Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Obituaries on May 29th, 2008
Former St. Marys resident Mary Geraldine Ashton, 89, died May 22, 2008, at the Hearthstone Inpatient Hospice, Irving, Texas. [More]
Lorena E. Heitkamp, 85, of McCartyville, died at 7:58 a.m. May 28, 2008, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney, where she resided the past 18 days. [More]
Former Minster resident Katherene "Kitty" E. Kohlhepp, 89, died at 8:27 a.m. May 28, 2008, at the Wright Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Fairborn. [More]
Former Celina resident Robert E. McElroy, 84, died May 28, 2008, at Ball Memori [More]
Wanda M. Shively, 87, of St. Marys, died at 12:45 p.m. May 27, 2008, at the Golden Living Center-Valley Nursing Home, St. Marys. [More]
Richard T. "Bud" Stahl, 83, 262 Balcony Drive, St. Henry, died at 9 p.m. May 28, 2008, at The Gardens of St. Henry. [More]
Carol Tonkin, 60, 424 W. Fulton St., Celina, died May 27, 2008, at her residence. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Stories on May 29th, 2008
Another retailer ready to sign
Menards and a Sonic restaurant will open in Celina in approximately two weeks, and a deal is nearly complete for another retail business in the Harbor Square Development. [More]
Celina City Council members will need to approve supplemental appropriations, including $236,000 from the general fund, in order to make the city's 2008 budget whole. [More]
A St. Henry man implicated in the traffic deaths of four area men waived his rights to a speedy trial during a Wednesday afternoon appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Additional court proceedings also are scheduled in the cases of Nick Schwieterman and Kyle Schmitmeyer stemming from a March 15 traffic accident that resulted in four fatalities.
Pearson allegedly accepted $52,000 for cemetery monuments, markers but never delivered them
Plea negotiations continue in the case of a former Celina businesswomen who allegedly accepted nearly $52,000 from customers but never delivered the
Shortfall will be covered by $2.3 million cash balance
COLDWATER - The school district is expected to end fiscal year 2008 with $89,641 in deficit spending.
The deficit will be covered by the school's cash balance, projected at $2.3 million as of June 30.
Threat was found written in pencil on girl's restroom wall
Mississinawa Valley School officials and Darke County Sheriff's detectives are investigating the third bomb threat at the school this year.
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The drive to qualify for state in four events ended on Wednesday for Celina senior track standout Julie Snyder as she barely missed the top four in the high jump at the Division I regional at Steele High School in Amherst.
Parkway's Jensen Painter and Versailles' Emily Bohman were honored as the top baseball and softball players respectively by the coaches of the Midwest Athletic Conference as the All-MAC teams were released.
Local pictures on May 29th, 2008