CELINA - Caitlyn Nuding, 20, Celina, was crowned Miss Lake Festival 2027 on a beautiful Sunday evening at the Harley C. Jones Memorial Rotary Amphitheater in the Bryson Park District.

Nuding is employed at Mercer Health as a certified nursing assistant and at Made Apparel and is pursuing a nursing degree at Wright State University-Lake Campus. [More]

CELINA - Mercer County officials in the coming months plan to roll out a new alert system to warn people of critical situations.

And unlike the Mercer County Sheriff's Office's subscription-based Nixle alert system, the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, when put into use, will send a notification to all cellphone users within the county, Mercer County Emergency Management Agency director Chad Willrath told The Daily Standard. [More]

There are a lot of similarities for 2026 Celina graduate Tanner Wendel when he takes the mound at Montgomery Field.

It is the mound that saw Wendel compile a 3-3 record with 49 strikeouts in 40 innings for the Bulldogs over the spring, which earned the righty a spot on the Western Buckeye League's first team. Now as member of the Grand Lake Mariners, he climbs the same hill at a different level. [More]

CELINA - About 100,000 locals and visitors are expected to enjoy another exciting week of endless entertainment, delicious fair food, local livestock shows and agriculture exhibits, and further activities for all ages at the 174th Mercer County Fair Aug. 13-19. [More]

  ROCKFORD - Former Parkway High School boys basketball coach Doug Hughes, who resigned from the role in April but was still contracted as a high school intervention specialist, submitted his resignation as a rehired retiree teacher on Wednesday.

School board members accepted his resignation during their July board meeting Wednesday night. [More]

  ROSSBURG - Brent Marks, the 2022 Kings Royal winner, and 20-year-old Corey Day picked up the wins during the Double Down Duals at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday night that kicked off Kings Royal weekend at the high-banked, half-mile oval.

Marks, who swept the $100,000 to-win Historical Big One and Kings Royal in 2022, led all 25-laps of the first feature event to continue his recent hot streak on the High Limit Racing Series, which also included a win on Monday night at Fremont Speedway. [More]