FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery officials plan to seek a second opinion after they received an estimate of nearly $10 million for a new upgraded wastewater treatment system earlier this month.
At the village council's regular meeting on Monday, village administrator Aaron Rengers said Kleinfelder, a Defiance-based engineering firm, sent him an engineer's estimate of $9.67 million to overhaul the village's wastewater treatment system on May 8. [More]
CELINA - School board members will likely convene a special meeting in the next few weeks to settle on a student occupancy date for the new grades 7-12 building.
FORT RECOVERY - After a brief work session on Monday, Fort Recovery Board of Education members discussed the district's cybersecurity protocols and heard an update on upgrades at Barrenbrugge Athletic Park.
MINSTER - A powerhouse architecture, engineering and planning firm has solidified its presence in the state with the strategic opening of a new office in northeast Ohio.
CELINA - A 38-year-old Greenville woman was arrested for drug possession, and a 30-year-old Celina man was arrested for vandalism, all over the weekend in Mercer County.
Bacon wins USAC Sprint before taking second in Outlaw
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - After dominating the USAC Sprint Car 30-lap main event Saturday night at Eldora Speedway's #LetsRaceTwo, Brady Bacon lined up on the front row of the World of Outlaw 30-lap chase trying to become the first driver in the history of the event to win both feature races. [More]
CELINA - The Mercer County Sheriff's Office has achieved accreditation through the Ohio Collaborative Law Enforcement Program, after meeting or exceeding 32 standards of professional excellence.
NEW BREMEN - Needing a win to clinch a share of the Midwest Athletic Conference baseball title, Coldwater came out strong and scored five in the first to set the tone. While New Bremen fought hard, the early hole was too much to dig out of as the Cavaliers picked up a 10-2 win Saturday afternoon.
Play wrapped up at the Division II boys tennis sectional tournament. The weather prompted the tournament moved from the University of Northwestern Ohio to the Westwood Tennis Center in Lima.
A strong effort on Friday gave Celina a pair of top-three finishes as the Western Buckeye League Track and Field Championships wrapped up at Robinson Field in Kenton.
The Celina girls rebounded from last year's ei [More]
William J. McGowan, 83, of St. Marys, OH passed away Thursday May 14, 2026 in the Everheart Inpatient Hospice Unit at Wayne Hospital in Greenville, OH. [More]
MARION TOWNSHIP - A semi-trailer hauling 170 hogs wiped out Friday afternoon in a ditch on Cassella-Montezuma Road in between State Route 274 and Olding Road in Marion Township.
CELINA - Ferguson Enterprises' Celina distribution center has teamed up with the Celina Athletic Booster Club to support student-athletes while at once developing its own pipeline of talent.
FORT RECOVERY - Friday was a great day to be a Tiger, as Versailles' boys and girls track teams captured the Midwest Athletic Conference titles at Barrenbrugge Park in Fort Recovery.
Ten days after firing a no-hitter against Marion Local, Celina's Wes Greber came up with another gem, no-hitting Spencerville as the Bulldogs shut out Spencerville 6-0 on Friday at Montgomery Field.
EB Fuel Stops celebrated the grand opening of its latest location Thursday. Located south of Celina at the intersection of U.S. Route 127 and State Route 219, the store is open 24 hours, has two fuel islands, one for automotive fuel and one for truck/semitrailer fuel, as well as a deli with hot food, pizza and a wide variety of craft beers. [More]
HOUSTON - It was a back and forth battle in every sense of the phrase during Thursday's Division VI softball sectional final between Fort Recovery and Houston. A 6-0 Indians' lead turned into a 10-6 Houston lead, and eventually it was 11-11 entering the bottom of the seventh. [More]
Debra S. Thomas, 62, of South Charleston, Ohio, formerly of Willshire, passed away on Wednesday morning, May 13, 2026, at Gardens at Celina in Celina, Ohio. [More]
CELINA - More than $1 million in state grant funds will be shared by Auglaize and Mercer Counties to tear down three vacant structures and restore the sites to make way for future development.
CELINA - The Mercer County Commissioners moved to file legal action against the state to stop it from billing the county for what they say are fraudulent unemployment claims filed under the names of 10 county employees.
CHICKASAW - Village councilors in Chickasaw took the second step toward adjusting utility rates and approved a resolution to put funds received through a donation to the village into a $140,000 certificate of deposit.
CELINA - It didn't take long for Celina to set the tone.
Four runs in the bottom of the first put the Bulldogs in front to stay as they opened the Division III softball tournament with an 11-1 win over Tiffin Columbian in five innings on Thursday at Jim Hoess Field in Westview Park.
Two St. Marys doubles teams earned berths to the Division II district boys tennis tournament after reaching the semifinals of the sectional held at the University of Northwestern Ohio on Thursday.
