Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Obituaries on August 8th, 2009
June C. Roessner Miller, 94, formerly of 1116 Kensington Lane, Celina, died at 9:20 p.m. Aug. 6, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Stories on August 8th, 2009
WAPAKONETA - Brianna Jurosic is carrying on the family tradition of raising lambs.
In her second year of competition at the Auglaize County Fair, she still has trouble letting go of the animal she raised. Her lamb Nixon was to be auctioned away later in the day. [More]
Officials OK renewal property tax to help fund county home
Mercer County commissioners this week approved a resolution to put a 1-mill, renewal property tax levy on the November election ballot to help fund the county home west of Celina.
An Auglaize County grand jury has issued no findings in a case involving a high-speed pursuit by the Minster Police Department that led to a fatal motorcycle crash. [More]
A local man has been indicted on a felony charge stemming from a high-speed pursuit that ended with him crashing into a garage wall in Minster. This was the second high-speed pursuit involving a crash in Minster in just over a month.
A 59-year-old Celina man pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to charges alleging he sold painkiller medication that led to the death of a local woman.
Mercer County commissioners opted not to raise fees for dog control services for the 2010 year.
The issue was discussed Thursday during a regular s
After hesitating more than a week over funding concerns, Mercer County commissioners have signed a contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for a safety project near Marion Local Schools.
Members of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) organizations at Fort Recovery and Minster schools were part of a group of around 179 Ohio students to compete in this year's national event in Nashville, Tenn.
XENIA - It was a tough spot for Grand Lake when they arrived at the Athletes In Action complex on Friday.
When the team got there, they saw that th [More]
The Cincinnati Steam won their second straight Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League tournament title as Matt Weber and two relievers held the Southern Ohio Copperheads to just two runs and eight hits.
XENIA - For Brandon Tormoehlen, it was a challenge coming into the season.
A former player at Butler University and an assistant at Indiana Tech, Tormoehlen was tabbed to take over a Grand Lake team that went 14-26 last season and had struggles all over the field.
Local pictures on August 8th, 2009