Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
By Timothy Cox
Celina has landed another grant to help pay for the future reconstruction of Main Street that will provide some decorative touches to the project.
City development consultant Kent Bryan announced at Monday's Celina City Council meeting that the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has approved a $509,000 grant to pay for decorative street lighting and other aesthetic amenities as part of an estimated $2 million project. [More]
By Timothy Cox
Celina City Council members want more time to consider a proposed increase in water rates that would boost prices by more than 30 percent within the next 16 months and about 50 percent over the next five years.
Council members passed first reading [More]
Obituaries on August 15th, 2006
Robert "Butch" Lochtefeld Sr. died early this morning, Aug. 15, 2006.
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Ermal Lutterbeck, 69, 705 Beech St., St. Marys, died at 8 p.m. Aug. 13, 2006, at his residence following an extended illness. [More]
David A. Schulze, 28, of South Main St., Minster, died at 5:49 p.m. Aug. 14, 20 [More]
Dalton D. Smith, 85, 1307 Queensbury Drive, Celina, died at 11:48 a.m. Aug. 14, 2006, at his residence. [More]
Local pictures on August 15th, 2006
Subscriber stories on August 15th, 2006
A 28-year-old Minster man was killed Monday afternoon when he drove into the path of another vehicle at the intersection of Schmitmeyer-Baker and Wells roads in rural Shelby County.
Celina city officials are moving forward with plans to buy one building and to look into another with a possibility of buying it also.
City officia
ST. MARYS - Numerous complaints in the community prompted council to ban all-terrain vehicles from city streets.
At Monday's meeting council member
ST. HENRY - The village was awarded a $198,000 transportation enhancement grant Aug. 9 from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to fund an extensive forthcoming infrastructure project.
The Burkettsville Community Fire Department chose Sunday - the final day of the community picnic - to dedicate its new 2,000-gallon tanker.
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The Lake Improvement Association held its 6th annual Barstool Open Saturday on Grand Lake, marking another successful fundraising event for the nonprofit organization.
COLDWATER - The village will save nearly $20,000 simply by changing employee Worker's Compensation providers.
"Gates McDonald (the village's curre
A Celina man who was critically injured in a two-vehicle accident east of Montezuma on Aug. 4 has been upgraded to serious condition at a Dayton hospital.
The St. Henry girl's golf team got its program started on a high note following a 229-241 victory over Wapakoneta at the Mercer County Elks on Monday afternoon.