Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Smaller counties appear to draw crowds better than cities
By Shelley Grieshop
Attendance figures are near record highs this week at the Auglaize County Fair despite low numbers at other fairs across Ohio.
"It's been terrific," says fair secretary Fred Piehl, as he roams the grounds on Wednesday. "Yesterday was the best Tuesday attendance we've had in five years."
Specific gate tallies were not yet available. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
Three recent Fort Recovery High School graduates entered not guilty pleas Wednesday morning to charges stemming from a senior prank gone wrong
Members of the trio - Joel B. Weitzel, 18, 2745 Kuhl Road, New Weston, Robert J. Rammel, 19, 1781 state [More]
Grand Lake sweeps the four-game season series over Lima
By Ryan Hines
Don't tell the Lima Locos that the Grand Lake Mariners are the worst team in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League.
Grand Lake ended an eight-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over Lima in 11 innings as the Mariners swept the four-game season series from the Locos. [More]
Obituaries on July 31st, 2008
Donna Lee Colvin, 82, 1203 Harbor Point Drive, Celina, died July 28, 2008, at 4:08 p.m. at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Former Union City, Ohio, resident Norma Leone Erwin, 94, died July 29, 2008, at the home of her daughter in Fort Recovery. [More]
Local pictures on July 31st, 2008
Subscriber stories on July 31st, 2008
Twenty-eight department heads and other non-union Celina city employees will get raises for the next three years if council members pass a proposed ordinance.
The fence is up at the planned Rotary Dog Park on West Bank Road and now volunteers and more funds are needed to finish the job, said project organizer Deb Borns of Celina.
ST. MARYS - Three local guys are givin' birth to the blues again this year in a second Riverside Bluesfest concert featuring Elvin Bishop, who years
A new water intake structure, commonly known as the screen house, will be built on West Bank Road if council members approve a proposed ordinance to appropriate up to $150,000 for the project.
A Celina resident doesn't think people should be punished for leaving their vehicles parked downtown overnight to avoid driving home drunk.
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A 23-year-old Bradford man was seriously injured late Tuesday night after he was struck by a car while putting gas in his scooter along a road east of Greenville.