Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
By Shelley Grieshop
A 59-year-old St. Marys man died Monday night after trying to escape his burning home.
Thomas H. Nuesmeyer, 14075 state Route 116, was pronounced dead at 8:39 p.m. in the emergency department of Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, about 30 minutes after firefighters found him unconscious on the floor near his front door. [More]
By Timothy Cox
Construction of the West Bank Rotary Walkway finally will happen after the project cleared its final legislative hurdles Monday.
Celina City Council members meeting in special session approved borrowing $1.3 million to pay for the first phase of t [More]
Obituaries on January 30th, 2007
Drexell Castle, 63, of New Carlisle, died Jan. 28, 2007, at his residence.
He [More]
Former Celina resident Carl Thomas Combs, 62, of Fort Worth, Texas, died at 6 p.m. Jan. 27, 2007, in Fort Worth. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Former Celina resident Janet Kay Hoenie, 65, of Columbus, died at 2:45 p.m. Jan. 28, 2007, at Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital, Westerville. [More]
Thomas H. Nuesmeyer, 59, 14075 state Route 116, St. Marys, was pronounced dead [More]
Leticia Sharpe, 48, 104 Woodward Ave., Celina, died at 2:04 p.m. Jan. 27, 2007, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Madonna C. Wilker, 76, 6928 County Road 219A, Montezuma, died at 12:13 p.m. Jan. 29, 2007, at her residence. [More]
Local pictures on January 30th, 2007
Subscriber stories on January 30th, 2007
The local landfill will grow higher, as no appeals were filed against the EPA's approval of the expansion.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Mercer County Board of Elections officials are considering how to deal with the long-term care and maintenance of its electronic voting machines.
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WAPAKONETA - A Huntington, Ind., man was sentenced to a year in prison and could get five more years behind bars for causing the traffic death of a Minster woman in May.
MINSTER - Minster Local Schools board of education Monday night discussed priorities for the 2007-2008 school year, including bringing back several positions eliminated during cost-cutting measures made last year.
MINSTER - With a technology committee in place and eager to begin planning much-needed updates, the Minster Local Schools board of education Monday night drafted a tentative goal.
Some alert readers spotted the flipped flag on the right shoulder of National Guardsman Cory Mescher's uniform featured on the front page of Monday's Daily Standard, and took exception to the explanation of why the flag is backwards.
Former Roughrider earns Player of the Week award for third time
Ohio Dominican's Krissy Haines continues to be a dominant force in the American Mideast Conference.
The St. Marys product earned AMC Player of the
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys prevented a three-game losing streak with a 56-35 victory over Parkway on Saturday at Panther Gymnasium.
Lea Mackenbach paced the Roughriders (6-9) with 19 points. Emily Shellabarger added 11 points with Kayla Thornsberry scoring 10.