CELINA - A Columbus-based private research lab has vowed to vastly stretch the life of Mercer County Emergency Medical Services' supply of N95 masks by decontaminating them at its West Jefferson campus.

CELINA - No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Mercer or Auglaize County on Wednesday.

The Mercer County Health District has reported 18 confir

CELINA - Crews are tentatively scheduled to begin this year's herbicidal spray application in open drainage ditches in Mercer County, according to county engineer Jim Wiechart.

When he was a student-athlete at Ohio University, Ken Heiby roomed with future Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt.

If he had played baseball, Heiby probably could have helped out Schmidt and the Bobcats.

Liz Meiring helped begin the rise of the Fort Recovery girls basketball program, but it was Val (Gaerke) Blasingame who primed the team for state titles.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association cross country state championships are moving to Fortress Obetz, a 50-acre multi-purpose sports complex with a 6,500-seat grandstand located in Obetz on the southeast side of Columbus, OHSAA Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass announced Wednesday.