CELINA - The state is diverting $1.5 million from a now-defunct plan to build an expo center at the fairgrounds to a new $3 million agriculture and water quality center at Wright State University-Lake Campus.
Mercer County fair officials on Wednesday confirmed the plan to build the $4 million Progressive Agriculture Convention and Education center has been scrapped. Construction of the multipurpose facility was not set to begin until 100 percent of funding was secured. [More]
Last Friday evening, the Marion Local community toasted the 1965 football season as members of the team and coaching staff were honored prior to the Flyers' game with St. Henry, all sharing stories with one another of their remarkable season 50 year [More]
CELINA - Harbor Life Ministries has paid back in full its revolving loan debt of more than $50,000 with the city.
The nonprofit Norwalk-based organization that first launched its operations in Celina 25 years ago is shutting down, spokesman Bill Rieth told the newspaper on Wednesday.
CELINA - Kremer's Guns LLC, 122 Hamilton St., has temporarily closed its indoor gun range after receiving several citations from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo area office.
WAPAKONETA - A St. Marys man suspected of fleeing the scene of a crash after a high-speed chase through Auglaize and Mercer counties in July has been arrested, according to the Auglaize County Sheriff's Office.
Unbelievably, we are already halfway through the high school football regular season. Computer points wise, my rule of thumb has always been that a team has to be in the top 16 or have at least half as many points as the eighth-place team in order to have a realistic chance at the playoffs.
