Saturday, May 8th, 2010
By Margie Wuebker
CELINA - A first-degree misdemeanor charge of inducing panic filed against a 95-year-old Montezuma man was dismissed Friday morning in Celina Municipal Court.
James H. Dalton told Judge James Scheer he was only jesting when he made a comment to poll workers at Franklin School Tuesday afternoon that he might come back with a couple guns on his hips. [More]
Mercer County Knights of Columbus Track Meet
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - The racing was so exciting at the annual Mercer County Knights of Columbus Track and Field Meet that the lights went out as the race wrapped up, although stormy weather was the true culrpit.
Fortunately, it was still light enough to final the final race, but the Celina boys and girls track teams had already turned out the lights in clinching the team titles at the battle of Mercer County track teams. [More]
Obituaries on May 8th, 2010
Donald L. Martin, 64, Fort Recovery, died May 7, 2010, at Mercer County Communi [More]
Leonard J. "Speck" Sattler, 82, Celina, died at 3:40 a.m. May 7, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
John D. Reed, 64, Coldwater, died at 3 a.m. May 7, 2010, at his home.
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Local pictures on May 8th, 2010
Subscriber stories on May 8th, 2010
ST. HENRY - With a westerly wind at his face, Moe leaps over a set of double bars like a graceful ballerina.
He eagerly runs in the shadow of his master, focusing on her commands as he picks up speed through a bright red, U-shaped tunnel.
CELINA - The aroma of mouth-watering barbecue wafted across the Mercer County Fairgrounds Friday as the fourth annual Ribfest kicked off.
The food
NEW BREMEN - Michael Staton lost his father to cancer before he had a chance to really know him as an adult. In the early 1990s it became the young man's quest to learn more.
ST. MARYS - A 20-year-old St. Marys man was injured when the ATV he was operating struck a car at 6:11 p.m. Tuesday on Southway Road in St. Marys.
ROSSBURG - Joey Saldana loves Eldora Speedway.
Saldana, a two-time Kings Royal champion, picked up his seventh career World of Outlaw feature win at the high-banked, one-half mile oval on Friday night.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Mitchel Poeppelman homered and drove in five runs as Ross Heitkamp and Chase Paxson kept St. Henry in check, allowing Minster to take over second place in the MAC by themselves with a 8-5 win at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.