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Friday, February 21st, 2025
Contract set for new Marion Local middle school
By Tom Millhouse
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school board members awarded a $21,290,212 contract to Touchstone CDP for the construction of a new middle school building at a special meeting Thursday morning. With bids coming in under estimate, school officials reported they were able to include several upgrades in the contract. [More]
All-MAC final
Minster, Marion Local to battle for district title
By Colin Foster
WAPAKONETA - There are more divisions than ever in Ohio high school basketball.
But the tournament path doesn't feel too much different for Midwest Athletic Conference teams.
Ohio basketball shifted from four divisions to seven this season. Y [More]
Obituaries on February 21st, 2025
Patricia White
Patricia (Patsy) Ruth White, aged 96, passed away peacefully on February 18, 2025, at Coventry Meadows Memory Care in Fort Wayne, IN. [More]
Helen Bergman
Helen D. Bergman, age 101, of Celina, Ohio, passed away at Joint Township Distr [More]
Mary Lou Menchhofer
Mary Lou Menchhofer, age 89, of Celina, passed away Friday, February 7, 2025, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Virginia Stone
Virginia Ann Stone, age 82, of Celina, passed away at her home in Highland Park on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. [More]
Betty McCoy
Betty Lou McCoy, 71, of Saint Marys, died Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at her residence following a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. [More]
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Subscriber stories on February 21st, 2025
A Legacy Lost
Miami University students have located the land where freed slaves once wanted to live in Mercer County.
By NICK EVANS
Ohio Capital Journal

In the 1840s, a group of almost 400 Freedpeople traveled to Ohio from the Virginia plantation where they'd bee
Ohio Ag responds to bird flu emergency
CELINA - The Ohio Department of Agriculture responded Thursday to an emergency declaration from county commissioners in Mercer and Darke counties regarding the ongoing High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak.
Cav, Redskin boys advance to state bowling
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater boys bowling team will compete in the Division II state tournament for the seventh straight season after winning the district championship on Thursday at Interstate Lanes in Rossford.
Division II State Swimming
Newcomb, Jiang reach A-Finals
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina's Jackson Newcomb and New Bremen's Andy Jiang will get a chance to swim for a state title tonight after quali
Ottoville ends New Knoxville's season
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Ottoville jumped out to a 31-13 halftime lead and advanced to the Division VII district girls basketball final with a 67-29 win over New Knoxville on Thursday in the semifinals at the Elida Fieldhouse.
Fundraising phenomenon marks 40 years
How MCCoA Garage Sale turned into a win-win-win
CELINA - What began as a shot-in-the-dark attempt to generate matching funds for grants benefiting the Mercer County Council on Aging has exploded in
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