Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
$43,767 state grant will help sheriff's office buy 29 units
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey will use a mix of state grant dollars and other funds to finish the job of equipping all officers who deal with inmates or have arresting powers with body cameras.
Grey plans to purchase 29 body cameras, 20 of which will be issued by corrections officers in the jail and nine by detectives assigned to the courthouse or prison transport. [More]
By Tom Haines
NEW BREMEN - Reece Busse wasn't getting any help from the New Bremen bats and defense, so when Lincolnview started to square him up, the Cardinals didn't offer much response.
The Lancers pushed two runs across in the fifth and broke through for four more in the sixth as New Bremen took a 6-0 loss in a home baseball game on Friday. [More]
Obituaries on April 23rd, 2022
Urban L. Clune, age 79 of St. Henry, passed away surrounded by his family at 5: [More]
Nancy E. (Peggs) Fowler, age 63 of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Friday, April 22, 2022 at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Bradley Goodwin, age 52 of Celina, Ohio, passed away on April 21, 2022 at Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Duane Allen Shellabarger, age 54, of Mendon, passed away at 4:48 P.M., Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. [More]
Local pictures on April 23rd, 2022
Subscriber stories on April 23rd, 2022
CELINA - School officials may cut teaching positions and pursue a higher income tax levy at the ballot box to ward off projected deficit spending in fiscal year 2026.
CELINA - School board members met in a nearly hourlong executive session Friday morning to investigate charges/complaints involving a school employee and consider other matters.
Dedicated pickleball players say it's more than just a sport - it's a community.
Pickleball, which combines elements of tennis, pingpong and badminton, has surged in popularity due in large part to its basic, relaxing-yet-challenging nature.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials reported seven cases of COVID-19 since their last report on April 15, raising the county's cumulative case count to 7,438, according to a Friday health department news release.
Feister shines as Celina shuts out Elida
CELINA - The way Dylan Feister was pitching on Friday, Celina didn't need a lot of offense.
Which was good, because Elida wasn't giving Celina many chances.
ST. MARYS - A 6-2 loss to Van Wert Friday at K.C. Geiger Park was summed up by St. Marys baseball coach Adam Graves as "another frustrating outing."
The Roughriders fell to 0-6 in the Western Buckeye League (2-9 overall), having not lost a game this season by more than four runs.
Area Roundup
Compiled By Tom Haines and Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater's Madison Wendel allowed just one baserunner to reach, via a sixth-inning walk, for a no-hitter in a 3-0 softball victory over Lima Central Catholic at Lady Cav Diamond on Friday.
ROCKFORD - After a successful basketball run during his high school days at Parkway, Caden Slusher will look to continue his career as he committed to attend NCAA Division III Bluffton University and play basketball for the Beavers next season.