COLDWATER- Voters in the Coldwater Exempted Village Schools district on Tuesday narrowly defeated a five-year, additional 0.5% traditional income tax by a mere 38 votes.

Unofficial final results show the levy going down with 49.52% or 1,945 votes cast in support and 50.48% or 1,983 votes against it. [More]

CELINA - Voters on Election Day overwhelmingly passed an additional five-year, 1-mill property tax levy for the newly established Mercer County Joint Ambulance District.

Unofficial final results show 71.11% or 11,581 votes were cast in support of the levy and 28.89% or 4,706 votes against it. [More]

CELINA - School board members chose to scrap or scale back numerous features of the new school buildings to stay within budget rather than go back and ask voters for additional money.

Board members at Monday night's special meeting indicated that a master athletic facilities plans will almost certainly have to be undertaken in multiple phases over the course of years due to constrained funding. [More]

ST. MARYS - Ollie's Bargain Outlet is coming to The St. Marys Square Business Complex, filling the vacancy left when Big Lots closed.

Ollie's, which lays claim to being America's largest retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory, is shooting for a February opening in the 36,387-square-foot space that housed Big Lots before its recent shuttering, Janice Grieshop, vice president of Celina Tent and St. Marys Square Business Complex LLC, confirmed on Monday afternoon. [More]

OBETZ - Prior to the start of the current girls' cross-country season, it appeared the Minster Wildcats had a little sprinkle of the word "rebuild" in their roster.

With a relatively young lineup and just two runners that had run in the 2023 state cross country meet, their biggest competitors perhaps held hope that the Wildcats' string of three straight state championships would finally be in jeopardy. [More]

  CELINA - A 25-year-old man was allegedly shot in the back by his stepfather-in-law at a Celina residence early Sunday morning following a domestic dispute.

Christopher Mangus underwent surgery for life-threatening injuries at a Dayton-area hospital. His condition was unknown as of Sunday afternoon, according to Celina Police Chief Tom Wale's news release. [More]

CELINA - A nonprofit organization very much in its infancy has gotten off the ground but still needs board members and volunteers to carry out its mission of helping formerly incarcerated people transition back into the community.

Mercer County Reentry Coalition began taking shape earlier this year when Grand Lake United Methodist Church was awarded a $51,525 Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Reentry Coalition Expansion grant. [More]

ST. HENRY - The postseason contest between St. Henry and New Bremen looked a lot like the first meeting.

For a second time this season, the Redskins defeated the Cardinals by a one-score margin, winning the Week 11 contest 13-10 at the Wally Po [More]