Thursday, July 12th, 2007
By Timothy Cox
Celina city officials sought assistance this week from Mercer County Commissioners on a proposed partnership to convince state officials to dredge a portion of Grand Lake.
City development consultant Kent Bryan and Mayor Sharon LaRue briefly outli [More]
Coldwater teen receives high school diploma
By Margie Wuebker
COLDWATER - Katie Homan dances as music fills her room at Briarwood Manor Nursing Center. Seated in a wheel chair, she foregoes fancy footwork in favor of moving her arms to the beat.
Molly Homan, her younger sister and dance partner, does all the work ever so gently. [More]
Obituaries on July 12th, 2007
Frances E. Garringer, 79, 870 Hillcrest Drive, St. Marys, died July 10, 2007, at her home. [More]
Robert P. Grile Jr., 59, 117 Broadway St. Fort Recovery, died at 2:11 p.m. Jul [More]
Mary E. Romer, 92, of Fort Recovery, died at 10:10 p.m. July 10, 2007, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Local pictures on July 12th, 2007
Subscriber stories on July 12th, 2007
COLDWATER - A federal program is giving the Mercer County area over $2 million in the next five years for after-school programs.
At a recent Coldwa
ST. MARYS - School district administrators will see a one-year salary increase, effective Aug. 1, representing a $24,209 total budget increase over last year.
Members of the Mercer County-Celina City Health Board spent considerable time this week discussing the pros and cons of accepting credit and debit cards as payment for services offered to the public by the agency.
Mercer County-Celina City Health board members may choose to continue following their own purchasing policy and not a countywide one that dictates how county agencies purchase services and goods.
A portion of additional grant money received by the Mercer County health department will help upgrade computers and software and provide a much-needed backup system for data.
A Daily Standard editorial
Sending computer backup data storage tapes or devices home with Ohio budget office employees for safekeeping was never the best idea, even when the policy was initiated in 2002. It was presumably to protect the budget data from major computer malfunctions, fires, floods and other disasters.
No Johnny-come-lately to music, he's Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to jazz.
John Lake, a 2002 grad from Celina High School and 2006 grad from th
COLDWATER - Fort Recovery had plenty of chances to keep up its amazing ACME tournament run in the winner's bracket semifinals on Wednesday.
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