FORT RECOVERY - Village council members on Monday approved an ordinance to annex about 48 acres of land into the village and to extend utility services to the area.

Cooper Farms purchased a little more than 26 acres near J&M Manufacturing upon whi [More]

ROCKFORD - Of the many things that Parkway boys basketball coach Doug Hughes had to be pleased about when looking at the stat sheet after his Panthers rolled past Bradford 80-18 on Monday, it was the distribution of points that made him smile.

Five players scored in double figures - all between 10 and 13 points - and 10 of the 12 players that got into the contest scored at least two points. [More]

ADA - The All-American collegiate career of Ohio Northern's Ryan Bruns came to an end on Saturday.

A Spanish basketball career may follow for the Marion Local graduate.

Bruns - the Ohio Athletic Conference's leading scorer and reigning Player of the Year - had 33 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists and five blocks as the Polar Bears ended the season with a 79-63 rout of Muskingum on Senior Day at the King Horn Sports Center. [More]

WAPAKONETA - The 2019 edition of the Western Buckeye League wrestling tournament went a lot better for Celina and St. Marys.

Meanwhile, nothing changed for the host Wapakoneta Redskins, who dominated to capture a fourth-straight overall league title with a first-place finish in the tournament. [More]

CELINA - Manure runoff from a Fort Recovery-based livestock producer's field in Darke County reportedly caused the death of 100 to 200 fish in a Jay County, Indiana, pond, Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members learned this week. [More]

FORT RECOVERY - Midway through the third quarter, Fort Recovery was trailing New Bremen by as many as 13 points. With 7 1/2 minutes remaining in the game, the Indians' deficit was 10 points.

The Cardinals, though, could not put away the Indians. And the Indians took advantage. [More]

CELINA - A St. Marys man was arrested early Thursday morning after five shots were fired into a mobile home in Celina the day before, according to a news release.

Joseph D. Meinerding, 22, has been arrested and booked into the Mercer County jail on a charge of felonious assault. [More]

NEW BREMEN - New Bremen wanted a happy ending on Senior Night.

A group of underclassmen from Fort Recovery had a different ending in mind.

Sophomore Kierra Wendel scored eight of her 12 points in the fourth quarter, including the two go-ahead free throws, and classmate Alli Vaughn had five of her 11 points in the final frame as the Indians rallied from a 12-point deficit to stun the Cardinals, 42-39, at the Nest. [More]