Friday, July 30th, 2010
Water condition too toxic for racers
By Janie Southard
CELINA - The Governor's Cup Regatta on Grand Lake has been canceled, race co-chairs announced this morning.
"The continued deterioration of the water in and around our race course area has left us with no choice but to cancel our race in the interest of safety," co-chair Allen Baskett said in a press release. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - After digging deep to pull out two straight wins in the elimination bracket of the 2010 Ron Fortkamp State ACME Baseball Tournament, Celina came up empty on Thursday.
Vandalia-Butler scored five times in the top of the first inning and put the game out of reach by fifth inning. [More]
Obituaries on July 30th, 2010
Richard Temple, 65, St. Marys, died at 3:52 a.m. July 30, 2010, at the St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Lucille (Mescher) Nielsen, 80, of Pocahontas, Ark., died at 3 a.m. July 28, 2010, at a hospital in Pocahontas. [More]
Jerry Hein, 79, Dayton, died July 27, 2010.
He was born Dec. 25, 1930, in Coldwater to Xavier and Lotus Hein. He married Fay, who is deceased. [More]
Ima Jean Ann Swink, 81, Wapakoneta, died at 2 a.m. July 29, 2010, at Shawnee Manor in Lima. [More]
William L. Metz Jr., 64, St. Marys, died July 28, 2010, in Cheektowaga, N.Y. [More]
Local pictures on July 30th, 2010
Subscriber stories on July 30th, 2010
GRAND LAKE - The water quality advisory for Grand Lake telling people not to swim, boat or eat fish from the lake remains in place due to unsafe algae toxin levels reported this week.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is coming to the area today to announce short- and long-term actions to help restore Grand Lake.
Strickland will speak at
Grand Lake - Several city employees have agreed to voluntary layoffs as part of cost-cutting plans submitted by the employees' three unions and approved by city council Thursday.
CELINA - The wages of unionized city employees will be frozen for a year.
City council members on Thursday afternoon unanimously approved new, one-
A hospital franchise fee put into place by the state in November is costing local facilities nearly $2 million and directly impacting area communities, administrators say.
ST. HENRY - Additional court dates were set Wednesday morning in cases involving a St. Henry woman implicated in the July 2008 death of an infant in her care.
ST. MARYS - Charges were reduced following plea negotiations involving a former city police officer originally charged with driving while intoxicated
CARTHAGENA - Twenty-five reproduced art images from the famed Saint John's Bible Project will be on display at St. Charles Center in Carthagena Aug. 22 through Sept. 10.