CELINA - Mercer County property owners will soon receive the first half of their tax bills for tax year 2023 reflecting a staggering spike in overall real estate valuation. [More]

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County commissioners awarded a $267,260.20 contract to Sand Ridge Excavating of Cloverdale for the construction of the Ewald Ditch project.

CELINA - Mercer County Community Improvement Corporation members on Tuesday morning approved a small land transfer of less than an acre from the village of Rockford to T.H. Burch Enterprises.

ROCKFORD - Village council members on Tuesday evening heard an update on efforts to control odor at the wastewater treatment plant.

Councilors hear

MINSTER - As the fourth quarter opened and Minster held an eight-point lead over Botkins, Wildcats coach Michael McClurg had reasons to be apprehensive. Late lead have had the tendency to evaporate in the past few weeks and eventually morph into a loss. [More]

NEW KNOXVILLE - The struggles early for New Knoxville just continued to build through the game.

Spencerville came out the gate strong and never looked back in winning a 59-30 non-conference girls basketball contest at the Barn on Tuesday night.

Compiled By Tom Haines and Gary R. Rasberry

A fourth-quarter surge lifted Fort Recovery to a 53-46 win over South Adams in a girls basketball game at the Stardome in Berne on Tuesday night.