Friday, November 28th, 2014
Shop-Vacs, tools and pet items top local shoppers' lists
By Kathy Thompson
CELINA - The Menards store and parking lot were packed with shoppers eager to get Black Friday deals at 5:30 a.m. today to kick off the Christmas shopping season. Many shoppers said they look forward to the annual excitement while others said the atmosphere is just crazy. [More]
By Nancy Allen
WASHINGTON - A feathered Mercer County native received a pardon Wednesday when President Barack Obama spared Cheese from the Thanksgiving dinner table.
Cole Cooper raised two presidential turkeys from a flock he kept in a specially built barn at his rural Fort Recovery home. Named Virgil and Homer after the man who started Cooper Farms in 1938 with his wife, Virginia, the birds were renamed Mac and Cheese in a social media campaign. [More]
Obituaries on November 28th, 2014
William C. Dorsten, 82, St. Marys, died at 12:55 a.m. Nov. 26, 2014, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Lucille M. Droesch, 91, Chickasaw, died Nov. 25, 2014, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Verna M. Hesse, 86, St. Marys, died at 1:45 p.m. Nov. 25, 2014, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Richard E. Langenkamp, 91, St. Henry, died Nov.27, 2014, at Mercer Health, Cold [More]
Jeanette Morrissey, 85, Coldwater, died Nov. 27, 2014, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Lela Peltier, 82, Montezuma, died Nov. 26, 2014, at Briarwood Village, Coldwate [More]
Carolyn Pape, 86, New Bremen, died at 4 a.m. Nov. 26, 2014, at Elmwood Assisted Living, New Bremen. [More]
Local pictures on November 28th, 2014
Subscriber stories on November 28th, 2014
ST. MARYS - Members of a local nonprofit group want to help injured military and emergency responders enjoy a day of walleye fishing on Lake Erie.
COLDWATER - While the offense of the Coldwater Cavaliers draws a lot of attention due to the ability to score quickly and often, the defense of the Cavaliers has been just as dominant.
Curtain Call
Bret Swaney had the fortune to suit up for Celina football coach Jerry Harris throughout the most dominant era in school history from 1993-1995.
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After facing run-driven football teams in the first three rounds of the postseason, Coldwater will face a Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy squad that likes to air it out.
Marion Local has been waiting for a worthy adversary.
It may present itself Saturday.
The Flyers (13-0) will put their 18-game postseason winning streak on the line when they face Columbus Grove (9-4) in the Division VII state semifinal at Spartan Stadium in Lima.