Friday, June 9th, 2023
Coldwater kid makes a 'Van Halen' guitar
By Erin Gardner
COLDWATER - Students taking Coldwater High School's material processing class were tasked with a simple yet broad assignment: build something. While incoming senior Ethan Ebbing had free reign to build almost anything, he decided to tackle a more daring project - an electric guitar. [More]
Russia scores in eighth inning to end St. Henry's season
By Tom Haines
AKRON - For eight innings on Thursday, St. Henry's Devin Delzeith and Russia's Xavier Phlipot were locked in a scoreless duel.
In the end, Phlipot ended it with his bat.
Phlipot lined a two-out single to right to score Jude Counts and give Russia a 1-0, eight-inning win in the Division IV baseball state semifinals at Canal Park in Akron. [More]
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CELINA - Most of Ohio is now experiencing a moderate drought, according to a map released on Thursday by U.S. Drought Monitor.
While 62% of the sta
CELINA - Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors on Thursday welcomed Pete Hinders as he was sworn into office.
Hinders fi
Mercer County once again had the lowest joblessness in Ohio in April.
Mercer County's unemployment rate decreased significantly to 1.9% in April, down from 2.5% in March, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services news release.
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Hamilton scored nine runs in the top of the sixth inning and handed Grand Lake its second straight defeat in a run-rule 15-5 contest in seven innings on Thursday night at Montgomery Field.
ROSSBURG - Tim McCreadie and Ricky Thornton Jr., who are both looking for their first Dream main event win, kicked off the DLM Dream weekend by winning the 25-lap preliminary feature events and each collected $12,000 in the process.