Friday, March 9th, 2018
Jason Amspaugh is accused of trying to run over a sheriff's deputy
By Ed Gebert
CELINA - A Union City, Indiana, man accused of trying to run over a Mercer County Sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 53 charges including 35 felony charges.
Jason D. Amspaugh, 31, pleaded not guilty in Mercer County Common Pleas Co [More]
By Sydney Albert
CELINA - Celina Aluminum Precision Technology employees were honored by Honda Motor Co. on Thursday for maintaining operations despite a tornado that hit Celina in November, temporarily knocking out Celina's electrical grid.
The Challenging Spirit [More]
By Colin Foster
LIMA - Coldwater's Jacob Wenning missed a wide-open layup in the second half of Thursday's game with Fort Recovery.
He made about everything else.
Wenning scored a season-high 22 points - hitting 6-of-8 field goal attempts and 6-of-6 from the free throw line - to lead the Cavaliers past the Indians 65-55 and back to the Division III district title game for the first time since the 2008-09 season. [More]
Obituaries on March 9th, 2018
Velma M. Hemmelgarn, 85, St. Henry, died March 8, 2018, at Briarwood Village, C [More]
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Election 2018
MINSTER - The three Republicans seeking the 84th Ohio House District expressed not only many similar opinions but also a few divergent views at Thursday's candidate forum sponsored by the Ohio Farm Burea.
Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members on Thursday authorized watershed technician Jeff Keller to apply for grants totaling $576,000 for three projects designed to reduce phosphorus and sediment runoff.
NEW BREMEN - Mayor Jeff Pape and economic director Angela Hamberg on Thursday discussed how the village will develop and how residents want it to look in the future.
Landmark growing its St. Henry facility
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday morning approved two items to clear the way for expansion of both St. Henry and an area ag business.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys Chamber of Commerce officials on Thursday honored several local individuals, organizations and businesses for their contributions to the community.
CELINA - The Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors on Thursday approved most of an agricultural drainage tile replacement project near Rockford.
CELINA - Some students reported head and back aches this morning after a car had rear-ended the bus in which they were riding to school.
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Minster advances to regional final with big win over Tri-Village
VANDALIA - Take away one aspect of Minster's game, and the other aspects will come back to bite you in the end.
Tri-Village used a 2-3 zone to try and take away Minster's size and challenge the Wildcats to depend on their outside game.
2018 State Wrestling Championships
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Thomas Schwieterman put in a hard-fought six minutes of work to earn the rest of Thursday evening off.
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