CELINA - Lake Facilities Authority has landed another state grant that will bankroll nearly 75% of a 16.5-acre land acquisition near Grand Lake St. Marys State Park.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - A one-story ranch home was badly damaged during a midnight inferno but a couple and their two dogs managed to escape unharmed.

The Celina Fire Department received a call of a fire at 2104 State Route 703 at 12:06 a.m. Tuesday, according to fire chief Joel Lange. [More]

  CELINA - The Celina Police Department plans to send out extra officers and close Lake Shore Drive on April 8 in an effort to protect the public as much as possible amid the total solar eclipse. [More]

MENDON - The longtime owner of a motorcycle shop and other buildings in downtown Mendon expressed exasperation at the stunted state of the village at Tuesday night's regular council meeting.

CELINA- A St. Marys man was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly two years in prison on escape and drug possession charges in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

ST. HENRY - Village councilors at this week's regular meeting reviewed a lease agreement with a Kentucky weather radar company looking to install a radar system in St. Henry.

Ohio's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7% but area counties saw an uptick in joblessness in February.

Nevertheless, Mercer County once again had the lowest unemployment rate in the state in February.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
and Tom Haines

Coldwater hosted Fort Recovery, Marion Local and New Knoxville Tuesday in a track meet that was cut short after eight events due to inclement weather.