CELINA - Work on the highly anticipated Grand Event Center at the Mercer County Fairgrounds is slated to get underway in late summer.

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CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff Doug Timmerman said he is pleased that an online fundraising platform removed the fundraisers for a man accused of murdering a Hamilton County Sheriff's Office deputy.

CELINA - Celina City Schools students and staff are mourning the loss of a Celina High School student who passed away from an apparent suicide. The student was found at his residence on Wednesday morning.

CELINA - A 58-year-old Van Wert man who allegedly bludgeoned his niece's boyfriend with a meat cleaver was sentenced to probation on Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

Shortly before the curtain was to rise on the first act of a tear-jerking melodrama at the City Opera House, about 75 years ago, the manager-actor in full makeup stepped between the gaudy drop curtain and the kerosene foot lights and dramatically raised his hands to bring quiet.

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Fort Recovery used a seven-run sixth inning to take the lead and picked up a 12-6 Midwest Athletic Conference baseball win over Delphos St. John's on Wednesday afternoon at Stadium Park in Delphos.