house lights faded and the sold-out Nutter Center became black as death, the stage now properly set for Elton John's multi-part epic "Funeral for Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)" midway through his concert Wednesday night.

CARTHAGENA - A chance discussion years ago regarding an art show at St. Charles Senior Living Center has led to an event appropriately named Artistry Under the Dome.

While the San Diego Padres opened the 2013 Major League Baseball season at Citi Field in New York against the Mets, Cory Luebke was in San Diego continuing his rehabilitation to get back to pitching in the majors. [More]

For three seasons in the early 1990s, Marion Local's Adam McFarland was nearly untouchable.

With a lightning-quick release from the sprinter's block and blazing speed down the straightaway, opponents had little hope of beating him in a foot race.