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Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
Obituaries on May 3rd, 2014
Greg Binkley, 65, Spencerville, died in his sleep May 1, 2014, at his residence after a short illness. [More]
Vera I. Nolan, 95, St. Marys, died at 1:45 p.m. May 2, 2014, at St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Louis P. Ahrns, 57, Fort Loramie, died 3:30 p.m. May 1, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Eunice Fritz, 91, Celina, died May 2, 2014, at The Gardens at St. Henry.
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Stories on May 3rd, 2014
Second Auglaize County nest reported; five nesting eagle pairs in area
The area's bald eagle population keeps rising.
St. Marys resident Jill Bowers, who has monitored the area's eagles since 1996, recently confirmed a second bald eagle nest in Auglaize County; she reported the first nest last year.
Indictment alleges more than $150,000 stolen from churches
MINSTER - A former employee of a local Catholic church cluster was indicted Wednesday for allegedly stealing more than $150,000 from the parishes. [More]
Primary 2014
Election officials will launch a new, countywide voting procedure Tuesday they hope will reduce waiting times at the polls.
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Mother died, father was wounded
VAN WERT - A 48-year-old woman pleaded guilty Friday to shooting to death her mother and wounding her father in November.
Tamara Menke of Ohio City
CELINA - Tyler Slusser credits his parents and his time in the U.S. Marine Corps for his drive to graduate today from Rhodes State College as an honor student.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys baseball coach Jeff Dieringer didn't get much sleep Thursday night after a disappointing loss to Western Buckeye League foe Shawnee.
New Bremen Cardinal Track Invitational
NEW BREMEN - For the first time, New Bremen hosted the Cardinal Invitational on a Friday night instead of the standard daytime Saturday time slot.
World of Outlaws at Eldora
ROSSBURG - A year ago at this time, Shane Stewart didn't know what his sprint car racing career had in store for him.
Six months later, he signed a [More]
CELINA - The Celina Bulldogs put themselves into a hole in the first inning and could not dig out as Van Wert came away with a 10-6 win in Western Buckeye League softball action at Bill Feth Field on Friday.
Coldwater pitcher tosses two-hit shutout against Fort Recovery
FORT RECOVERY - State-ranked Coldwater extended its winning streak to 17 games and moved to 3-0 in Midwest Athletic Conference play by beating state-ranked Fort Recovery 7-0 behind Derek Thobe's two-hitter.
Friday's Local Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster and Gary R. Rasberry
Celina set the stage for a winner-take-all match for the Western Buckeye League boys tennis regular season title today in beating Van Wert 3-2 on Friday at the Booster Club Tennis Complex.
Local pictures on May 3rd, 2014