CELINA - Communication complications are hindering the move of the city's police department into the basement of the recently purchased building on Main Street.

FORT RECOVERY - A heavy downpour of rain Monday morning along the western edge of Mercer County left a state highway flooded and closed to traffic for several hours. [More]

VERSAILLES - The body of an unidentified man was removed from a burning camper north of the village early Monday morning.

The Darke County Sheriff

The four children of former Celina residents Don and Betty Purdy, who passed away in June 2012, gathered Thursday in Celina to dedicate three pianos the family donated to Celina City Schools.

Ryan Kemper has been hired as the new district conservationist for Mercer County. He started the new post Monday.

Kemper is a familiar face in the

MINSTER - The top two seeds earned come-from-behind wins as the Auglaize County ACME baseball sectional tournament finally got underway on Monday after Sunday's rainouts.