Eugene E. "Oppie" Opperman Sr., 86, 05633 state Route 219, New Knoxville, died Feb. 20, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
NEW BREMEN - Soap opera star Frank Runyeon graduated from Princeton University as a young idealist, following a pretty blonde to Hollywood after considering attending the seminary.
MINSTER - The Rev. Rick Nieberding, pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church, was named citizen of the year Saturday night during the Minster Civic Association's annual dinner and dance.
As Dean White delicately made his way toward the podium on the stage of the Celina American Legion on Saturday, there wasn't a soul in the room without a smile on their face or a tear beginning to swell in their eye.
FORT RECOVERY - An inability to take care of the basketball and foul trouble by its best player cost Celina a chance to finish the regular season with a victory. [More]
Very rarely will a visiting coach call the Celina Fieldhouse a great place to play, but that's exactly what Lima Central Catholic head coach Bob Seggerson said after his T-Birds visited the Bulldogs for a nonconference affair on Saturday night.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys pulled away in the fourth quarter to hand Marion Local its first loss in over a month, wrapping up the regular season with a 44-33 win in the final girls basketball game played at McBroom Gymnasium.
It was nearly a carbon copy of last week's Western Buckeye League wrestling tournament, as Bath, Wapakoneta and Celina finished 1-2-3 again this week at the Division II wrestling sectional at Shawnee's Lappin Gymnasium.
Celina and Coldwater will have a solid contingent at the Division II State Swimming and Diving Championships this week in Canton after at-large placements were announced on Sunday.
