Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
Officials withholding man's name until family is notified
By Ed Gebert
CELINA - The body of a crash victim and a motorcycle were discovered Tuesday along a Mercer County highway, but Celina police officials are unsure how long the man's body had lain there.
Celina Police received a call just after noon from a person who had been riding a horse next to a wheat field along state Route 29 between Staeger and Havemann roads. The caller was riding in a field owned by Linus Braun north of the highway and saw a man and a motorcycle in the field, police said. [More]
Meyer's squeeze bunt helps Coldwater beat Celina in 14 innings
By Colin Foster
CELINA - Coldwater's Sam Broering bolted for home as Celina's Seth Lonsway delivered. Preston Meyer dropped down the perfect squeeze bunt.
What had seemed like an impossible task for the Cavaliers - somehow manufacturing a run against future Ohio State Buckeye Lonsway - was finally done, and soon the game was too. [More]
Obituaries on June 22nd, 2016
Maria A. Droesch, 17, of Kirklin, Indiana, and St. Henry, OH, died in an automobile accident Monday, June 20, 2016 in Clinton County, IN. [More]
Brenda Kay Schemmel, age 54, Ft. Loramie, Ohio, passed away Monday evening, June 20, 2016, at her residence following a courageous battle with cancer. [More]
Jodie Hatfield, 57, St. Marys, died on June 15, 2016, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Tenn. [More]
Local pictures on June 22nd, 2016
Subscriber stories on June 22nd, 2016
Rockford council moves forward on subdivision
ROCKFORD - Village officials have decided to bid on a mobile home park for sale in town and are leaning toward proceeding with a proposed subdivision west of the village.
KIRKLIN, Ind. - A girl with family ties to Mercer County died in a two-vehicle accident on Monday evening in Clinton County, Ind.
Maria Droesch, 17
FORT RECOVERY - School board members at Tuesday's meeting hired a St. Henry teacher to be the new middle school principal.
Tony Stahl will take over for Matt Triplett, who resigned in May to become the Parkway Local Schools athletic director.
Increase covers all staff except administrators
COLDWATER - All teachers, staff and other school district workers will receive a 2 percent pay raise for the upcoming school year.
School board mem
Panels would be installed around senior living center
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County commissioners may join the solar energy scene.
They met on Tuesday with Palmer Energy Co. analyst Melissa Webne, Kim S
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved a request by maintenance supervisor Dave Dorsten to replace the outside courthouse light fixtures with LED lighting.
COLDWATER - A new business has rolled into the area.
Hunger Struck is a new food truck owned by Chad Fleck and Russ Fortener of Coldwater, along with business partner Jay Miller.
ROCKFORD - Parkway countered Fort Recovery's four-run burst in the top of the third inning with a seven-run effort in the bottom of the third to rally and beat the Indians 10-6 in Mercer County ACME baseball action at Don Black Field in Rockford.
Tuesday's Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Marion Local scored four runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 6-6 and then plated a run in the top of the seventh to pick up a 7-6 win over St. Henry at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.