WAPAKONETA - State managers took advantage of the sunshine this week to inspect their snowplows in Auglaize and Mercer counties before the first flakes fall.

Celina - Police continue to investigate a Tuesday morning incident that involved a 77-year-old man allegedly being forced to drive to a bank and withdraw money. [More]

ST. MARYS - A local man suspected of armed robbery at the Shell gas station in St. Marys on Tuesday was arrested late Thursday morning.

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CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners are preparing for winter weather before the first snowflakes fly.

On Thursday, they agreed to renew a contract

WAPAKONETA - The Neil Armstrong Airport in New Knoxville recently received some honored guests.

Sean Stroh, airport manager, told commissioners dur

FORT RECOVERY - A Fort Recovery area chicken farm is seeking a state permit to build manure storage and remodel existing barns to increase capacity from 330,000 to 450,800 birds.

ST. MARYS - A local man was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on state Route 364 in St. Marys Township.

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The Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District will monitor a farm suspected of polluting a creek in the Grand Lake Watershed last Christmas.

My daughter recently asked me if I knew where she could get some hedge apples. She wanted to put them around her house to ward off spiders.

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MINSTER - Connie Schafer, administrative assistant at St. Augustine Catholic Church, has seen many changes over the course of 44 years. And with more changes on the horizon, she feels the time has come to retire. [More]

COLDWATER - A year ago, Coldwater became just the second school in Midwest Athletic Conference history to win both the boys' and girls' cross country [More]

FORT RECOVERY - The Marion Local volleyball team completed a clean sweep of the Midwest Athletic Conference by sweeping three games - 25-11, 25-9 and 25-19 - over Fort Recovery in the regular season finale on Thursday at Fort Site Fieldhouse.

CELINA - Over the last three years, Celina's Braden Billger has given Bulldogs' football fans plenty of memorable moments.

A 589-yard passing game, a pair of six-touchdown performances and two wins over St. Marys are just a few of the career highlights for Celina's gunslinger.

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Celina's tennis season ended at the Division II district tournament on Thursday at Bowling Green State University as both Bulldogs' doubles teams were unable to advance to Saturday's semifinals.