Mercer County Sheriff's Department officers operating in the city arrested two men and seized a handgun and shotgun after a vehicle stop Tuesday night, the department said.

A Hamilton man is facing six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of distributing both cocaine and the performance enhancing drugs human growth hormone and anabolic steroids.

Admitted serial rapist Michael Palacio was sentenced in Mercer County Court to 30 years in prison yesterday after admitting to sexual attacks on a total of six women and two juveniles.