Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
By Nancy Allen
Local wheat farmers might be eating hotdogs and setting off fireworks rather than harvesting their crops this weekend.
Many farmers target July 4 to harvest wheat. However, the ground is so wet due to record rainfall and flooding, many will not be able to get into their fields, local ag officials said. [More]
Obituaries on July 1st, 2015
Shirley J. Hamilton Varwig, 89, of Toledo and formerly of Celina, died on June 23, 2015, at St. Vincent Medical Center. [More]
Local pictures on July 1st, 2015
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Improved economy credited with local turnaround
A strong local economy continues to reduce the number of home foreclosures that skyrocketed during the Great Recession.
According to Mercer County
SIDNEY -   A St. Marys man on Tuesday was sentenced to seven years in prison for starting a fire that killed a 50-year-old man in Shelby County in December.
ST. HENRY - A local landscape employee was listed in critical condition this morning at a Dayton hospital after an accident at noon Tuesday at the intersection of U.S. 127 and state Route 119.
CELINA - The overall transportation budget funded by the federal government for income-eligible residents in Mercer County increased nearly 20 percent this year.
TIPP CITY - A Fort Recovery man was arrested Saturday afternoon in Tipp City and charged with multiple violations including drug trafficking and child endangering.
ROCKFORD - Jessica Shaffer knows how hard it is to have enough clothing for three growing children.
"I was raised on consignment clothes," said Sha
I had the chance to go one-on-one with Scoonie Penn last Thursday at Murotech Court in St. Marys, the site of his basketball camp to assist the efforts of St. Marys Tailgate for Cancer (To clarify: we didn't actually play basketball, that would have been embarrassing. It was an interview).