Saturday, January 17th, 2009
By Shelley Grieshop
A 25-year-old Celina man has been charged in the death of his 11-month-old stepchild who died early Friday morning at a Dayton hospital from injuries sustained Wednesday evening.
Jason Thomas was arrested by Celina Police on Thursday and charged with reckless homicide, a third-degree felony, and felonious assault, a second-degree felony, in the death of Kole Mathew Atkins of St. Marys. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
FORT RECOVERY - The last few years, the Coldwater-Fort Recovery series has been filled with some barnburners.
The last three games, the two meetings last season and this season's Mercer Health Classic final, were decided by a grand total of nine points, all won by the Indians. [More]
Obituaries on January 17th, 2009
Kole Mathew Atkins, 11-month-old son of Sydney Stienecker and James Mathew Atki [More]
Marilyn "Susie" Blair, 78, 257 Farnsworth Drive, St. Marys, died at 12:40 p.m. Jan. 14, 2009, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on January 17th, 2009
Subscriber stories on January 17th, 2009
This week's bitterly-cold Arctic weather has caused its share of headaches outdoors but many residents face a bigger mess inside their homes: frozen pipes.
Mercer County commissioners have agreed to pay an Arcanum-area contractor more than half a million dollars to replace a bridge on Frysinger Road, east of Rockford.
NEW BREMEN - Misty Kuck gently stirs the simmering contents of a tall kettle in the Fireside Pub kitchen.
The aroma of chicken tortellini soup seems to chase away chills even on the most frigid winter day.
NEW BREMEN - When local boys basketball coaches prepare to play the defending Division IV state champion New Knoxville Rangers, they know at least two things.
MARIA STEIN - It wasn't a thing of beauty by any stretch, but to the Marion Local Flyers, Friday night's overtime victory over the Versailles Tigers was just what the doctor ordered.