Saturday, July 18th, 2020
Chief, Walmart, CVS among local retailers
By Sydney Albert
CELINA - Due to recent spikes in coronavirus cases around the country, more business owners have announced they will require customers to wear face masks.
Beginning today, at least two Chief Supermarket locations will require customers to wear masks. Employees at the Celina and Coldwater locations on Friday confirmed customers will be asked to wear masks when shopping at the stores. The employees were unsure if all Chief Supermarket locations will require masks. [More]
Obituaries on July 18th, 2020
Clifford G. Longsworth, 74, Celina, died at 8:26 p.m. July 15, 2020, at Celina Manor nursing home. [More]
John Henry Powell, age 94, of Alpharetta, Georgia died July 05, 2020 of natural causes. [More]
Christopher A. Young, age 53 of Ansonia, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 7:24 PM in Minster, Ohio. [More]
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Mercer official: Virus 'all over the county'
CELINA - Mercer County on Friday had the highest number of new cases since mid-May, as 18 new cases in a single day raised the county's total to 334.
In Auglaize County, seven new cases raised that county's confirmed total to 120.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners this week moved to accept a Findlay contractor's bid of $2.54 million for the 2020 county road resurfacing project.
ST. MARYS - Organizers have canceled this year's Summerfest, according to a post on the event's website.
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ST. HENRY - Both Parkway's Justan Felver and St. Henry's Andrew Lange came up with pitching gems on Friday night.
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Fort Recovery reclaimed the lead in the fourth and held on at the end.
Celina nearly erased a four-run deficit in the seventh inning, but fell one run short in a 7-6 loss on Friday at Fort Recovery in the season finale for both teams.