CELINA - A first-degree misdemeanor charge of inducing panic filed against a 95-year-old Montezuma man was dismissed Friday morning in Celina Municipal Court.

James H. Dalton told Judge James Scheer he was only jesting when he made a comment to poll workers at Franklin School Tuesday afternoon that he might come back with a couple guns on his hips. [More]

COLDWATER - The racing was so exciting at the annual Mercer County Knights of Columbus Track and Field Meet that the lights went out as the race wrapped up, although stormy weather was the true culrpit.

Fortunately, it was still light enough to final the final race, but the Celina boys and girls track teams had already turned out the lights in clinching the team titles at the battle of Mercer County track teams. [More]