NEW BREMEN - The newest employee at the local wastewater department ruffles feathers and keeps unwelcome visitors at bay, but village officials have no complaints.
After all, he works cheaply and requires no health insurance or costly fringe benefits other than a well-balanced diet, a roof over his head and occasional dog treats. [More]
CELINA - Poll workers and other concerned citizens were outraged this morning when a special meeting of the Mercer County Board of Elections couldn't be held because the two Democratic board members didn't show up.
LIMA - A former Lima anesthesiologist serving life in prison for killing his wife is accusing a juror of lying and consuming alcohol during his murder trial in March.
The Sword of Damocles is dangling over Congress's new debt-reduction supercommittee as its bipartisan members must find ways of dealing with long-term spending, U.S. Senator Rob Portman said.
CELINA - County officials this week agreed to acquire a loan in excess of $1 million to construct a fourth lagoon at the Montezuma Club Island wastewater treatment plant.
A 30-year-old Coldwater woman pleaded no contest Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to one count of endangering children. The charge stems from the 2009 death of her handicapped son.
St. Henry needed the fifth-golfer tiebreaker to pick up its first dual match win of the season after tying Indian Lake 186-186 in action at Cherokee Hills in Bellefontaine.
