Thursday, April 18th, 2024
Since founding of MAC, 16 played in minor or indy leagues
By Tom Haines
  In the 50 years of the Midwest Athletic Conference, 16 baseball players have gone on to play professionally.
"I was getting paid to do something I absolutely loved," said Parkway coach Neil Schaffner, who spent a year playing in the Frontier Leag [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
  CELINA - Finding the right school for education played a big part for a pair of Celina athletes as they made their college choices on Wednesday.
Bowler Chablis Krick chose Indiana Wesleyan University for its nursing program, while track standout Luke Lazarich plans for a future in mechanical engineering while attending the renowned program at Ohio Northern University. [More]
Obituaries on April 18th, 2024
John Reed Jenkins, passed away April 15, 2024 at Grand Lake Nursing home surrounded by his family. [More]
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Afternoon storm did minor damage
CELINA - Fierce winds and penny-size hail buffeted parts of Mercer County on Wednesday afternoon, downing power lines and a large box truck and blowing the roof off a hog barn, according to preliminary reports.
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Health members on Wednesday voted to refer several Fort Recovery property owners to the county prosecutor's office for allegedly failing to comply with septic system requirements.
CELINA- A Celina couple previously charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capital are facing new charges and seeking a new venue for their trial.
Donald and Shawndale Chilcoat reportedly failed to appear for a Sept. 5 status hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
MONTEZUMA -Village councilors on Wednesday voted 5-1 to purchase a $4,652.44 speed limit radar sign to curb speeding in town.
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CELINA - A Darke County woman was arraigned on Wednesday on receiving stolen property, theft and forgery chrages in Mercer County Common Pleas Court
COLDWATER - Cooper Farms has donated $50,000 toward the new obstetrician room that will be part of Mercer Health's upgraded childbirth center.
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JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - The Mercer County Engineer's Office will close Monroe Road between State Route 118 and Burkettsville-St. Henry Road in Jefferson
Horse and Buggy Tales
A flying wedge of 2,500 pounds of human brawn and bone, topped by 11 gargoyle-like snarling faces and propelled by the cleated drive of 22 oversized