ST. MARYS - City officials on Tuesday will ask residents to renew a 0.5 percent income tax levy that was first approved 30 years ago to fund capital improvement projects.

NEW BREMEN - School officials on Tuesday will ask district voters to renew a permanent improvement levy that has been in effect for 45 years.

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CELINA - Sidewalk and parking spaces remain barricaded in front of the former Illusions Nite Club on Main Street - much to the chagrin of downtown merchants - as the building's ownership continues to be investigated. [More]

CELINA - It's no surprise to local law enforcement that Ohio in 2013 had a record number of heroin-related overdoses.  

"Maybe the state's finally paying attention to the issue," chief deputy Gery Thobe of the Mercer County Sheriff's Office said this morning.

CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday approved hiring a Coldwater company to demolish and fill a vacant underground coal bin north of the courthouse.

ST. MARYS - St. Marys scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning to beat Coldwater 2-1 Thursday at K.C. Geiger Park.

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CELINA - After losing in Western Buckeye League action for the first time on Tuesday, Celina bounced back with a strong pitching performance from Jimmy Luebke in beating Van Wert 9-3 Thursday at Montgomery Field.

MARIA STEIN - Every story has two sides.

And in Thursday night's Midwest Athletic Conference tilt between Marion Local and Minster, the story of the first inning was perfection for the Flyers but disastrous for the visiting Wildcats.

Compiled by Colin Foster and
Gary R. Rasberry

The MAC-leading Versailles Tigers scored six runs in the first two innings and busted the game wide open with a seven-run fourth to stay unbeaten in league play with a 13-5 win over St.Henry.