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Monday, November 8th, 2010
Cause of blaze near Neptune undetermined
By Margie Wuebker
NEPTUNE - Two people were found dead early this morning after fire destroyed their two-story house at 8254 U.S. 33.
Relatives confirmed their identities as Jamison D. Godfrey, 34, and his wife of two years, 27-year-old Jessica. Investigators from the Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office and representatives of the Celina Fire Department remained on the scene at press time today. [More]
Cross Country State Championships
By Bruce Monnin
COLUMBUS - Listening to various coaches before the start of the Division III state girls cross country race, the consensus was that the championship would be decided between Liberty Center and West Liberty-Salem.
But at least one coach wasn't buy [More]
Division IV Regional Volleyball at Liberty-Benton
By Randy Bruns
TIPP CITY - It's been said that all good things must come to an end, but on Saturday, a great thing came to a sad conclusion in the Division IV regional final at Tipp City Tippecanoe High School.
The Marion Local Flyers were denied a chance to compete for their fourth straight state championship after the Lehman Cavaliers handed them a convincing three-set loss by scores of 25-23, 25-21 and 25-20. [More]
Obituaries on November 8th, 2010
Arbutus "Artie" Alt, 99, Celina, died at 11:10 p.m. Nov. 6, 2010, at the Gardens in Celina. [More]
Opal Bauer, 100, New Knoxville, died at 6 p.m. Nov. 5, 2010, in Celina.
She was born Aug. 17, 1910, in Mercer County to LeRoy and Jaunita Grace Sheets. [More]
Frederick C. Opperman, 80, New Bremen, died at 2:30 a.m. Nov. 7, 2010, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. [More]
Mary Ellen O'Reilly, 51, Toledo and formerly of Minster, died Oct. 29, 2010, at her home. [More]
Lowell L. Dock, 91, Celina, died at 11:15 a.m. Nov. 6, 2010, at his home.
He [More]
Rosaline C. Fullenkamp, 95, Fort Recovery, died Nov. 7, 2010, at St. Rita's Med [More]
Local pictures on November 8th, 2010
Subscriber stories on November 8th, 2010
GRAND LAKE - Ohio Governor-elect John Kasich has Grand Lake on his radar and local officials hope his interest, and last week's election of Republicans in state and federal offices will transfer into aid to restore the lake.
Area homes still under water boil advisory
ST. MARYS - A weekend fire caused $250,000 in damage to a church storage building and left about 700 families in the area without clean water yet this morning.
MINSTER - More than 100 people came to Minster Middle School on Sunday night to listen as board of education president Kurt Forsthoefel laid out three plans under consideration to resolve the district's financial problems.
Shelby County crash
JACKSON CENTER - A Coldwater woman remains in critical condition and her husband in serious condition following a three-vehicle accident Oct. 29 on state Route 274 in Shelby County.
FINDLAY - Five years ago, a group of junior high volleyball players got together at Parkway and began a dream of some day being the next group of Panthers to play in the state tournament.
COLUMBUS - The state cross country meet is a combination of team events as well as being an individual competition. Three local athletes had the opportunity to compete on their own without their teams on Saturday.
ANNA - One of the advantages of playing a team in the playoffs that beat you in the regular season is that a team can fix the mistakes from the first meeting.
COLUMBUS - Besides Minster's girls, two other local teams competed in the team events on Saturday at Scioto Downs. In a year when five of the six state champions from 2009 repeated, both the Coldwater girls and the St. Henry boys also turned in results similar to their 2009 finishes.