Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
By Margie Wuebker
Trevin Sanders-Roark, one of two men charged in connection with the November 2011 murders of a Fort Recovery-area man and his daughter, wants a new attorney.
Differences between the 19-year-old Union City man and his court-appointed attorney, Jose M. Lopez of Troy, led the lawyer on Thursday to file a motion seeking to withdraw from the case. [More]
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - A Coldwater man will head the newly consolidated American Red Cross chapter for Mercer and Auglaize counties.
Bill Steinbrunner, 57, a former administrator at Parkway Local Schools and St. Marys City schools, was appointed this week as the organization's full-time Community Chapter Executive. He begins his duties Jan. 6. [More]
By Nancy Allen
COLDWATER - Celina area farmer Dale Albers unseated incumbent board member Kevin Bettinger of Coldwater in a vote at Tuesday's annual Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District banquet and annual meeting.
Albers, 43, is a machinist and farms roughly 280 acres in Mercer and Auglaize counties. He grows soybeans, corn, wheat and hay and raises 20 to 30 angus cattle steers a year with help from his father. Albers lives in Jefferson Township, just east of Celina. [More]
Obituaries on November 20th, 2013
Thomas J. Siegel, 74, Fort Loramie, passed away of natural causes at his residence early Tuesday morning, Nov. 19, 2013. [More]
Alice H. Broering, 62, Versailles, passed away at 2:20 a.m. Nov. 19, 2013, at her residence. [More]
Wanda N. Fahncke, 83, Celina, died at 12:10 p.m. Nov. 19, 2013, at the Laurels [More]
Jenevia Ruth, 85, St. Marys, died at 10:45 p.m. Nov. 19, 2013, at Otterbein-St. [More]
Local pictures on November 20th, 2013
Subscriber stories on November 20th, 2013
Sheila and Steve Humbert were shocked when they got a call last week from a man telling them to immediately send him more than $1,000 or the utilities at their business, Padrone's Pizza of Celina, would be disconnected.
Mayor tells council upcoming events may be in jeopardy
ROCKFORD - Mayor Amy Joseph made a plea Tuesday for more resident volunteers, saying upcoming community events could be in jeopardy.
"The lack of v
A Coldwater man serving 13 years in prison for a fiery crash that killed two people and seriously injured a third in July 2012 is asking a district appeals court to overturn his sentence in Mercer County and grant him a new trial.
MINSTER - Village council members Tuesday night listened as area residents voiced ongoing complaints about sewage problems at their homes.
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COLDWATER – The school's bus mechanic Tuesday night voiced his displeasure that superintendent Richard Seas questioned the hours he billed the district.
A local woman who stopped to corral two stray dogs was struck and seriously injured by a passing car Tuesday night.
The accident occurred at 6:41 p.m. along Clover Four Road in Franklin Township, according to Mercer County Sheriff's Office reports.
MINSTER - Lessons are not reserved for the classroom, according to sixth grade teachers Kristin Heitkamp, Kylee Schlater and Pat Baumer.
The trio Monday night addressed board of education members about the students' annual trip to Camp Willson near Bellefontaine in late October.
ROCKFORD - Deficit spending is predicted over the next five years at Parkway Local Schools.
Treasurer Debbie Pierce on Tuesday presented her five-y
Coldwater's Reigelsperger, Hartings and St. Henry's Mikesell to team up at Owens Community College
MERCER COUNTY - The recruiting efforts of Sonny Lewis in Mercer County proved to be a bountiful for the Owens Community College head volleyball coach.
Within the span of an hour on Tuesday afternoon, the Express signed three local volleyball standouts for the national junior college power.