COLDWATER - Jackie Knapke was 14 when her parents moved from Piqua and bought Neil Armstrong's childhood home in Wapakoneta.

Armstrong's family roots were in Wapakoneta, although the family moved several times throughout the years due to his father Stephen Armstrong's job as an auditor for the state. Eventually the family settled back in Wapakoneta in 1944, when the future astronaut was 13, at 601 West Benton St., now an Ohio historical marker. [More]

CELINA - Local breweries provided the beer on Friday night at Montgomery Field.

And local players - New Bremen's Luke Vonderhaar and Versailles' Noah Richard - provided a spark for the Grand Lake Mariners.

Vonderhaar went 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs, Richard pitched three scoreless innings in relief and Grand Lake defeated league-leading Lima 7-1 in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League baseball action. [More]

CELINA - A Mercer County woman who was injured after having been struck by an all-terrain vehicle has died.

A Miami Valley Hospital representative said on Thursday that Mary J. Stachler, 73, was no longer listed as a patient, and Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey confirmed she had passed away. [More]

CELINA - The "Hometown Showdown - A Night of Professional Boxing" was postponed after flooding damaged the original venue.

But the show will go on.

The six-match boxing event -Celina's first documented boxing match since 1912 and fourth in the [More]

CELINA - A woman remained in critical condition on Wednesday after a Tuesday accident in which a child who'd been riding on an all-terrain vehicle attempted to get off and instead hit the accelerator, according to a Mercer County Sheriff's Office news release. [More]

CELINA - Kailee Ross is back home in Celina after spending a year teaching in Greece but will soon set off for another adventure - furthering her education in Scotland.

Ross, the daughter of Jim and Teri Ross, snagged a prestigious Rotary Internat [More]

CELINA - The Mercer County Health District on Tuesday reported two confirmed cases of pertussis.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis.

The ages of the two reported victims are 8 years and 11 months. The cases have no known link and those affected live in different areas of Mercer County. [More]

CELINA - A Germantown man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to an amended charge of attempted aggravated arson in connection to a fire he set in March that damaged his and his wife's Montezuma mobile home.

Ricky L. Miller, 60, agreed to plead guilty to th [More]

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Van Wert scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull away and defeat St. Marys 9-3 in the completion of the ACME baseball District 5 championship game on Tuesday at Shawnee High School.

Van Wert (12-2-3) travels to the state tournament in Coldwater starting Saturday. The Cougars face District 4 champion Minster at 2:30 p.m. in a quarterfinal game. [More]