Thursday, March 19th, 2009
By Margie Wuebker
Staush Homan sat with bowed head as Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Ingraham sentenced him to nine years in prison for his role in a March 2008 traffic accident that claimed the lives of four Marion Local High School graduates. Others in the courtroom wept during the Wednesday morning proceeding. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
BOWLING GREEN - It didn't take long for Coldwater to show that they were ready for the regional tournament.
The Cavaliers started their Division III regional semifinal game with a 23-7 run and never looked back in dispatching Colonel Crawford, 51-29, at Anderson Arena on the campus of Bowling Green State University on Wednesday evening. [More]
Obituaries on March 19th, 2009
Deborah Jean Deitsch, 58, 120 Meyer Road, Celina, died at 4 a.m. March 18, 2009, at Lima Memorial Hospital. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Local pictures on March 19th, 2009
Subscriber stories on March 19th, 2009
Two resident pairs of bald eagles are incubating an unknown number of eggs in separate nests on Grand Lake, reported volunteer eagle watcher Jill Bowers of St. Marys.
The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a Celina-area man whose body was spotted this morning near his home.
Carl Meyer, 6
Celina sixth-grade students in Eric Dwenger's social studies class talked with Celina native Zach Mertz thousands of miles away in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday using a webcam.
Ten multi-year administrative contracts were approved for next school year by Celina City Schools board of education this week.
Treasurer Mike Marb
Mercer County commissioners gave the thumbs up for contracts with four area companies to provide various materials for upcoming road projects.
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ST. MARYS - Riverside Bluesfest spokesmen provided St. Marys Rotary members with info about the 2009 festival in K.C. Geiger Park as well as a look at what's behind this annual gathering of world class blues artists.
For nearly a decade, the St. Henry Redskins owned the Minster Wildcats on the basketball court, until the Wildcats stopped St. Henry's eight-game winning streak in the opening game of the postseason in 1973-74.