Friday, February 1st, 2008
Obituaries on February 1st, 2008
Gloria Dzalamanow, 67, of St. Marys, died at 3:58 p.m. Jan. 31, 2008, at Celina [More]
Former Fort Recovery resident Esther P. Hiatt, 83, of New Albany, died at 9:50 a.m. Jan. 30, 2008, at Mount Carmel East Hospital, Columbus. [More]
Loretta L. Ray, 83, of Rismiller Road, North Star, died at 6:43 p.m. Jan. 30, 2008, at the Versailles Health Care Center. [More]
Stories on February 1st, 2008
The local area may have lucked out in the most recent winter lashing by Mother Nature.
Light snow continued to fall this morning but overall accumu
New rules affect school and adjacent property
MARIA STEIN - Nearly 100 Marion Local School District employees took part in a Wednesday morning inservice program outlining the recently adopted hazing and bullying policy. [More]
Minnesota manufacturing company Coil Craft is expanding and will move part of its business to the former AGCO building in Coldwater, now owned by Bruns Development.
Mercer County commissioners retained the Columbus law firm of Bricker & Eckler and its attorney, Jack Rosati, for legal representation during construction of the new Mercer County Jail.
A 25-year-old Lima man was sentenced this week to nine years in prison for selling cocaine to undercover cops in the presence of two local juveniles in late October. [More]
A 26-year-old Celina man has been indicted on charges alleging he engaged in sexual conduct with two girls ages 13 and 14.
Alvin R. Fleck, 632 Grove St., Apt. 25, faces six counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, all third-degree felonies. The offenses reportedly occurred in December.
A local U.S. Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom recently was awarded a $500 grant from the National American Legion, made possible by a $500,000 donation to the national organization from the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes.
Brown and Kaiser earn certificate after two-year training
Two area men have received their certificates in lay pastoral ministry to become ministers in their community churches and society.
Martin Brown of
Bath snaps 13-game win streak for 'Dogs
LIMA - Celina had a chance to clinch at least a share of the Western Buckeye League girls basketball title on Thursday night with a road trip to Bath, but the Bulldogs left Lima in a three-way tie for the league lead instead.
OTTAWA - The Celina wrestling team completed a perfect Western Buckeye League duals season in style as part of a three-team matchup at Ottawa-Glandorf on Thursday night. [More]
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Versailles made sure its first Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball title would be an outright one in beating Parkway 68-21 at Tiger Gymnasium on Thursday. The Tigers finish the regular season at 20-0 as Parkway drops to 2-16.
Local pictures on February 1st, 2008