Tuesday, July 24th, 2018
Obituaries on July 24th, 2018
Aloys H. "Al the barber" Larger, age 96, of Dayton, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at Miami Valley Hospital. [More]
Stories on July 24th, 2018
CELINA - Celina native Cameron Mohler was crowned 2018 Miss Lake Festival during Monday night's scholarship pageant competition.
Mohler, 19, shared the stage with 10 other contestants. Four outstanding teen contestants also took the stage. [More]
CELINA - Maleah Lee of Celina was crowned the 2018 Miss Lake Festival's Outstanding Teen at Monday's pageant.
The competition was held in conjunction with the Miss Lake Festival scholarship pageant. [More]
St. Marys
ST. MARYS - Residents in St. Marys school district will decide on a 1 percent earned-income tax levy on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
School board members at a special meeting on Monday unanimously approved seeking the earned income tax after also considering a 6.94-mill property tax.
CELINA - Donations continue to pour into the city government, including nearly $2,500 toward the future purchase of volleyball courts and equipment for the new Bryson Park District along Lake Shore Drive.
CHICKASAW - Council members awarded three contracts on Monday totaling more than $2.5 million for the village's water treatment plant and water tower
Coldwater beats deadline to comply with OEPA mandate
COLDWATER - Village council members on Monday passed on final reading an ordinance needed to comply with an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency mandate.
COLDWATER - Two Mercer County men were arrested on Sunday after police said they had fled the scene of an accident that knocked a streetlight off its base and caused a vehicle to flip onto its side.
ST. HENRY - Village council members on Monday awarded the annual street paving project contract to Buehler Asphalt of St. Marys for their low bid of $259,146.
ST. MARYS - City council members on Monday authorized the Community Improvement Corp. to sell a 50-foot strip of land behind the former Kmart building on Celina Road to the building's owners.
Mercer County's unemployment rate in June jumped to 3.3 percent from 2.5 percent in May but still remains the lowest in Ohio, according to data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
BERNE, Ind. - Swiss Days, the annual celebration of the traditions, crafts, food and music of the Swiss immigrants who settled in the area beginning in the 1850s, is set for Thursday-Saturday in Berne, Indiana.
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