Thursday, January 7th, 2010
By Shelley Grieshop
Mercer County commissioners this morning unanimously shot down a controversial zoning amendment request for a property in East Jefferson Township, north of Grand Lake.
The request was submitted by Roy Jr. and Carol Asbury of Sidney, who sought to change the zoning of their property at the end of Pershing Street from special uses to residential. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
St. Henry resident Tamara S. Evers looked straight ahead as she entered Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday morning, apparently paying no attention to the large group of people gathered around the parents of an infant who allegedly sustained fatal injuries while under her care. [More]
Obituaries on January 7th, 2010
John A. Brown, 94, 11300 Circle Drive, St. Marys, died at 8:43 a.m. Jan. 6, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Paul R. Fisher, 77, a resident of Briarwood Village, Coldwater, died Jan. 6, 20 [More]
Former long-time Celina resident Maryann Gaydosh Howey, 68, of Columbus, died Jan. 5, 2010, at Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus. [More]
Wilfred C. "Bill" Liette, 92, 1215 Kimberly Drive, St. Marys, died at 10:20 p.m. Jan. 4, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Marlene Sue Moeller, 59, 613 Fairview Drive, Coldwater, died at 2:45 a.m. Jan. 6, 2010, at her residence. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
D. Richard Raudabaugh, 83, formerly of 914 Windsor Circle, Celina, died at 9:50 [More]
Local pictures on January 7th, 2010
Subscriber stories on January 7th, 2010
Work on the 2010 budget for the City of Celina cannot move forward until city council members approve a new way of paying its bills and employee salaries.
St. Marys library
ST. MARYS - One local library director is "walking gingerly" through the pros and cons of joining Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO), a partnership of Ohio libraries and library organizations working to build a collection of information resources and services. Her concern centers on filters.
H1N1 flu dominated the news in 2009 and taxed manpower and other resources of health departments across the nation, including local ones.
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The Epleys - a father and son from Sidney - appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon in connection with a December burglary at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall in Coldwater.
Coldwater
COLDWATER - Coldwater Exempted Village Schools officials chose not to apply for the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top (RttT) grant.
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One Last Curtain Call
When I approached former Coldwater girls basketball coach Charlie Maier about his thoughts for this week's story, I realized requesting a Hall of Fame coach to single out one game from a 20-plus year career was sort of like asking John Wayne to pinpoint his favorite gunfight.
Tonight
Fort Recovery (6-2, 2-0 MAC)
at Versailles (7-1, 3-0 MAC)
The experienced Indians have been playing well all season and will look to st