Friday, September 9th, 2022
Event raises funds to fight cancer
By Leslie Gartrell
COLDWATER - From a bird's-eye view, it looks as if otherworldly visitors have left a message in Dave Pinno's cornfield.
Though there is indeed a message in the field, it's one of human hope by human design.
The public will again have the chance to make their way through a labyrinth fashioned from corn stalks, all for a good cause. The Mercer County Cancer Corn Maze returns noon-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and Sept. 17-18. [More]
By Tom Haines
ST. MARYS - In an increasingly-common trend this season, Quinn Holtzapple was on fire for St. Marys Thursday night.
Holtzapple scored four goals, earning his third hat trick of the season, as the Roughriders snapped Wapakoneta's three-game win streak with a 6-1 victory in a Western Buckeye League boys soccer match at Roughrider Field. [More]
Obituaries on September 9th, 2022
A Celebration of Life for Alice M. Hellwarth will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, [More]
Oral Eugene Rickard aka: Rick and/or Gene, age 80 arrived in Heaven on Sept. 5, 2022. [More]
Marion Evers, 64, Wendelin, died Sept. 8, 2022, at Mercer County Community Hosp [More]
Local pictures on September 9th, 2022
Subscriber stories on September 9th, 2022
CELINA - The Mercer County Health District will hold a COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccine drive-thru clinic on Oct. 7 at the Mercer County Fairgrounds
CELINA - Area Suicide Support Resources (ASSURE) is on a mission to educate the community about mental health and prevent suicides.
ASSURE will hol
CELINA - The Mercer County Democratic Party on Thursday night debuted its spacious election headquarters at 441 E. Market Street.
Spread out across
Celina stays unbeaten in WBL in sweep of Kenton
CELINA - It's been just over 17 days since Celina last played a volleyball match at its home court at the Intermediate School.
The Bulldogs' return was one of dominance in sweeping Kenton 25-13, 25-15, 25-12 in Western Buckeye League action to improve to 7-3 overall and 3-0 in league.
ROSSBURG - Eldora Million and four-time World 100 winner Jonathan Davenport and third-generation driver Hudson O'Neal dominated their respective 25-lap preliminary events on Thursday night at Eldora Speedway as World 100 weekend began at the legendary oval.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Parkway continued its hot start to the volleyball season with a 25-21, 26-24, 25-22 win over Minster to improve to 8-0 on the season and stay perfect in the MAC at 2-0.
As natural gas prices rise and temperatures drop, Ohioans may suffer sticker shock when it comes time to pay their gas bill.
However, there are steps residents can take - and programs they can use - to tamp down the effects of rising prices.