CELINA - The National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed four outbreaks of High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) at various commercial poultry facilities throughout Mercer County on Monday, as the Grand Lake region continues to lead the emergence of the disease in Ohio.

  CELINA - Authorities remain baffled by local reports of mysterious lights in the nighttime sky that continue to pour into the Mercer County Sheriff's Office. [More]

CELINA - Lake Facilities Authority has been given the green light to reroute nearly $400,000 in unspent grant funds toward the Red Wing Nature Preserve.

CELINA - Three people appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Monday. Charges ranged from telecommunications fraud to drug possession to strangulation.

MENDON - In a brief Mendon Village Council meeting, councilors heard a zoning compliance officer is in the process of taking three property owners to court for their junk vehicles.

Mercer County's unemployment rate was unchanged in December, remaining one of the lowest in the state.

Ohio's unemployment rate rose slightly in December to 4.4% from 4.3%, with area counties seeing minimal increases in joblessness in December.

COLDWATER - Leading by 10 with just under six minutes to play in the fourth quarter, Minster looked to have finally fended off Coldwater.

The Cavaliers begged to differ. [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Marion Local held tough against Fort Recovery as the Flyers improved to 5-1 in Midwest Athletic Conference boys basketball action with a 46-38 win over the Indians on Tuesday night at the Hangar in Maria Stein.