COLDWATER - Opening night for the Coldwater wrestling team went well.
The Cavaliers won six of the seven contested matches - three via pinfall - in picking up a 61-18 victory over Benjamin Logan in a showcase event at the Palace that also featured the junior high wrestling team and the youth wrestling program. [More]
Mindy E. Heitkamp, age 45, of Union, was welcomed in the arms of Jesus on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Hospice of Dayton, following an extended illness. [More]
James Eugene Hines, age 86, formerly of Elida, and native of Celina, passed away Friday, December 2, 2022, at Elmwood Assisted Living of New Bremen. [More]
CELINA - Bids for the Mercer County Agriculture Center are in, but county commissioners may hold off on pulling the trigger on a now $3.5 million project until the start of the new year, commissioner Jerry Laffin said Tuesday.
ROCKFORD - Village councilors at Tuesday's regular meeting learned two of three owners of condemned residential properties have not responded to the village's violation letters.
CELINA - Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart on Tuesday reminded residents living on county and township roads not to leave snow plowed from private driveways on roadways.
ST. HENRY - An early run of steals helped propel St. Henry to an 11-0 lead, and it only grew stronger from there.
The Redskins forced 25 turnovers and shot just under 50% from the field for a 62-34 win over Arcanum in a girls basketball game at Redskin Gymnasium Tuesday night.
AUGLAIZE COUNTY- The intersection of I-75 and U.S. Route 33 is slated to undergo a major reconstruction after the county received a $4.7 million Ohio Department of Transportation Highway Safety Improvement Program grant to implement safety improvements. [More]
Ralph Edward Luth, 98, of Celina, Ohio, passed away at 8:50 am on Monday, December 5, 2022 at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
TOLEDO - Kurt Doll, 45, Wapakoneta, pled guilty in Ohio Northern District Court to one count of receiving and distributing child pornography during a plea change hearing on Monday. No negotiated agreement occurred.
FORT RECOVERY - Village council members passed three ordinances onto third reading during their Monday evening meeting.
The first and second ordinances are to adopt increasing rates and fees for the water and wastewater systems. A third wage ordinance also was passed to third reading.
Last Friday was a signature day for my wife Gosia. She appeared at a U.S. naturalization office to get her fingerprints taken. This is the last procedure before she takes the citizenship test to become a U.S. citizen.
New Bremen outscores Lincolnview 17-2 in final quarter for win
NEW BREMEN - After a sluggish third quarter in which it trailed 32-31, New Bremen caught fire in the fourth quarter.
Marina Nelson sparked a 17-0 run that allowed the Cardinals to improve to 3-0 with a 48-35 win over Lincolnview in Monday night girls basketball action at the Nest.
Division VI state champion Marion Local was well-represented on the postseason honors list as the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association released its Divisions VI and VII all-Ohio teams on Monday.
Parkway senior Allison Hughes broke the career rebounding record Monday night as the Panthers pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 53-46 win in a girls basketball game at Mississinawa Valley.
CANTON - From the first drive on Saturday, it was clear that New Bremen was the best team in Division VII.
David Homan led the Cardinals on a long touchdown drive to open the game, then ripped off two long touchdown runs as New Bremen raced out to a big first-half lead on the way to a 38-6 victory over Warren John F. Kennedy in the state championship game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. [More]
Celina got out to a rough start as Bellefontaine held the Bulldogs to eight points in the first half en route to a 43-29 non-league boys basketball victory on Saturday night in Bellefontaine. Celina drops to 0-2 on the season.
Spiking food and gas prices and a higher cost of living have directly impacted area food banks, driving up demand to unprecedented levels, local officials say.
Phase 1 of the The Mercer Wildlife Area project has wrapped up, with half of a 40-acre tract along State Route 703 across from Kozy Kampground now converted to wetlands and grassland.
WAPAKONETA - A grand jury indicted Christine Ann Steinke, 48. a former Wapakoneta utilities office clerk, Thursday on 15 felony charges related to the alleged theft of around $150,000 from the city of Wapakoneta, according to a news release from the Ohio Attorney General's Office. [More]
Coldwater's offense struggles as Kenton hangs on for win
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - The third quarter was not kind to Coldwater.
The Cavalier offense went flat as Kenton matched its first half scoring output in the third quarter alone and looked poised to make it a rough evening for the homestanding Cavs.
Photo album of the game
A fourth-quarter comeback allowed Coldwater to get back to within two points, but Kenton hit free throws down the stretch to get the 50-45 win at on Friday night at the Palace. [More]
Rene' A. Hammond, age 56, of New Knoxville, died on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 9:51 A.M. at her residence after a tough-fought battle with illness. [More]
CELINA - Celina school officials have overhauled the district's literacy program, fundamentally changing the way teachers instruct and students learn how to read and write.
It's an age-old story. An old-timer retires, reconsiders and steps back into the arena. Tom Brady, 45, shed his cleats after 22 years last January. That retirement lasted 40 days.
Minster pulled away over the final three quarters to open its boys basketball season with a 56-34 win over Houston in a battle of Wildcats on Friday night in Shelby County.
December is a tranquil time for many fly fishermen. They sit at their workbench with magnifiers perched on nose tips, a cam vise before them, as they pull beads, feathers, and foam out of containers to create small works of art-otherwise known as dry flies and wet flies.
