Saturday, February 18th, 2017
Obituaries on February 18th, 2017
Rebecca L. (Loffer) Moeller, 58, of Sidney, OH died Friday February 17, 2017 at Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy, OH. [More]
Marjorie R. Hausfeld, 90, Maria Stein, died Feb. 17, 2017, at the Gardens at St [More]
Stories on February 18th, 2017
Former state rep embodies philosophy from years past
CELINA - Faith. Family. Hard work. 
It's a relatively simple focus, but one that has served former State Rep. Jim Buchy, R-Greenville, well over the course of 33 years in public service, a tenure that included 12 two-year terms in the Ohio House of Representatives. [More]
CELINA - Intermediate school sixth-grader Kale Sudhoff was honored Friday morning for being one of the state fire marshal's poster competition winner
Cooper Farms builds cold-storage facility in St. Henry
ST. HENRY - Cooper Farms has completed construction of a new cold-storage distribution center at its processing plant in the village.
Construction on the 90,000-square-feet addition began in June and will lead to an additional 15 jobs, a news release says.
Fort Recovery outlasts Minster in quadruple overtime
FORT RECOVERY - After each of the first three overtimes, Fort Recovery coach Chris Guggenbiller said his squad was smiling and wanting to keep on playing. [More]
ST. HENRY - Parkway looked to be on the verge of ending a 15-year losing streak against St. Henry on Friday night.
The young Panthers just couldn't handle the pressure down the stretch - quite literally.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Celina boys swimming team had a tremendous day and already punched several tickets to the Division II state swimming meet after winning the district championship at Bowling Green State University on Friday.
MARIA STEIN - Kyle Koenig's final game at the Hangar was a memorable one.
With the student section chanting his name, the Marion Local senior hit the first four shots he took in the opening three minutes of the game to spearhead a blistering start for the Flyers.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater girls bowling team opened postseason action with a dominating win at the Division II sectional bowling tournament at Community Lanes in Minster on Friday night.
Compiled by Colin Foster
Kole Murlin scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds, Brett Schwieterman netted 18 points, Lucas Hone had 14 and Kyle Flaute 10 as Celina improved to 5-15 and 3-5 in Western Buckeye League play with a 79-60 rout at Shawnee.
MAC Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster
Versailles completed an undefeated MAC campaign with a 70-56 victory over Coldwater on Friday night at Tiger Gymnasium.
The Tigers led just 48-44 entering the fourth before finishing off the Cavaliers with a 22-12 run.
Local pictures on February 18th, 2017