Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
By William Kincaid
  COLDWATER - The Coldwater High School Palace gymnasium is slated for a major upgrade with the retractable bleachers to be replaced and the three courts to be refinished next summer to the tune of nearly $1 million.
Additionally, school board memb [More]
Celina gets first win over St. Marys since 2017
By Joe Schatz
CELINA - It took just two minutes for Celina to find the back of the net Tuesday night against St. Marys, and once the team started they could not be stopped as the Bulldogs rolled to a 4-1 win over the Roughriders in the girl's soccer edition of the Battle of Grand Lake. [More]
Obituaries on September 9th, 2026
Mona Lou Dennis Shinabery, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and [More]
Frank Shindeldecker Jr. passed away on September 4, 2026. Born October 31, 1944 [More]
Sharon A. Howe, 69, New Bremen, died at 4:25 a.m. Sept. 5, 2026, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Patricia "Pat" A. Shiley, 87, St. Marys and formerly of New Knoxville, died at 7 p.m. Sept. 6, 2026, at her residence. [More]
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CELINA - Grand Lake's water quality continues to improve despite the unique year the area experienced precipitation-wise, Stephen Jacquemin, an environmental sciences professor at Wright State University-Lake Campus, told Lake Improvement Association members at their regular meeting Saturday.
GREENVILLE - A 38-year-old Celina man was arrested outside of Greenville Friday after authorities reportedly found enough fentanyl to kill 25,000 people in his car during a traffic stop, a news release from Darke County Sheriff Mark Whittaker states.
WAPAKONETA - A 67-year-old New Knoxville man accused of drunkenly hitting a 72-year-old bicyclist with his truck, then fleeing the scene, was indicted on vehicular assault charges in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court Thursday.
A 19-year-old Henry County woman died and an 18-year-old Shelby County man sustained serious injuries in a two-vehicle accident Monday evening on State Route 65 in Auglaize County, a news release from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol states.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
New Bremen bounced back from suffering its first volleyball loss of the season over the weekend with a three-set sweep over Auglaize County neighbor St. Marys 25-12, 25-4, 25-17 at the Nest on Tuesday night, snapping the Roughriders' two-match win streak.