Friday, August 4th, 2006
By Timothy Cox
A widespread power outage that lasted nearly three hours Thursday evening was caused by a lightning strike on a substation near Greenville.
The Dayton Power & Light Co. substation suffered a direct strike, knocking out power to 10,000 DP&L custome [More]
By Ryan Hines
Aggressive baserunning and strong pitching kept the Grand Lake Mariners in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League tournament winner's bracket on Thursday at Jim Hoess Field.
Grand Lake scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning on a wild pitch while Brenden Stines and Adam Abraham kept the Southern Ohio bats in check for a 2-1 Mariners victory. [More]
Obituaries on August 4th, 2006
Donald R. Dock, 84, 311 Zillah St., Celina, died at 10:15 a.m. Aug. 3, 2006, at his residence. [More]
Marie A. Drees, 84, Sidney, died Aug. 3, 2006, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney. [More]
Dorothy J. Finnen, 73, 140 N. Garfield St., Minster, died at 8:04 p.m. Aug. 2, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Bernice "Bernie" Mary Frilling, 71, of Fort Loramie-Swanders Road, Minster, die [More]
Ruth King, 89, Celina, died Aug. 3, 2006, at The Gardens, Celina.
Arrangement [More]
Former Coldwater resident, Sr. Mary Michaela Mueller, SFCC, 86, died Aug. 2, 2006, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Ray A. Smith, 68, 217 Gwendolyn St., Fort Recovery, died Aug. 3, 2006, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Local pictures on August 4th, 2006
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Students come during their summer breaks from college
WAPAKONETA - Kate Nicco-Annan and Ewuradwoa Krampah Ampiah work in the elephant ear stand at the Auglaize County Fair frying dough and liberally dusting the golden brown circles with cinnamon and sugar.
Mercer County officials plan to apply for about $1.2 million in low-interest loans to pay for proposed sanitary sewer extensions west of Celina.
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A small piece of the Mercer County Courthouse is headed for the Heritage Garden at Gov. Bob Taft's residence in Columbus.
The Heritage Garden, whic
WAPAKONETA - It isn't by accident that Bob Herd and his vendor trailer have a sought-after spot beneath a large shade tree on the Auglaize County Fairgrounds.
Mercer County Commissioners have approved a plan to get the county Central Dispatch's statewide radio band back on the air.
Commissioners had toile
A 17-year-old Celina boy who entered a Hopewell Township home June 1 and attempted to engage in sexual activity with a minor waived his right to a pr
It's appropriate that the host teams for the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League tournament get to play for a berth in the championship.
Lima will