CELINA - Ohio in 2020 held the most successful election in state history, Secretary of State Frank LaRose told a small group of Mercer County agriculture and Farm Bureau officials Thursday afternoon. [More]

WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials are imploring residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as 12 new cases reported on Thursday raised the county's cumulative case count to 3,767.

CELINA - Celina City Schools building project is slated for official approval at the next meeting of the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission, school officials said Thursday.

The Nov. 2 general election in Mercer County will feature contested township trustee, village council and board of education races as well as numerous issues, pending the certification of petitions by elections officials.

CELINA - A local florist has taken root in Celina.

Floral Reflections, 210 W. Market St., opened in town on Monday. Co-owner Nychole Stammen already operates a similar store in St. Henry.

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The 2021 high school golf season teed off on Thursday with area boys teams Minster and Parkway traveling to Colonial Golf Course in Harrod for the Rob Contini Memorial.