Montcalm News

MERCER SHERIFF Nov. 27 BREAKING AND ENTERING: Dep. J.D. Ellison responded to Twin Oaks Circle, where a complainant advised someone entered a residence under construction and stole several liquor bottles, saws and more.

When I was in high school long, long ago, we had to do essays. I and my classmates regarded those with dread because the idea of writing anything longer than a page was frightening.

MERCER SHERIFF Nov. 13 A* PETIT LARCENY: A complainant reported four bronze headstone vases were stolen from Woodlawn Cemetery.

Personnel with the Mercer County Health Department are continuing to visit county schools to offer H1N1 vaccinations to students who have parental permission.

A Mercer County man remains incarcerated this afternoon in connection with a late night shooting in Montcalm.

One man is behind bars and another hospitalized after a shooting in Mercer County.

It's official, we have a bridge to nowhere - at least for a little while. It is our hope that this bridge, whose brand-new concrete almost sparkles high above Route 19 in Bluefield, will soon connect to Airport Road, and beyond.

Mercer County Circuit Judge Omar Aboulhosn has been mentoring students at Montcalm School for a decade and now he is working to expand his efforts.

Judges, lawyers, business people and other professionals often have busy schedules, but one circuit court judge is asking them to add a new item to that list of things to do-visit a local school and mentor to children.

Monday night football is again coming to Montcalm. Friday's game between the Generals and the visiting Iaeger Cubs had to be rescheduled for Monday evening because Montcalm's roster was depleted by injury and some students on the team were "sick with a high fever," according to Montcalm school officials.

We hear lots of calls on police scanners each week, and many times they don't result in stories.

A steady rain on Saturday morning didn't stop organizers of the fourth Annual AutumnFest from getting off to a soggy start, but by mid-afternoon, the committee had to pull the plug on this year's festival.

Whenever I cover anything to do with a government bureaucracy, I find myself asking why it has to be so complicated.

In the spring of 1960, Vernon Fields got wind of a bit of news that a national political candidate was planning to visit a small Mercer County town.

Firefighters in Mercer County battle an early morning structure fire. The fire was at a home on Snow Vista Street.

Firefighters in Mercer County battle an early morning structure fire. The fire was at a home on Snow Vista Street.

Three regional health centers, including the Bluestone Health Association Inc., with locations at Lake Shawnee and Montcalm, Tug River Health Association Inc., with locations in Gary and Northfork and the Monroe County Health Center in Union, will benefit from more than $1.6 million in federal funding, according to a press release from U.S. Senator ...

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A line of thunderstorms passing through the area - some violent at times - raced through Four Seasons Country Wednesday afternoon, bringing reports of some downed trees and isolated power outages in parts of the region.

A Mercer County man scheduled to go to trial today on charges stemming from a pair of armed robberies in 2008 pleaded guilty in circuit court.