ST. MARYS - For about three hours, 20 people in St. Marys were transported back to the Roaring Twenties, a time when opulent wealth and social status determined happiness.

CELINA - A 59-year-old Celina man accused of stealing over $1.5 million dollars from 14 mostly elderly victims has filed a motion to lower his bond in order to be released from jail.

ST. MARYS - St. Marys City Schools on Wednesday joined in on a growing area effort to bring back the remains of a local veteran killed in action over 70 years ago in North Korea.

Ike Coate
The Mercer County Historical Society

Every day, we find more items in the basement of the Riley House Museum. Try to guess what they are before reading further.

The University of Findlay women's volleyball team tuned up for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference opener on Friday at Tiffin by sweeping all three of its matches at the Hampton Inn and Suites Grand Rapids Downtown Classic hosted by Davenport University (Michigan).

The Bulldogs swept the Spartans at the Booster Club Tennis Complex to improve to 12-4 on the year.

Isabelle Thobe won 6-1, 6-1 in singles action alongside Katie Guingrich, who won 6-0, 6-0. Larissa Jackson finished the sweep of the singles action with a 6-0, 3-0 win.

  The lone unbeaten teams in the Midwest Athletic Conference face off on Friday in a game that could likely see a postseason rematch.

Both Marion Local and New Bremen face off on Friday at Cardinals Stadium at 4-0 with shares of the conference lead with Minster at 2-0.

  Last week we saw several games in both the WBL and the MAC involving teams with equal records or where the team with the lesser record won. That inc

CELINA at SHAWNEE
Shawnee Stadium

The Bulldogs picked up their first win of the season in dramatic fashion, overcoming a lost lead to beat Van Wert 38-37 in overtime at Eggerss Stadium.

Impact Players

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Carson Kaylor, QB, Minster

16-of-20 for 258 yards and a school-record tying six touchdowns in the Wildcats' 49-20 win over Parkway.

CELINA - The Grand Lake region remains one of the best areas in the state to get a public education.

That much is clear after the issuance of the s

ROCKFORD - To curb potential injuries or accidents involving electric bikes and scooters, Mayor Ron Searight informed residents the village and police would divert more attention to the vehicles.

MINSTER - After resolving some objections raised by business owners about the project, Minster village councilors Tuesday authorized village administrator Don Harrod to seek bids on plans to extend sidewalks along State Route 66 at the north edge of the village.

ROCKFORD - A 30-year-old Rockford man accused of hitting the passenger side of a vehicle with a baseball bat and injuring an unidentified female was arrested in Rockford and charged with felonious assault in Mercer County Common Pleas Court Saturday.

ST. MARYS - There are "no ifs, ands or buts about it," St. Marys residents will see some kind of increase to their trash bill in the new year, city councilor Arienne Childrey said at the city's solid waste committee meeting on Monday night.

ST. MARYS - After 34 Western Buckeye League wins in a row, Ottawa-Glandorf still was not satisfied and added another win to their belt with a 1-0 victory over St. Marys Tuesday night.

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A strong performance by the St. Marys girls golf team on their home course allowed the Roughriders to earn a share of the Western Buckeye League championship during the league tournament held at Northmoor on Tuesday.

ST. MARYS - At least three children on electronic micro-mobility devices zipped by the St. Marys Municipal building on Monday evening without helmets. At the same time, city officials were inside brainstorming ways to legally minimize safety threats related to their usage throughout the city.

CELINA - Authorities are continuing to lean on the public for help in locating a missing 89-year-old St. Henry man after an exhaustive, all-hand-on-deck search involving nearly 100 officials and volunteers, multiple agencies, and drones came up empty Monday afternoon.

ST. MARYS - A self-admitted neo-Nazi from New Mexico looking to spark a civil war was arrested by the FBI on Thursday for allegedly making a series of online threats, including sending a St. Marys city councilor a death threat, a Department of Justice news release reports.

FORT RECOVERY - Power is set up at Fort Recovery's new 250,000-gallon water tower with the SCADA work scheduled to be done this week, village administrator Randy Diller informed councilors at Monday night's regular council meeting.

CELINA - A group of Celina High School students receiving additional support beyond the classroom will take a trip to New York City in the coming mon

Mercer County engineer Jim Wiechart announced he is planning to close a section of Lange Road south of St. Henry for construction.

Lange Road was s

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Nelson Chapman's goal late in the second half allowed Celina to rally from a 1-0 deficit to defeat S

ST. MARYS-An area nature preserve is set to open today with a brand new look.

The Heritage Trails Park District of Auglaize County will open its Dr. Elizabeth Yahl Kuffner Nature today to the public, with two of its trails now boardwalk and one kept a dirt path.

A 38-year-old Kentucky man died Friday afternoon after his motorcycle reportedly struck the back of truck on Interstate 75 in Shelby County, a news release from the Ohio State High Patrol states.