ST. MARYS - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Tuesday met with St. Marys and New Bremen officials and discussed heroin, synthetic drugs and programs offered by the state to assist residents and police departments.
St. Marys Police Chief Mark Ernst said the biggest concern his department is dealing with is heroin. DeWine said heroin is an epidemic affecting every county in Ohio. [More]
WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Health Department is now enrolled in a federal program designed to help improve response to foodborne outbreaks such as salmonella.
Director of nursing Cindy Jones told board members Tuesday the health department applied and was approved for the Foodborne Diseases Centers for Outbreak Response program, known as FoodCORE, to better handle cases such as food poisoning. The program is available free of charge. [More]
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a possible scam that is popping up throughout the county.
Sheriff Jeff Grey said his office received at least four complaints this morning and several Tuesday regarding phone calls from people advertising they are with a software company and telling the consumer something is wrong with the computer the consumer owns. [More]
Attorneys for a Union City man accused of murdering two Fort Recovery residents in November 2011 seek to move his case out of Mercer County and suppress at trial statements he made to law enforcement officers.
CELINA - A Grand Lake Watershed grain and hog farmer said he agrees with new rules for livestock farmers that help reduce phosphorous loading in Grand Lake to combat algae blooms.
CELINA - If the city enforced a law requiring sidewalks to be free of snow and ice, most of the residents in Celina would be arrested, according to safety service director Tom Hitchcock.
NEW BREMEN - Village officials are hoping test well sites west of town on Crown Equipment Corporation farm property are capable of providing additional water needed to meet New Bremen's future needs.
NEW BREMEN - During the decade Samantha Fledderjohann worked at Green Thumb Farm Market she developed a feel for what customers want. Her desire to operate her own restaurant has led to the creation of Green Thumb Farm Fresh Cafe.
Elijah Kahlig's basket with three seconds left in the game allowed Fort Recovery to remain unbeaten in Midwest Athletic Conference play with a 49-47 triumph over Delphos St. John's in a rescheduled league game Tuesday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
Marion Local's girls basketball team lost to New Knoxville and Minster last week and dropped from first to eighth in this week's Division IV high school state poll.
