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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
By Margie Wuebker
A new trial date has been set in the case of a Chickasaw man as Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Ingraham considers motions filed in the case.
Nicholas Schwieterman, 22, 90 Maple St., faces a five-day jury trial commencing Sept. 22. This replaces the original June 9 date set back in April. [More]
Bulldogs score five runs in final two innings to rally past Dover
By Gary R. Rasberry
AKRON - It took five innings for Celina batters to figure out Dover pitcher Kristen Moreland.
When they did, everyone got into the act.
The Bulldogs took the lead in the sixth inning, then put the game away in the top of the seventh to defeat the Tornadoes 5-1 in the Division II state softball semifinals at Firestone Stadium in Akron on Friday. [More]
By Ryan Hines
COLUMBUS - Canton Central Catholic got a big performance from Grant McCoury and it was enough to send the Crusaders into the Division III state championship baseball game.
McCoury hit a pair of two-run home runs and got the win on the mound as CCC held off Coldwater 5-4 in the Division III state semifinals on Friday afternoon at Cooper Stadium in Columbus. [More]
Obituaries on June 7th, 2008
Rikki L. Reichert-Keller, 53, of Bryant, Ind., died Friday, June 6, 2008, at Pa [More]
Jerome Schmit, 92, a resident of VanCrest of Delphos, died there at 9:30 p.m. June 4, 2008. [More]
Local pictures on June 7th, 2008
Subscriber stories on June 7th, 2008
Sirens sounded around Mercer County Friday night after the National Weather Service in Wilmington issued a tornado warning for the area.
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VAN WERT - Two months ago St. Marys resident Linda Dorsten stopped working the job she's held for 42 years. She still works at the same plant in Van Wert, but it's work just outside the property line, which now is patrolled by hired guards. Her four-hour shift comes once a week on the picket line.
Related rare illness may be first in state
WAPAKONETA - An Auglaize County toddler remains in serious condition in a Dayton hospital after being diagnosed with E. coli more than a month ago.
A 20-year-old Miami County woman must complete a three-day alcohol treatment program or face three days in jail after appearing Friday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
AKRON - Audrey Harner might have to do some research to look up who Willis Reed is.
Reed, the captain of the 1969-1970 New York Knicks, came back from injury to start Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals and helped the Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers for the title.
COLUMBUS - The Division III state track meet kicked off Friday with preliminaries in the short races and finals in the field events along with the 3200-meter relays. The finals in the rest of the running events will occur Saturday morning.
COLUMBUS - While the majority of area athletes were participating in the Division III portion of the state track meet, a few other athletes got started in the Division I and Division II meets.