Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
By Leslie Gartrell
WAPAKONETA - Former New Knoxville basketball coach Cole Fischbach was sentenced to more than five months in jail with work release after he was found guilty on two charges related to sending sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old student.
Fischbach, 27, was sentenced by Auglaize County Common Pleas Court Judge Frederick Pepple to 180 days in the Auglaize County Correctional Center for each first-degree misdemeanor charge of disseminating material harmful to juveniles. [More]
Obituaries on June 28th, 2022
Sharon R. Hilleary, 77, of Urbana, Ohio passed away, Thursday, June 23, 2022 in Miami Valley Hospital. [More]
Kenneth J. Ernst, 68, Fort Loramie, died June 26, 2022, at his residence.
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ST. MARYS - City council members swore in new councilman Erik Mauter during their brief Monday evening meeting.
Mauter was appointed by the St. Mar
CELINA - Some city officials were thanked for supporting the Small Town Pride (STP) event held on Saturday while a councilman was called out for a comment he purportedly made on social media about one of the activities.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday heard first reading of legislation to purchase a Caterpillar wheel loader for $127,500.
The purchase includes a trade in for the village's John Deere backhoe loader.
Mercer ACME sectional winners' bracket starts tonight
COLDWATER - Celina and St. Henry won their opening games in the ACME baseball Mercer County sectional tournament at Veterans Field on Monday, moving into the winners' bracket of the double-elimination tournament.
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Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Grand Lake was swept by Cincinnati in a Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League doubleheader on Monday afternoon at Hayden Field at Xavier University.