Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
Coldwater man charged with raping 10-year-old girl
By Ed Gebert
CELINA - David Ray Leugers, Coldwater, was sentenced on Monday to 25 years to life in prison for two first-degree felony counts of raping a girl under the age of 13.
Leugers, 36, was convicted after his April 24-25 bench trial in Mercer County Com [More]
Celina tallies 12 hits in ACME win over Parkway
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - Timely hitting allowed Celina to put up some runs against Parkway.
The Bulldogs had 12 hits and scored at least a run in four of their final five at-bats to pick up a 9-6 ACME win over Parkway on Monday night at Montgomery Field.
Celina did the bulk of its damage in the second through fourth innings and added what became three big runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Bulldogs pounded out 12 hits - 11 being singles - for the game. [More]
Obituaries on June 5th, 2018
William J. Folk, 55, of St. Marys, OH died Friday, June 1, 2018 at his residence. [More]
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Plastic to be turned into places to sit in Mendon
MENDON - Village residents are giving bottle caps a second life.
Last fall, Rockford officials asked if Mendon leaders wanted barrels of bottle caps left over from a project that turned caps into benches placed at Shanes Park and near the village hall, Mendon Mayor John Boroff said.
St. Marys
ST. MARYS - City officials are looking for ways to convince owners to clean and repair their properties.
First ward councilman John Bubp called for
FORT RECOVERY - Organizers have raised about $220,000 to fund a new pavilion building at Community Park, having nearly reached the fundraising goal, village grants administrator Erin Minor said.
Judge also orders Ralston to register as a sexual offender
WAPAKONETA - A 40-year-old Rockford man was sentenced on Monday to 17 months in prison for attempted gross sexual imposition, a fourth-degree felony, for exposing himself to children.
ST. MARYS - A non-profit, customer-owned electric cooperative serving about 11,000 homes, farms and businesses in west central Ohio faces growing competition from municipal providers.
Mercer County natives Jim Otis and Jeff Hartings were named to the ballot of the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame released on Monday. Seventy-six p
Roster:
#  Name  Gr.  Pos.
2  Austin Riethman  11  1B/OF
3  Jack Muhlenkamp  12  CF
4  Jake Hemmelgarn  10  IF
5  Joey Welsch  12  C
6  Nathan Grunden  12