Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
By Nancy Allen
Local officials are adding a scavenger trash hunt to Saturday's cleanup day on Grand Lake to boost participation in the annual event.
Abbey Tobe, coordinator of the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance, is organizing the hunt. The lake cleanup is sponsored by the local state park with trash pickup sites on the West Bank in Celina, East Bank in St. Marys and Windy Point in Montezuma. [More]
By Robb Hemmelgarn
One of the first sporting events I ever covered for The Daily Standard was a volleyball match in Houston in August of 2001.
I had just made my way to my seat and within a few moments I noticed my co-worker, Mark Ruschau, settled in directly across the gym with his program folded open and a pen and notepad in his hand. [More]
Obituaries on April 23rd, 2015
Douglas Joseph Gehret, age 55, of Gehret Rd., Fort Loramie, Ohio, passed away of natural causes at home early Wednesday morning, April 22, 2015. [More]
Graveside services for Helen Ann Hromish Jusselin were held at 11:00 a.m. on Sa [More]
Thomas E. Rollins age 56 of Porter, OK, formerly of New Bremen, OH, died on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 2:30 P.M. at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, OK. [More]
Cathy Brookhart, Celina, died April 23, 2015, at her home.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Montezuma. [More]
Local pictures on April 23rd, 2015
Subscriber stories on April 23rd, 2015
WAPAKONETA - Nearly one in every 10 people in Mercer and Auglaize counties is living in poverty, a statistic The Lima Allen Council on Community Affairs wants to change if it becomes the area's community action agency.
Facility ranks high in cleanliness, patient satisfaction and ER care
COLDWATER - Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater continues to gain recognition from national organizations.
At Wednesday night's meeting,
Highlights & Insights
Gem (n.) - a person or thing considered to be outstandingly good or special in some respect.
Insert the word "pitching" in front of that, and it sums up the reoccurring narrative of last week.
Wednesday's Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
South Adams scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to break a 2-2 tie en route to beating Parkway 9-6 in an interstate battle of border neighbors in Berne, Ind.
College Capsules
Michalea Wenning, a 2014 Celina graduate, recently put forth her best performance for the University of Colorado in the Heptathlon at one of the most
From the Front Row
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - "You are the words, I am the tune, play me," Neil Diamond crooned sweetly to a colossal crowd last Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse as part of his 2015 world tour.