Friday, January 7th, 2022
By Erin Gardner
A Sidney man was killed in a crash reported at 6:49 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of State Route 29 and Harris Road, according to a news release from the Mercer County Sheriff's Office.
Atsushi Tanaka, 26, reportedly was pronounced dead at the scene, after the car he was driving ended up in a pond. [More]
Minster beats Parkway in battle atop MAC
By Tom Haines
ROCKFORD - Twice Parkway battled back after a slow start, and twice Minster rose to the challenge.
The Wildcats went on an 11-2 run after the Panthers tied it at 46 in the fourth quarter, closing out a 61-52 win in a battle at the top of the Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball standings at Panther Gymnasium. [More]
Obituaries on January 7th, 2022
Gary Lee Garman, 81, of Napoleon passed away in the early morning of January 3rd 2022. [More]
Sandra K. "Sandy" Braun, age 72 of Celina, passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at her home in Celina surrounded by her family. [More]
Larry Geier, 74, passed away in Hollywood Florida Wednesday, December 22, 2021, [More]
Michael Lawrence Poeppelman, age 64, of Ft. Loramie, Ohio, passed away of natural causes at his residence, early Wednesday morning, January 5, 2022. [More]
Richard "Rick" Moyar, 63, of St. Marys, Ohio, died 10:33 A.M. Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at Lima Memorial Hospital, following a long illness. [More]
Local pictures on January 7th, 2022
Subscriber stories on January 7th, 2022
CELINA - St. Henry officials asked Mercer County commissioners to contribute an unspecified amount of federal COVID-19 relief money toward a proposed $2.35 project to develop and extend waterlines to a new wellfield south of the village.
CELINA - Brooke Shin is the new auditor for the city of Celina.
Mercer County Republican Central Committee members representing Celina precincts -
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials in a news release Thursday reported one new death and 188 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since their last report on Dec. 30, raising the county's cumulative death toll to 90 and cumulative number of cases to 5,895.
Communities and non-profit organizations in Mercer and Auglaize counties can apply for grants to install outdoor visitor information kiosks, according to a Greater Grand lake Region Visitors Center new release.
The Auglaize County Board of Elections Office will be closed Jan. 12-14 so staff can attend the Ohio Association of Elected Officials Conference.
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CELINA - After his team got its first win of the season at the OVISCO Classic, Celina girls basketball coach Brendan Rushton hoped that it would be the spark for the rest of the season.
NEW KNOXVILLE - It was just a basic half-court man-to-man defense, but nobody plays it like New Knoxville.
The Ranger girls forced 10 first-quarter turnovers, opened up a big lead early, and rolled to a 54-12 Midwest Athletic Conference victory over Fort Recovery Thursday night at the Barn.
Area Roundup
Compiled By Tom Haines
The St. Marys girls basketball team couldn't close the gap in the fourth quarter as Ottawa-Glandorf won a critical Western Buckeye League matchup 50-40 at Hermiller Gymnasium on Thursday.