Thursday, July 21st, 2011
By William Kincaid
Public employee pensions paid in part by the city of Celina, Mercer County and local schools account for hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual expenditures, according to local officials.
"It's a significant amount of money, but we don't have a choice," Celina auditor Emily Stewart said. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
It's not exactly "Field of Dreams", where the phrase "If you build it, they will come" became a part of the lexicon.
But once the FieldTurf infield was placed on what became Montgomery Field in Celina's Eastview Park, the ACME Basebal Congress has come with competition. [More]
Obituaries on July 21st, 2011
John J. Hinders, 86, Celina, died at 1:52 p.m. July 19, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. [More]
James D. "Jim" Davis, 76, died July 19, 2011, at his residence at Grand Lake, Celina. [More]
Thomas Hugh Ainsworth, 76, Ohio City, died at 6:52 p.m. July 19, 2011, shortly after arrival at Van Wert County Hospital. [More]
Robert H. Hegemier, 88, St. Marys, died at 2:15 a.m. at St. Marys Living Center [More]
Tim Siemer, 45, St. Marys, died July 20, 2011, at James Cancer Center of The Oh [More]
Former Celina resident Antionette K. Schoch, 89, St. Louis, Mo., died July 19, 2011, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis. [More]
G.M. Alspaugh, 85, Celina, died July 19, 2011, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Local pictures on July 21st, 2011
Subscriber stories on July 21st, 2011
Power grids keeping up with demand
The scorching heat is being blamed for sickening at least a half dozen youths at a church camp in Mendon late Wednesday afternoon.
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WAPAKONETA - Convicted murderer Gordon W. Diggle III was sentenced to 10 more years in prison for related charges in the beating death of a man outside a St. Marys bar last fall.
Former Ohio Representative and St. Marys native Jim Davis, 76, died Tuesday after a long life of serving the area.
"He was an honest and honorable man, and he served the people," said state Rep. Jim Buchy, R-Greenville, who served with Davis years ago.
VAN WERT - A Van Wert man accused of murdering his grandmother last fall is standing by his pleas of insanity.
Shawn M. Jones, 36, appeared in Van
FORT RECOVERY - School district voters in November will decide whether to approve a $3.4 million bond issue to finance renovation of the high school.
2011 State ACME Tournament Preview
It's been a long season of baseball for the Minster Wildcats.
The team capped off the spring by winning the Division IV state title in early June, and have not had much of a break since.
CELINA - It was another night when the offense could not come up with anything.
Lima pitchers held the Mariners to just four hits on the night as the Locos maintained their lead in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League's North Division with an 8-1 win on Wednesday at Jim Hoess Field.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Celina Dolphins swim team got a final tune up before this weekend's Tri-County Swimming Championships with a 425-172 win over the New Bremen Barracudas last week.