Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Last-minute plea deal reduces original 47 felony counts
By Margie Wuebker
CELINA - The trial of Christopher Summers, a former accounting teacher and coach accused of 47 sex-related charges involving one of his students, came to an abrupt end Wednesday afternoon when lunchtime negotiations resulted in a plea deal.
Summers, 33, who is married and the father of two children, pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual battery, all third-degree felonies. [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County Fair organizers and country music fans alike are stoked about Friday night's concert featuring Joe Nichols and Angie Johnson, the first nationally-renowned performers to hit the grandstand stage in years.
The opening night c [More]
Obituaries on August 8th, 2013
Luella J. Franck, 92, St. Henry, passed away Aug. 6, 2013, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]
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A slew of candidates for school boards and municipal councils submitted their petitions to the Mercer County Board of Elections office prior to Wednesday's filing deadline.
Many novice candidates in Auglaize County are seeking election in November. Several issues that also will appear on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. The deadline to file was 4 p.m. Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS - Fresh off of playing to tens of thousands of music fans at Lollapalooza 2013 in Chicago, critically acclaimed indie outfit The National delivered a captivating set of elegant, melancholy-suffused rock to a much smaller crowd at the Murat Theatre on Sunday night.
ST. MARYS ­- The 24th Annual Artfest at the St. Marys Community Public Library will be exhibited this weekend in conjunction with Summerfest.
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