Friday, September 6th, 2024
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Now is an ideal time to plant cover crops in vegetable gardens to reduce soil erosion, suppress weed seeds, maintain soil nutrient levels and boost earthworm activities.
To assist novice and seasoned gardeners alike, Mercer County OSU Extension, in collaboration with Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District, is offering county residents up to 3 pounds of cover crop seed mix at no cost. [More]
St. Henry continues hot streak in sweeping Minster
By Dave Stilwell
ST. HENRY - A week after knocking off New Bremen and a week before traveling to undefeated Coldwater, St. Henry was not going to overlook Minster.
The Redskins took care of business Thursday evening at the St. Henry Middle School Gymnasium, dispatching the Wildcats in straight sets, 25-11, 25-12, 25-13. [More]
Obituaries on September 6th, 2024
Marcella C. "Sally" Werling, formerly of Burkettsville and St. Henry passed awa [More]
Lavern Homan age 84 of Anna, Ohio, died on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. [More]
Mary Elizabeth (Ford) Greenlee, 80, born in Celina, Ohio, passed away peacefull [More]
Martha Jane Shellabarger, 89, of Mendon, passed away September 3, 2024, at the Divine Nursing and Rehabilitation at Shane Hill Memory Care Unit, in Rockford. [More]
Local pictures on September 6th, 2024
Subscriber stories on September 6th, 2024
Several candidates want board position
CELINA- A Mercer County District Library trustee will end her two-decade-plus run on the board next month, thrusting county commissioners into the spotlight as they vet roughly a dozen candidates seeking to fill the vacancy.
ST. MARYS - Midwest Electric's power supplier was one of 16 electric cooperatives selected to share in $7.3 billion in federal funds to build additional renewable energy projects, the Biden administration was expected to announce in Wisconsin on Thursday.
CELINA - A Celina man accused of having sexual conduct with a minor pleaded not guilty to felony charges on Thursday in
in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
CELINA - The Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District Office is in the midst of paying out an estimated $3 million to county producers participating in the H2Ohio program that aims to improve water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin.
ROSSBURG - Ryan Gustin and defending World 100 champion Hudson O'Neal served noticed that maybe all the hoopla over Jonathan Davenport may be a little premature.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Parkway improved to 8-1 on the season and keeps a share of the Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball lead with a four-set win over Fort Recovery on Thursday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse.