CELINA - Whether it's a door slamming, someone quickly popping out of a corner or certain kinds of phobias, like arachnophobia, claustrophobia or thanatophobia, the fear of death, being scared is a part of human biology.

Still, because all humans are different, fears can manifest themselves separately and ultimately affect how often and what type of scares people seek out. [More]

  CELINA - Residents and small businesses enrolled in the Mercer County Electric Aggregation Program will see their electricity rate increase a little over 2 cents to 11.52 cents per kilowatt-hour under a new contract.

Under the current contract, w [More]

ELIDA - If you loved soccer, then Elida was the place to be Tuesday. After the hosts used four goals from Lexie Good to rally past St. Marys 4-3 in overtime, Celina battled Wapakoneta for 100 minutes before Alexis Siefring's goal in double overtime lifted the Bulldogs to a 1-0 win. [More]

ARCANUM - After getting swept a season ago in the district final, one would think Houston would try to do anything to avoid Fort Recovery volleyball.

But the teams met again in Monday's D-VI district semifinal, and much like their 2025 meeting, the Indians battled through some early jitters and swept the Wildcats 25-10, 25-9, 25-8 in Arcanum. [More]

  CELINA - A Connecticut-born abolitionist in the 19th century founded a manual training school for African Americans in Carthagena before later taking his fight for equality to the State of Kansas and becoming friends with John Brown, the famous insurrectionist who led a failed raid on Harpers Ferry. [More]