CELINA - The Mercer County Fair raked in top accolades from a state organization with the 2023 Best Fair and 2023 Fair Manager of the Year awards.
Riding the crest of a momentous wave of success, fair officials have their sights set on again breaking the fair attendance record next month at the 171st Mercer County Fair. They're aiming for the once elusive but now inevitable 100,000-people-thru-the-turnstile mark. [More]
CELINA - A new bill proposed by Angie King, R-Celina, would effectively ban drag performances from all locations except adult cabaret establishments such as strip clubs.
Ohio House Bill 245 would amend and expand the definition of adult cabaret pe [More]
CELINA - Duck-corralling border collies, agile sea lions that dance and do handstands and escape artist Lady Houdini will provide "Memories in the Making" at the 2023 Mercer County Fair that runs Aug. 11-17.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Commissioners on Thursday awarded a $262,418 bid to Baumer Construction Inc. of Minster for the Fairgrounds Veterans Building Project.
CELINA - Six contestants will compete for scholarships and a prize package in the 2023 Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant on Sunday at the Harley C. Jones Memorial Rotary Amphitheater in the Bryson Park District, weather permitting.
The Grand Lake Mariners couldn't overcome a big early deficit, losing 10-7 to Licking County in New Albany and dropping out of the last playoff spot in the South Division.
