Local elections officials this week signed off on contracts to provide new systems to help people with disabilities vote during the state's by-mail absentee-voting period.

WAPAKONETA - Construction continues on Pratt Industries' new paper mill and corrugated box factory, which will bring 300 jobs to the area, as city officials prepare their own projects to support the new plant.

CELINA - An Indiana man who had pleaded guilty to charges stemming from 21 thefts and break-ins in Mercer County was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 10 years in prison. [More]

NEW BREMEN - Community member Jon Wells introduced the Cardinal Campaign to school board members on Wednesday evening.

The campaign "is a 10-year vision, fully dependent on private donations and support from the booster group," he said.

CELINA - Michael Malyska was sentenced on Wednesday to three years of community-control sanctions for reportedly pointing a gun at a person in the Mercer County Community Hospital parking lot in Coldwater in February.

CELINA - A Celina woman pleaded guilty to drug and failure to appear charges on Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

Kristy Gross, 33, is charged with aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and failure to appear, a fourth-degree felony in a plea agreement.

MONTEZUMA - Village officials plan to file charges in Celina Municipal Court against a resident who reportedly has failed to clean his property after having been told to do so for more than a year.

CELINA - RJ Corman will close Staeger Road in Mercer County between state routes 29 and 703 on July 25-28, according to a Mercer County Engineer's Office news release.

CELINA - This year's 11 queen contestants will wear swimsuits for the last time at the 63rd annual Miss Lake Festival competition on July 23 in the Celina Education Complex auditorium.

ROSSBURG - A month ago Chase Briscoe did not even think he would get the chance to race in the 2018 Eldora Dirt Derby at Eldora Speedway.

Briscoe, [More]

The Coldwater baseball team had a run to the Division III state finals in June.

Now the Cavaliers find themselves in the state ACME tournament.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Coldwater Gray jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings and never looked back in capturing the Augalize-Mercer Pony League Tournament Championship with an 8-3 win over Marion Gold on Wednesday night at Coldwater's Memorial Park.

MENDON - Many longtime enthusiasts pining for the return of their cherished homegrown Tabfest hootenanny that last went down in 2013 will see their prayers answered this weekend at the 22-acre bucolic setting of the Mendon Speedway at Grand Lake Motorcycle Club.

CELINA - Billed as one of the top wedding bands in Ohio, The Chuck Taylors will play a different venue on Sunday when the group rocks Lakeshore Park as part of the Celina Summer Concert Series.