Thursday, March 31st, 2016
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners this morning approved a "100 percent clear right-of-way" policy to further support the county engineering department in its bid to remove trees and brush that encroach on county roads.
County engineer Jim Wiech [More]
By Colin Foster
Celina middle schoolers Keaton McMurray and Claire Gass are heading back to the YMCA Short Course National Swimming Championship for a second consecutive year.
They'll be joined by familiar faces from the AMFY Swim Team in Wesley Ruedebusch (Celina), Pierce McGowan (Minster) and Justin Fleagle (St. Marys) when the meet kicks off April 4 at the Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatics Center. [More]
Obituaries on March 31st, 2016
G. Eugene "Gene" Brodbeck, 98, of St. Marys, OH died 9:50 a.m. Monday March 28, 2016 at Otterbein-St. Marys. [More]
Frances M. Knapke, age 95, formerly of Coldwater, died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Celina Manor. [More]
Carol A. Broyles, age 51, of Vandalia, passed away Sunday, March 27, 2016 at The Hospice of Dayton. [More]
Julius Ahrns, 88, Cassella, died on March 30, 2016.
Arrangements are pending [More]
Dolores E. Droesch, 77, Coldwater, died on March 30, 2016.
Arrangements are p [More]
Glenn Christian Ryan, 80, of Minster, OH died 12:25 p.m. Wednesday March 23, 2016 at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney, OH. [More]
Richard "Rick" Miller, 70, St. Marys, died at 3:05 p.m. March 15, 2016, at St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Penelope Sue Pyles, 60, of Dunbar, WV, died Saturday March 12, 2016 at Golden Living Center in Glasgow, WV. [More]
Bernitta "Jean" Hays, age 84, of Celina, passed away at 12:20 AM Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Kindred Hospital in Lima. [More]
Local pictures on March 31st, 2016
Subscriber stories on March 31st, 2016
Belly dancing is rolling through the area with help from Wapakoneta-based Troupe Zephyr.
The torso-driven dance has existed for centuries, though its exact origin is unknown.
MENDON - Village council members at Tuesday's meeting passed first reading of a resolution to put a five-year, 2.6-mill replacement levy on the November ballot.
CELINA - The first adult involved in a February drug-deal-turned-shooting in Fort Recovery has been sentenced.
Morgan Perry, 18, Celina, was sentenced on Wednesday to a period of community control of up to three years by Judge Jeffery Ingraham in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
CELINA - A Celina woman was cited for driving a 1998 Mercury vehicle through the front of the GameStop in Harbor Square earlier this month.
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ST. MARYS - Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon is asking for help in locating a trailer stolen from RRR Tire and in identifying two suspects.
Solom
VAN WERT - A 27-year-old St. Marys man on Wednesday was sentenced to 30 days in jail and classified a Tier I sex offender after being convicted on a sex-related charge involving a 13-year-old.
MINSTER - Nann Stechschulte's replacement has been chosen for the Minster girls basketball head coaching position, according to news release.
It's a person with whom Minster fans are quite familiar, too.
CELINA - Raw milk spilled into a field this morning as a result of a semitrailer accident south of the intersection of Frahm Pike and Wabash Road.
FORT RECOVERY - School board members on Wednesday hired Ryan Fullenkamp as the district's technology coordinator.
Fullenkamp comes into the positio
CELINA - Longtime musician Neil Kerns, who once sweated it out on the East Coast club circuit with his punk-fueled alt-country band The Saviors, has traded in his wild nights as a rock 'n' roller for family life, settling down in Celina.
CELINA - A key player from the Celina girls state team will join one of the top Division III soccer programs in the nation.
Celina senior Caelyn Re
Curtain Call
With the high school softball season at full throttle, former Marion Local standout Dana (Hartings) Couch has an increasingly difficult time not letting her mind drift back a decade or so.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Alex Lehmkuhl scored the go-ahead run in the top of the fifth and Minster added eight more runs over the final two i