Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Obituaries on April 12th, 2012
Former Mendon resident Theodore E. "Ted" Brown, 93, Centerville, died at 1:19 p.m. April 11, 2012, at Bethany Lutheran Village, Centerville. [More]
John Roby, 69, St. Marys, died April 11, 2012, at Joint Township District Memor [More]
Stories on April 12th, 2012
A Minster-area father tearfully told a courtroom of people on Wednesday he will never be able to take his young daughter to Walt Disney World, teach her to ride a bicycle or walk her down the aisle. [More]
Local and federal law enforcement officers found that most sex offenders in Mercer County are residing at the homes they registered with the sheriff's department.
Mercer County health department staff will take a 7 percent cut in pay, work an hour less each week and lose holiday pay the rest of the year to trim $70,000 from the agency's budget.
CELINA - A local bar could be forced to close, and its owner may face prosecution for serving food and liquor without proper licensing.
The owners
NEW BREMEN - Residents will receive mailed surveys as early as next week to provide board of education members input on a proposed school construction project and general opinions on the district.
NEW BREMEN - Applicants are being interviewed for two principal positions at New Bremen Local Schools.
Interim superintendent John Basinger told bo
Franklin B. Walter Scholarship Awards
ST. HENRY - A great teacher can make a world of difference in the life of a student.
The six Mercer County students who were honored for their acad [More]
A new trial date has been set for a 79-year-old St. Henry man facing five counts of gross sexual imposition.
Jury selection in the case of Carl W.
FORT RECOVERY - Southwest Mercer firefighters responded to a machine shed fire Tuesday afternoon in the 1600 block of St. Peter Road.
The 10-by-20-foot structure owned by Patrick Reinhard was fully engulfed when four fire trucks and 15 to 18 firefighters arrived on the scene around 4:30 p.m.
Fort Recovery sweeps local honors
Fort Recovery has been a member of the Midwest Athletic Conference since the fall of 1977, and over the last 35 years the boys' basketball team has captured four MAC championships. [More]
NEW BREMEN - Jason McGaharan is determined to build New Bremen's football team into a strong program in the Midwest Athletic Conference.
McGaharan,
Last Curtain Call
As New Bremen's Aaron Powers crouched down and adjusted his feet onto his starting block, he mentally blocked out the other seven competitors performing the same ritual only a few feet around him.
Local pictures on April 12th, 2012