CELINA - City officials on Monday night paid homage to two former longtime city public servants who recently died, Walter "Walt" Fleck and Ricki "Rick" Harner.

ST. MARYS - Cleanup at Elm Grove Cemetery went too far, according to some family members of the deceased.

Some arrived at the St. Marys cemetery to find flowers and other decorations that had been attached to their loved ones' headstones in a trash pile at the rear of the park.

ST. HENRY - Residents soon will pay higher sewer and water rates.

After much discussion, council members on Monday agreed to raise utility rates b [More]

NEW BREMEN - Council members on Monday learned that applications for a grant that would have helped pay for a new EMS/police building had failed.

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CELINA - ARC of Mercer County has received a $152,000 Capital Housing award from the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, Cheryl Ann Superintendent Shawn Thieman said at Monday's Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities meeting.

COLDWATER - A new tree ordinance will prohibit tree topping and certain species from being planted within the village without prior approval.

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ST. MARYS - Eleven members of Living Hope Assembly of God church attended city council's public hearing on Monday to support a proposed zoning change that would allow the construction of a 40-unit apartment complex.

CELINA - Students and faculty gathered at Wright State University-Lake Campus on Monday to improve awareness of invisible disabilities and to share their experiences. [More]

BUTLER TOWNSHIP - Johnston Road between U.S. 127 and Coldwater Creek Road will be closed all week for repair, according to a Mercer County Sheriff's

Mercer County again claimed the lowest unemployment rate in Ohio in February.

The county's rate dropped to 3.7 percent in February, down from 3.9 p

ST. HENRY - Celina softball coach Nicole Driggs had good reason to smile after her Bulldogs opened the 2017 campaign with a 6-2 win over St. Henry at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.

FORT RECOVERY - A different coach stood down the third baseline for Celina during Monday's game in Fort Recovery.

The end result was the same: another Bulldog victory. [More]

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Derek Jay outdueled Trace Walls in a classic pitchers' matchup as St. Marys made a third inning run stand up for a 1-0 win over Parkway on Monday at Don Black Field in Rockford.

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Fort Recovery's Jocelyn Kaiser scored a game-high 16 points to lead the West to a 54-39 win over the East in the District 8 Divisions I-II-III All-Star Game on Monday night at the Elida Fieldhouse.