Action comes after residents speak out in favor of baseball coach Eric Stachler
By Janie Southard
ROCKFORD - Parkway's varsity baseball coach was rehired by a board vote of 4-1 following some controversy and a lengthy executive session at the board of education meeting Thursday.
Physical education teacher Eric Stachler, who has served as the school's varsity baseball coach for the past five years, did not receive board approval at a January school board meeting to coach this coming season. [More]
A land swap at Pullman Bay Park in Celina between the city and a developer was finally passed this week.
All city council members except long-time opponent Ed Jeffries approved the two related ordinances on their final readings this week. City officials have said the swap was needed to create a safer entrance to the park. [More]
Years ago, Catholic church rectories served as homes for priests, office space and a place where Sunday collections were counted.
Today, many local rectories - most built beside churches - are used mainly for religion classes and parish council meetings. The reason: less priests to fill them. Parishes are now clustered together with one or two priests serving more than three communities. [More]
ST. HENRY - An 11-0 run to start the third quarter allowed St. Henry to pull away and hand Coldwater a 54-42 win on Senior Night at Redskin Gymnasium on Thursday night.
The Redskins go over the .500 mark overall on the season at 9-8 and improve to 4-4 in Midwest Athletic Conference play. The Cavaliers drop to 4-14 on the year and 2-6 in the conference. [More]
Tamra Sue O'Connor, 39, 5576 Miller Road, Celina, died at 2:30 a.m. Feb. 12, 2009, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
MARIA STEIN - Improvements will be made to the intersection of state Routes 119 and 716 in the coming years, but the Ohio Department of Transportation has no plans to install a traffic signal or flashing light there.
Fort Recovery man hired as conservation outreach specialist
Landowners in the St. Marys River Basin are being asked to install practices on their land that improve water quality to enhance a nationally designated Important Bird Area (IBA) around the river.
Minster teen learns of her past while studying for future
MINSTER - Beth Albers left family members, childhood friends, farm fields and dairy cattle to experience life in the land of her ancestors. And she felt right at home despite an extremely limited command of the German language.
The paths of German exchange student Bernd Bergmann and Minster resident Beth Albers never crossed until she arrived home from a six-month exchange program. Her host family lived just 50 miles from his hometown of Goldenstedt.
Some Celina City Council members are concerned about where matching funds are going to come from if the city's fire department is awarded a $200,000 grant for a new fire truck.
The city of Celina still has no immediate plans for the former Winkeljohn Printing building at 212 N. Main St. that it purchased in October 2007, Mayor Sharon LaRue reported this week.
ST. MARYS - It's hard being deployed to Iraq, and it's sometimes hard to settle in again when you're back home, say some local Ohio National guardsmen.
Stretching those hard-earned dollars is on the mind of many people today and clever gardeners have come up with novel ways of making peat pots out of discarded materials.
Wildkittens secure at least a share of the league by beating Bulldogs
The Celina girls basketball team was hoping to jump back into the Western Buckeye League race on Thursday, but instead, Lima Bath clinched at least a share of the league crown.
NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen Cardinals put themselves in position to win their first Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball title in school history and they sent out their senior class on a high note with a 48-33 win over the Versailles Tigers on Thursday night at Cardinal Gymnasium.
MARIA STEIN - The Fort Recovery Indians held on to a share of the Midwest Athletic Conference lead on Thursday thanks to some tenacious pressure defense and dead-eye marksmanship from behind the three-point arc.
New Knoxville completed the Midwest Athletic Conference portion of the girls basketball schedule with a 30-29 win over Minster on Thursday night at Ranger Gymnasium.
