a_d
Find Date:
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
Songs with a Purpose
Expert explains coded language of spirituals
By Erin Gardner
ST. MARYS - In honor of Black History Month, Valerie Boyer, an activist, musician and educator, discussed Negro spirituals, a type of religious folksong that enslaved people sang and their descendants still sing today.
About 100 people attende [More]
Local teams looking for titles
By Gary R. Rasberry
A change has done the Fort Recovery bowling program good.
After having to go north for district play in the past, The Indians were reassigned to the Southwest District, avoiding all their Midwest Athletic Conference foes except for Versailles.
The move south paid off this season as the girls team earned their second straight trip to the Division II state tournament and the boys earned their first-ever state team berth. [More]
Local pictures on February 26th, 2025
Subscriber stories on February 26th, 2025
LFA considers 14-acre land purchase near Grand Lake
CELINA - The Lake Facilities Authority is considering the purchase of a 14-acre property on the north side of Grand Lake in Mercer County.
Theresa
Rockford man, 18, sentenced to 5 years
Guilty on 21 counts of child porn charges
CELINA - An 18-year-old Rockford man was sentenced to probation and ordered to register as a sex offender on charges related to possessing child sexual abuse images on Tuesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Museum project catalogs thousands of artifacts
New software adds 'verbal artifacts'
CELINA - Having made some strides in the herculean task of formally inventorying thousands of artifacts, Mercer County Historical Society Director Cait Clark and a team of volunteers are opening up a new phase of preservation: recording and uploading personal stories, testimonials and accounts.
Mendon works on zoning compliance
MENDON - In Tuesday's 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, although the inner workings of the procedure have been updated.
Pumpkinfest canceled for this Sept.
NEW BREMEN - The 2025 New Bremen Pumpkinfest is canceled, the event committee announced Tuesday afternoon in a post on Facebook.
Established in 200
Subscription information or Buy this E-Edition
a_d