CELINA - City officials plan to raze the Celina Motel, which is currently set up as an apartment complex, on Feb. 4 unless its owner, Muhammad Khokhar, brings the building up to code by Monday, according to a Jan. 16 letter from city law director George Moore. [More]

ST. MARYS - School board members voted unanimously on Wednesday to proceed with seeking an emergency levy renewal that would continue to collect $1.8 million annually over five years.

CELINA - Mercer County Fair Board members are looking for a few good men and women to fill out their thinning ranks.

Six seats on the 19-member board are open.

COLDWATER - Mercer County Community Hospital officials are preparing for chief financial officer George Boyles' retirement, effective March 22.

His duties will be divided up between Jon Dingledine, vice president of human resources and supply services, and Cory Albers, finance controller.

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Board of Elections members reviewed eight resumes during a Wednesday morning executive session to narrow down who will be the next deputy director.

Mercer County continues to hold the lowest unemployment rate in Ohio, having held this position since May 2016.

Rates increased in all 88 counties in December, according to data released on Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.

The race for Midwest Athletic Conference boys basketball supremacy is halfway through.

And no team has separated itself from the pack just yet.

The Big Baller Brand circus was in Kettering on Monday.

I left Trent Arena thinking Big Baller blah.

LaMelo Ball led unbeaten Spire Academy (Ge

Grand Lake Christian improved to 21-0 with a 65-53 win over Harlan Christian of Fort Wayne on Wednesday evening.

The Eagles pulled away from the Hawks in the third quarter with a 21-10 run.