Mercer County News

The Big Ten asked all reporters to predict the top three finishers in the conference and pick an offensive and defensive player of the year.

A 10-year-old boy is in Children's Hospital in Dayton after a van struck him Saturday.

The local health board is asking the court for help to seal off or possibly demolish a property near Grand Lake that has become a public nuisance.

Mercer County residents recycle more and discard less trash than any other county in the state of Ohio, according to the latest figures from the Ohio EPA.

Wednesday July 2, 2008 Chicken for a cause Staff photo/Mike Burkholder Lake Improvement Association Treasurer Bob Froning, left, and Jerry Miller serve up chicken dinners as part of a fundraiser for the lake ...

Three people were injured in a Sunday afternoon crash on U.S. Route 127 in Marion Township.

A hog contractor in La Grange, Ind., that provides hogs to a number of contract hog growers in Mercer and Auglaize counties is closing its doors due to high corn prices and the stagnant hog market.

The Mercer County commissioners have agreed to be the applicant for a grant the city of Celina needs to help fund a $6 million sediment removal project for Grand Lake.

A longtime camper at Kozy Kampground near Montezuma remains in critical condition today at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton after reportedly being struck by lightning when storms packing gusty winds, rumbling ...

Mercer County's latest centenarian is Alma Retta Crouch of Celina, who is observing her 100th birthday today.

Staff photo/Kay Louth From left, Mary Will, student president elect, Pat Howard, staff representative, Bob Hiskey, faculty senate president elect, Kip Wright, alumni representative, Mike Cross, Western Ohio ...

Patients on stretchers, helicopters in the air, nurses hurrying to treat people.

For the first time ever, the Mercer County Sheriff's Department and the county's fire and local police departments, which rely on central dispatch for emergency call-outs, will have a unified radio system.

A suggestion from a former supervisor led Tim Knapke to start a tool regrinding business in his home garage.

Plans for the new Mercer County Detention Center got a final OK from the Courthouse Committee on Tuesday and the unanimous vote allows bids for its construction to be submitted.

Butler Township trustees recently purchased the Burntwood Cemetery, ending an ownership dispute that has spanned many months.

A 62-year-old man was killed Saturday when the tractor-trailer he was driving crashed on U.S. Route 33 west of Harner Road.

An optical scan paper ballot system will be used during the November presidential election, as the Mercer County Board of Elections unanimously approved the decision this morning.

Firefighters battle blaze at rural Mercer County home Firefighters from Chattanooga, Celina, Rockford and Mendon were on the scene Tuesday morning at a house fire in Liberty Township.

The Mercer County Board of Elections has reduced the number of polling places for the November presidential election from 12 to eight.