ST. MARYS - Before country music stars can grace the stage of the revered Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, many will cut their teeth at the legendary bars and venues dotted along historic Broadway Place.
Coldwater pulls away to defeat Celina in lidlifter
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - After a slow first quarter, Coldwater's offense began to pick up the pace in the second quarter and then turned on the jets in the second half.
The Cavaliers outscored Celina 26-12 in the second half to pull away for a 52-31 victory in the girls basketball season opener for both teams on Tuesday at the Palace in Coldwater. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday agreed to tap American Rescue Plan Act funds to help fund a joint project with Celina to expand storm sewers to alleviate excessive flooding on the west end of the city.
CELINA - The Lake Facilities Authority has landed a $300,000 state grant to fund work related to the Chickasaw Creek Treatment Train preliminary estimated at $1.5 million.
COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village School District treasurer Jenn McCoy presented a dismal five-year economic forecast during Tuesday's school board meeting.
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery Elementary School students and staff raised more than $8,000 in the span of one week for the creation of a new park in honor of a classmate who died in 2020.
Mercer County ranked third in the state for lowest joblessness among Ohio's 88 counties in a tie with Putnam County.
Mercer County's unemployment rate worsened sightly from 2.7% in September to 2.9% in October, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services news release.
MARIA STEIN - A second-quarter slump left Marion Local trailing much of the way, but the Flyers came through in the fourth.
Marion rallied from a six-point deficit with five minutes left and held on for a 45-41 win over Shawnee in a girls basketball game at the Hangar on Tuesday night.
The St. Marys girls basketball team earned its first win of the season Tuesday night, pulling away from Kalida in the fourth for a 40-27 win at Grand Lake Health System Court.
