Thursday, August 7th, 2008
New manager on the go preparing for opening of Mercer County Fair
By Margie Wuebker
Steve Schulte pauses to answer the latest in a string of cell phone calls amid the sound of hammers, voices and radios wafting across the Mercer County Fairgrounds on Wednesday - just two days before the fair opens.
"I used to come to the fair all [More]
By Margie Wuebker
Mary Jo Pearson entered Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday afternoon staring straight ahead without so much as a glance toward former customers she bilked out of nearly $56,000.
The 67-year-old Pearson, owner of Pearson Memorials of rural Celina, was placed on five years probation for her guilty plea to 24 counts of theft by deception - 12 of them fourth-degree felonies, 11 fifth-degree felonies and one misdemeanor. [More]
Obituaries on August 7th, 2008
Lennon Ryan Grillot, infant son of Troy D. and Amy L. Schmerge Grillot, 197 W. [More]
Donald Eugene Moeller, 76, of St. Marys died at 8:03 a.m. July 11, 2008, at the St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Elsie Opperman, 94, 730 N. Spruce St., St. Marys, died Aug. 6, 2008, at her res [More]
Bennie Stoker, 70, 2100 Celina Road, St. Marys, died at 3:28 p.m. Aug. 6, 2008, [More]
Local pictures on August 7th, 2008
Subscriber stories on August 7th, 2008
Celina City Council members agree something must be done to generate additional revenue to maintain and improve storm water infrastructure in the city.
ROCKFORD - The ticket window from the old train depot is back in town after several decades; and its journey back is another example of how sometimes everything comes together.
A local man charged in connection with the traffic-related death of a Celina High School junior pleaded not guilty during a Wednesday afternoon arraignment hearing in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Numerous law enforcement agencies and other emergency officials were summoned to a rural field along state Route 117 near Waynesfield where a 39-year-old man allegedly was trying to commit suicide on Wednesday evening.
Three vehicles collided and two people were injured in a crash along state Route 703 near St. Marys on Tuesday.
Injured were the driver of the firs