CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday chose to pay higher employee health care costs in 2016 instead of facing Obamacare terms and/or compromising Christian values. [More]

ST. MARYS - After two unsuccessful applications, city officials have received funding from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to help pay for a $319,602 project on the Miami-Erie Canal Towpath.

COLDWATER - Sometimes the simplest gift is the most heartfelt.

"I'm pretty much about simple," Jan Broering of Coldwater recently told a packed house at the Coldwater Public Library where she presented ideas on assembling homemade gifts.

A pair of state programs can protect farmers from liability issues, said Mercer County Assisting Prosecuting Attorney Andy Hinders.

Hinders during

WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County treasurer and auditor hope to save time and money when preparing mail in 2016.

Both officials on Thursday requested a shared mail weighing system during their budget hearings with the county commissioners.

COLDWATER - Mercer Health has been recognized by the state auditor for its clean audit report.

State auditor Dave Yost on Thursday announced a new

ONTARIO - After two sets of back-and-forth action, everything that could go wrong for St. Marys in the third set did, and everything that could go right for Ottawa-Glandorf did as well.

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New Knoxville finished its season in volleyball with a three-set loss to Jackson Center in the Division IV regional semifinals Thursday night at Tippecanoe High School in Tipp City.