CELINA - A 65-year-old Indiana woman died from injuries sustained in a car crash shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Frahm Pike and state Route 118 in Hopewell Township. [More]

CELINA - The Mercer County Drug Court Program has not only helped drug addicts pursue sobriety but it's also encouraged them to find full-time employment, program coordinator Alicia Bruce said.

CELINA - An opiate epidemic continues to rage across the United States, Ohio and Mercer County, Foundations Behavioral Health Services Executive Directory Brian Engle says.

The Mercer County Department of Job and Family Services is seeking its first tax levy to help pay for operating and capital improvement expenditures to support children's services.

New contracts for a popular federal conservation program will be accepted in batches and approved until a 24-million-acre nationwide cap on the program is met, Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members learned at their meeting Thursday.

A 46-year-old Celina man has died from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle-deer accident on Oct. 6, the Wapakoneta Post of The Ohio State Highway Patrol confirmed this morning.

MONTEZUMA - Upcoming new federal mandates to expand Head Start services has Celina school board members wondering how to come up with the money to pay for it.

WAPAKONETA - Immunizations administered in September in Auglaize County increased by 149 compared to the same time last year.

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VAN WERT COUNTY - Three Mercer County teens were reportedly injured Wednesday afternoon when their car struck a tree on Greenville Road in southern Van Wert County.

CELINA - Even after clinching the Western Buckeye League volleyball title on Tuesday night at Shawnee, neither the Celina Bulldogs nor coach Amy Sutter wanted to see any letdown in the regular season and league finale against Kenton at the Intermediate School.

COLDWATER - The lights went out for Coldwater's Senior Night tribute prior to the start of Thursday's game with Marion Local.

During the game, the Cavaliers were pretty lights out, too.

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Celina completed a perfect Western Buckeye League boys soccer season with a 5-2 win at Kenton on Thursday night.

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COLDWATER - There were no surprises in the girls' MAC cross country championship, as the Minster girls captured their fourth consecutive title in dominating fashion. [More]