Thursday, February 27th, 2014
By Margie Wuebker
Trevin Sanders this morning pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the November 2011 murders of Fort Recovery residents Robert and Colleen Grube.
Sanders, 19, of Union City, in a court statement of facts admitted to shooting Colleen Grube multip [More]
Division III Boys Basketball Sectional
By Gary R. Rasberry
ST. MARYS - Patience has produced some excellent play of late from the St. Henry Redskins.
The Redskins opened Division III boys basketball sectional play with a dominating 50-32 win over Delphos Jefferson on Wednesday night at Murotech Court in St. Marys. [More]
Obituaries on February 27th, 2014
Walter Weigel, 86, Coldwater, died Feb. 26, 2014, at Celina Manor Nursing Home, [More]
Local pictures on February 27th, 2014
Subscriber stories on February 27th, 2014
WAPAKONETA - Problems with sewer pipes at the Auglaize County jail could cost more than $70,000 to repair.
The ongoing sewer line replacement project at the 16-year-old law enforcement center was discussed Wednesday by county commissioner Doug Spencer at a St. Marys Rotary Club meeting.
FORT RECOVERY - The state is helping an egg-breaking company establish roots in Mercer County with a $1.5 million loan.
The state's Controlling Boa
NEW BREMEN - Law enforcement personnel are searching for a suspect who held two men at gunpoint and stole a pickup truck at a rural home west of the village Wednesday afternoon.
Mercer Health increasing patient diagnosis codes from 10,000 to 66,000
COLDWATER - A recent audit found the government overpaid Mercer County Community Hospital $29,000 in Medicare and Medicaid claims over a three-year period.
Ohio enacts new statewide hours
Elections officials in Mercer and Auglaize counties believe voters will have ample time to cast ballots in the November general election under statewide hours set this week by Secretary of State Jon Husted.
    In the eyes of Orson Welles, Spencer Tracy was a hateful, bitchy Irishman, Humphrey Bogart, a second-rate actor and Charlie Chaplin, an insecure comedian who relied on gagmen to write his jokes and paled in comparison to Buster Keaton.
2014 State Bowling Tournament Preview
In bowling, three strikes in a row is known as a turkey.
The Coldwater girls bowling team will try for another kind of turkey as they look to capture a third straight state championship this weekend at the Division II state tournament in Columbus.
Last Curtain Call
New Bremen head girls basketball coach Jerry Maxson assumed his crew would take a few lumps through the season in 1980.
After graduating seven letterwinners from his district runner-up squad from the season before, the veteran coach was prepared to rebuild.