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Friday, August 7th, 2009
By Shelley Grieshop
Four staff members of the Mercer County Job and Family Services (JFS) agency will lose their jobs at the end of the month due to budget cuts at the state level.
Mercer County commissioners this week approved the job abolishment action, which was r [More]
Hoying ties score with solo home run and wild pitch brings home the winning run
By Gary R. Rasberry
XENIA - With the team just three outs away from being knocked out of title-game possibilities, Grand Lake skipper Brandon Tormoehlen went to his best hitter and told him it was time to be a hero.
Jared Hoying responded.
Hoying hit a solo home ru [More]
Obituaries on August 7th, 2009
Paul E. Hammond, 81, 311 Johnson Ave., Celina, died at 3:40 a.m. Aug. 5, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
June C. Miller, 94, of Kensington Lane, Celina, died at 9:20 p.m. Aug. 6, 2009, [More]
Thomas A. Schlarman, 64, 3164 state Route 119, St. Henry, died at 5:41 p.m. Aug. 5, 2009, at his residence. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Steven Duncan Vornholt, 67, of Harris, Mo. and formerly of St. Marys, died on Aug. 5, 2009, at North Kansas City Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. [More]
Local pictures on August 7th, 2009
Subscriber stories on August 7th, 2009
Trustees consider ballot for the first time in library's history to recoup cut state funding
The board of Mercer County District Library trustees likely will seek an operating levy on November's general election ballot to keep the library open and operating at its current level.
Speech pathologist Maria Wellman helping people around the globe
MARIA STEIN - Maria Wellman spins the world globe and points to the African country of Mozambique - her home for the past year.
"It's easier to sho
Celina resident Tom Giesige wants to reopen former Logan Street IGA
A local man is seeking more than $100,000 in county revolving loan funds to re-open a closed grocery store on Logan Street in Celina.
Tom Giesige o
WAPAKONETA - While livestock shows, judging, entertain-ment and rides bring old and young alike to the 157th Auglaize County Fair, let's not forget the variety of food.
The body of a young woman who was mysteriously murdered in Darke County nearly 39 years ago is finally going home.
Officials on Thursday exhumed th
MARIA STEIN - It's Monday at the Maria Stein Center, the only day of the week that a closed sign greets visitors.
The hallways - left unlit to cons
XENIA - If the Grand Lake Mariners needed proof of how important pitching is to a team, and if a stellar regular season was not enough evidence, the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League tournament has proved to be Exhibit A.