Mercer County News

Stanley Edward Mills. Every time Ilene thinks of him, she smiles and giggles. Some men can steal a girl's heart early.

A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Dutch John Rd. and Dixon-Cavette Rd. that occurred at 11 a.m. on Friday sent five people to the hospital including one by Samaritan Helicopter.

The Mercer County Sheriff's Office said that it is investigating the sixth fatal crash that resulted in the tenth fatality of 2012.

Authorities said that they have arrested three people on charges related to a home invasion when two men and a woman forced their way inside.

By ED GEBERT Times Bulletin Editor CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Gray announced yesterday that arrests have been made in the home invasion case near Mendon, but the charges are only for one incident.

Mercer County, OH -- Police continue to search for the person responsible for a deadly home invasion that left Robert Grube and his daughter Colleen dead.

A 51-year-old Mendon man is dead after he apparently failed to negotiate a curve while on his motorcycle and slammed into a telephone pole, the Ohio Highway Patrol said Monday.

Gov. John Kasich is pleased with the progress Ohio has made in the 17 months since he took office, but he's not finished yet, he told an audience of Mercer County Republicans on Monday evening at the Grand Lake Galleria Conference Center in Celina.

What: 5K off-road challenge Mad Run When: 9 a.m. Saturday Where: Ambassador Park, Fort Recovery Registration: $60 on race day, which includes a finish medal.

The Ohio Highway Patrol on Monday increased patrols along U.S. 127 in Mercer County, especially in the area of Clover Four Road south of Celina, an area where six people died last month in two crashes that occurred 16 days apart.

CELINA Two Mercer County men were arrested Monday in connection with a car break in.

Dustin Younker may be known in Van Wert County as a karate instructor, but he benefits the people in the county in a bigger way as well.

Friday, May 4 was Day 2 of the Mercer County Meet, hosted by Coldwater. All six Mercer County H S and M S's took part in the 2-day event.

A man faces three felony charges of breaking and entering for alleging busting into three auto repair shops to steal tools.

ST. MARYS Members of Midwest Electric recently donated $13,403 to 18 west-central Ohio charities and community projects through the cooperative's Community Connection Fund.

In data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Auglaize County registered an unemployment rate of 6.4 percent, down from 6.9 percent in February.

FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1219 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 AUGLAIZE OH-MERCER OH- 1219 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 315 AM EDT.