Thursday, April 30th, 2009
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - Late last year a local teenager broke into his former girlfriend's house armed with a knife. The apparent plan was a murder/suicide. By the time city police crisis negotiators arrived he was barricaded in the bathroom.
Once at the scene the negotiators talked with other officers and people who might know the situation. The aim was to gauge the depth of the teen's emotional state as well as discover background information. [More]
By Shelley Grieshop
A Mercer County agency that provides job services will share more than $1 million in stimulus funds with three other area counties.
The local Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and its One Stop System was recently notified of the $1,051,479 award through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Mercer County will split the funds with three other counties in the Area 8 region: Auglaize, Van Wert and Hardin. [More]
By Janie Southard
Election Day is Tuesday and polling locations will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voters still need to bring identification to the polls in order to vote.
"Also, if you have moved or changed your name and did not update your voter registration, you will have to vote a provisional ballot at your new precinct," said Carolyn Campbell, executive director of Auglaize County Election Board, speaking of requirements for all voters. [More]
St. Marys hits three home runs in 14-0 victory over Celina
By Ryan Hines
ST. MARYS - The bats were sizzling for the St. Marys softball team on Wednesday afternoon as the Roughriders hosted the rival Celina Bulldogs at K.C. Geiger Park.
St. Marys belted 19 hits, including three home runs, during a 14-0 thrashing of Celina in a five-inning Western Buckeye League affair. [More]
Obituaries on April 30th, 2009
Fr. Richard Beischel, C.PP.S., 81, died April 27, 2009, in Valdivia, Chile, after a lengthy illness. [More]
Ethel Elizabeth Klosterman, 83, 85 W. Main St., Montezuma, died at 7:20 p.m. April 29, 2009, at her residence. [More]
Fr. Robert Onofrey, C.PP.S., 76, died at 5:10 p.m. April 28, 2009, in the infirmary of St. Charles Center, Carthagena, following an extended illness. [More]
Local pictures on April 30th, 2009
Subscriber stories on April 30th, 2009
Industry officials say pork is safe; no virus detected in any swine worldwide
The swine flu outbreak sickening people has caused a drop in hog prices as officials scramble to dispel misinformation on the virus, which appears to have no connection to pigs at all.
Voters in the New Bremen Local Schools district will decide the fate of a 1 percent income tax levy renewal at the polls May 5.
With the current in
A 26-year-old Celina man entered Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon and flashed a quick smile minutes before pleading not guilty to charges stemming from the death of his infant stepson.
Manure digester back up and running at James Wenning farm
The state has issued final permits that will allow the expansion of a Fort Recovery layer hen operation from 659,999 chickens to 1.2 million chickens
Banners are installed along state Routes 119 and 118 in town
Several dozen new banners now greet visitors to the village of St. Henry.
Village Administrator Don Hess told village council members meeting this
NEW BREMEN - Village councilor Delores Stienecker smiled broadly Tuesday night as fellow councilors unanimously authorized seeking bids for the construction of a lockkeeper's house along the Miami and Erie Canal.
The half-a-century-old Stauf- fer lift station located on Myers Road will most likely be relinquished by the city of Celina.
"This station, in my opinion, should have been abandoned years ago," wastewater treatment plant Superintendent Kerry Duncan said at a recent utilities committee meeting.
A Celina man faces an assault charge after he walked out of a local mental health facility and later scuffled with a deputy attempting to talk him into going back.
Ellen Keyes of New Bremen can't imagine a day without art.
From the design of clothes, cars and computers to the pleasure and expression of music and painting, art permeates all aspects of life, Keyes, the executive director of Gateway Arts Council in Sidney, says.
MINSTER - Coldwater won its sixth Midwest Athletic Conference game of the season, and become the sole unbeaten in the conference, behind the potent a
As the St. Marys Roughriders relish in another successful spring on the softball diamond, it's natural to compare and contrast to their great teams f
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Henry rallied to score a run in the bottom of the seventh to tie Lehman and send the game into extra innings, but the Cavaliers scored three times in the top of the 10th to leave the Wally Post Athletic Complex with a 6-3 win over the Redskins.