Anguished sobs filled Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Thursday afternoon as Ricky Driskill was led away in handcuffs to await transport to prison.
Driskill, a 29-year-old Modoc, Ind., resident, appeared stunned when Judge Jeffrey Ingraham sentenced him to seven years and four months on charges of felonious assault on a police officer, theft of a motor vehicle and vehicular assault. [More]
Celina ends season at 12-3-2 despite three goals from Dorsten
By Gary R. Rasberry
FINDLAY - The Celina boys soccer team saw its season end on Thursday, falling to the Findlay Trojans 5-3 in the Division I sectional final at Graham Memorial Soccer Stadium.
The top-seeded Trojans (14-2-1) now play Perrysburg on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the district semifinal at Findlay. Perrysburg won Thursday's first match 3-1 over Bowling Green. [More]
Leo B. Borges, 87, 205 N. Cleveland St., Minster, died at 2:30 a.m. Oct. 19, 2006, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster, where he lived for eight years. [More]
Mercer Landmark approved to receive funds for soybean extrusion facility in Rockford
Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday approved a $250,000 loan to Mercer Landmark from the county's revolving loan fund that paves the way for a new $3 million development in Rockford.
MONTEZUMA - A crash in Montezuma on Thursday involving a Celina City School bus and a sport utility vehicle has raised questions about the safety of a 90-degree curve near the village.
BURKETTSVILLE - Village residents will vote on an additional levy for the fire department at the Nov. 7 general election.
If approved, the five-year, 2.5-mill property tax would bring in $6,300 annually for the fire department, according to Mercer County Auditor Mark Giesige.
Two Mercer County schools were recognized as the State Superintendent's Schools of Distinction by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) last week in Columbus.
Students in Mercer County may have the option to earn both high school and college credit in psychology this summer if a recently submitted proposal is accepted by the state.
Two area teenagers were injured, one of them seriously, in a Tuesday night traffic accident at the intersection of Philothea and Wessel roads, southwest of Coldwater.
I recently received a photograph of a bush covered with black woolyworms. Amy and Dave Bransteter, who submitted the photo, wanted to know if this was a sign of a really, really cold winter.
Versailles advanced another step in the Division III Southwest District volleyball tournament, defeating Dixie in three games at Brookville High School. The Tigers, ranked second in the final coaches' poll this week, improve to 24-0 with the win.
