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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
By Margie Wuebker
Twenty-four people face alcohol-related charges after Celina Police officers responded to reports of underage drinking and/or loud music at three weekend parties.
The first call came at 10:48 p.m. Saturday from an anonymous source regarding a large party on the rear deck at Atelier beauty salon, 224 S. Main St. Young people, who appeared to be under the age of 21, reportedly went inside and closed the door as officers arrived. [More]
Future of funding remains uncertain
By Nancy Allen
There is about $30,000 in ODNR funds that local state park officials can use for private channel dredging, but it is unknown how much future funding will be available.
State Park Manager Craig Morton reported the news to members of the private Lake Development Corporation on Monday. Morton had told LDC members at their January meeting that state money designated for private channel dredging ended this year, and he was unsure how much money was left in the fund. [More]
Obituaries on March 4th, 2008
Herbert H. Evers, 95, 1929 Fleetfoot Road, St. Henry, died at 1:35 p.m. March 2, 2008, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Pamela Jean Jenkins, 62, of Lima, died at 8:20 a.m. March 2, 2008, at Lima Manor Nursing Home. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Riley Grace McEldowney-Monnier, the daughter of Alexander Monnier and Lindsay M [More]
Local pictures on March 4th, 2008
Subscriber stories on March 4th, 2008
Two independent candidates registered by the Monday deadline in Auglaize and Mercer counties - one for a Mercer County commissioner's seat and the other for Auglaize County coroner.
Celina Police Department has initiated a Radar Hot-Spot program that Chief Dave Slusser hopes will result in fewer traffic accidents.
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A Lima man was sent to prison for nearly five years for trafficking in cocaine and kidnapping two local youths in Auglaize County last fall.
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ST. MARYS - The city solid waste committee has scheduled spring cleanup in an optimistic move toward spring and an end to any more wintry mixes.
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VERSAILLES - Joe Raterman has always been around to help out his sister, Versailles girls basketball coach Jacki Stonebraker, when she needed help with scouting or other matters.
COLUMBUS (AP) - West Chester Lakota West's Amber Gray was selected as the big-school Player of the Year, and Cierra Bravard of Sandusky Perkins and Ayana Dunning of Columbus Eastmoor Academy shared the Division II honors on the two Associated Press All-Ohio girls basketball teams announced Monday.