Law enforcement show softer side through Shop with a Cop program
By Tom Stankard
CELINA - More than 20 children got to shop with local law enforcement officers Saturday for items on their Christmas lists.
Celina police officers coordinated the third annual Shop With a Cop event to give 22 less fortunate children and their family members a shopping spree at Walmart. [More]
COLDWATER - A local teenager who knows what it means to fight for her health hopes to spread holiday cheer to other children fighting battles of their own.
Alexandria Koch, 16, founded a small nonprofit organization, AlexsAngelBlankets, through which she customizes blankets and creates care packages for hospitalized children. The charity was launched not long after Koch herself was hospitalized last summer due to anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder that nearly took her life. [More]
ROCKFORD - Fort Recovery held off a frenzied Parkway comeback Friday night and escaped the Panther Gymnasium with a 61-58 Midwest Athletic Conference victory.
Trailing be as many as 17 points in the first half, Parkway got hot from behind the 3-point line and rallied for a fourth quarter lead before running out of gas. [More]
James H. Rempe, 81, of Saint Marys, passed away from this life Thursday December 13, 2018, at 7:41 p.m. with his family by his side, at Vancrest of Saint Marys. [More]
CELINA - Ohio Department of Agriculture officials are developing a plan to allow livestock producers to apply manure over the winter since the weather in recent months has been especially wet, according to a local ag official.
The annual manure application ban in the distressed 58,000-acre Grand Lake Watershed takes effect Saturday and runs through March 1. [More]
CELINA - The Celina wrestling team opened its home schedule with a 60-21 win over Kenton in a Western Buckeye League dual match at the high school gymnasium.
The Bulldogs (2-0) took advantage of the Wildcats having to void out in seven weight classes, giving Celina 42 points before the first bout began. [More]
Carol J. Gaston, age 69 of Celina, Ohio died following a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at her home on Grand Lake. [More]
NEW BREMEN - Summer vacation will be a week shorter for New Bremen students as they enter their break in May.
The schedule was altered in preparation for construction of the new elementary building set to open in the fall of 2020, superintendent Jason Schrader said. He presented the school calendar for 2019-2020, which set the first day of classes on Aug. 14 and the final day on May 11. [More]
ROCKFORD - A fire engulfing an Amish home west of Rockford on Wednesday evening turned out to be a controlled burn.
Rockford firefighters responded to a call reporting the blaze at about 5:10 p.m. Fire chief Rob Belna said he believed the Amish homeowner wanted to do away with the house at 1759 Rockford West Road, "so he just set it on fire."
An Amish person at the scene said the house was more than 100 years old and was in bad shape on the inside. [More]
