CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections officials want county employees to have the option to serve as poll workers without using vacation or compensatory time when away from their regular jobs. [More]

CELINA - A local excavation company this week was awarded a nearly $1 million contract to repair the crumbling West Bank Road.

Mercer County Commis

MARIA STEIN - Marion Local School board members Wednesday night learned a Chickasaw business has requested a 10-year tax abatementfor a new building

CELINA - The 59th Miss Lake Festival Pageant is 8 p.m. Monday in the Celina High School Education Complex auditorium. A pre-show starts at 7:30 p.m.

CELINA - The Miss Lake Festival Outstanding Teen pageant will not be held this year due to lack of contestants.

Judges instead will appoint MacKenzie Lange as the 2014 Outstanding Teen.

The Miss Lake Festival Princess Camp is a mentoring program designed for young girls who have an interest in some day competing in pageants and promoting community service.

ARCHBOLD - Coldwater skipper Tom Brunswick was hoping to get at least five innings out of pitcher Kyle McKibben on Wednesday night.

He gave the Cavaliers much more than that.

Keith Wenning had about three weeks to himself between workouts in mini-camp with the Baltimore Ravens and other considerations for the NFL.

That b [More]

LeBron James made his decision this time around with class and dignity.

It's what should have happened four years ago.

Over the years, I've tal

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After a tremendous day on Tuesday to finish in the top 10 of stroke play at the United States Amateur Public Links Championship, Ben Hogenkamp followed with an impressive showing in the first round of match play.

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Hamilton's Sean Kettering hit a home run and drove in two runs to earn Most Valuable Player honors as the South posted a 9-1 win over the North in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League All-Star Game held at Grady Field on the Athletes In Action campus in Xenia.