Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Frozen Celina pond offers inline hockey players a unique experience
By Nancy Allen
About 20 boys strapped on skates over the weekend for a few games of ice hockey in Celina.
Where's the ice rink in Celina you ask? It's on a pond behind Matt Berry's home in the Wheatland Acres housing subdivision.
Berry is one of several volunteers who oversees the Celina-based Wings-N-Wheels inline roller hockey league, which holds weekly practices at the Mercer County Junior Fair Building in town. [More]
Judge orders Jesse McDermitt to serve maximum sentence
By Shelley Grieshop
WAPAKONETA - A 19-year-old St. Marys man gave a brief apology Wednesday morning before a judge ordered him to serve four years in prison for placing a homemade bomb at a gas station 13 months ago.
Jesse McDermitt - described by the prosecution as "a danger to the community" - was given the maximum prison sentence allowed by law during the hearing in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court. He'll be eligible for parole after serving six months. [More]
Obituaries on January 14th, 2010
St. Peter native Mary Lou Hughes, 71, of Dayton, died Jan. 8, 2010, at her daughter's home in Virginia Beach, Va. [More]
George Kerns, 55, 523 Maple St., Celina, and formerly of Maine, California and Indiana, died at 10:25 a.m. Jan. 13, 2010, at his home. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Martha Helen Yenser, 66, 905 N. Walnut St., Celina, died at 4:25 p.m. Dec. 23, 2009. [More]
Local pictures on January 14th, 2010
Subscriber stories on January 14th, 2010
The Rev. Richard VanHorn, a retired Mercer County pastor, e-mailed his wife from Haiti on Wednesday to say, "We're OK, and boy do I have a story to t
ST. MARYS - Board members kicked off the new year with a full agenda Wednesday night and comments of unrest from several community members on a wide variety of matters, including location of the athletic facility and demolition of the present high school building.
Fort Recovery schools
FORT RECOVERY - The school district's technology department will reduce spending by nearly $10,000 in fiscal year 2010 by focusing its resources on a terminal server and related equipment.
New Bremen
NEW BREMEN - Voters will decide the fate of a 1-mill permanent improvement levy renewal in May as a result of action taken by the New Bremen Local Schools board of education Monday night.
Top MAC Matchup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
If the second meeting between Fort Recovery and Coldwater is as exciting as the first, Friday night will bring a classic battle.
Battle of Grand Lake
A pair of teams playing their best basketball of the season will matchup at McBroom Gymnasium on Friday night as Grand Lake rivals Celina and St. Marys meet up in their annual Western Buckeye League tilt.
One More Curtain Call
After hovering near the middle of the pack in the Midwest Athletic Conference for several seasons, the winter of 1992-1993 was remarkable for Fort Recovery boy's coach Jeff Roessner and his Indians, as they forged through the regular season with a 17-3 mark.
Tonight
St. Marys (4-4, 2-0 WBL) at Celina (7-2, 2-0 WBL)
The ladies' version of the Battle of Grand Lake pits two teams currently sharing a portion of the WBL lead.