Thursday, July 8th, 2010
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - City officials want to hear from residents on ways to better utilize K. C. Geiger Park.
"After June, the park is pretty dull until SummerFest. I think we can make better use of it. I want St. Marys to be a destination and the park is a big part of that. What do people want? I'm looking for ideas, even though it may be years before we can do anything. We need some long-range plans," safety service director Tom Hitchcock told council's parks and recreation committee Tuesday evening. [More]
By Ryan Hines
CELINA - The Grand Lake Mariners set season-high marks for hits and runs on Wednesday night while producing the most-lopsided win of the year in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League.
Grand Lake (10-11) belted 18 hits in an 18-2 drubbing of the Xenia Scouts (8-14) at Jim Hoess Field. In a stark contrast, Grand Lake had only three hits just 24 hours earlier in a 10-1 loss to Hamilton. [More]
Obituaries on July 8th, 2010
Thomas F. Gaier, 76, Fort Loramie, died July 5, 2010, at his lake cottage in Coldwater, Mich. [More]
Ethel L. Ross, 85, St. Marys, died at 3:40 p.m. July 2, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Celina native Helen Ruth Wittung, 79, Van Wert, died at 8:17 a.m. July 7, 2010, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert. [More]
Walter V. Sturm, 90, Sidney, died at 4:15 p.m. July 6, 2010, at Wilson Memorial [More]
Local pictures on July 8th, 2010
Subscriber stories on July 8th, 2010
CELINA - The Lake Festival will go on as scheduled July 23-25, but with a few location changes due to algae blooms in the lake and warnings about getting in the water.
A Celina attorney is urging local health officials to sue the state of Ohio for negligence in maintaining the foul-smelling waters of Grand Lake.
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ROCKFORD - One councilman wants things to slow down.
The vote to award Shinn Brothers of Celina the Market Street project passed 5-1 Tuesday with councilman Ron Searight the lone naysayer.
VAN WERT - A former Van Wert youth pastor was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison for having sex with four area girls.
Benjamin R. Boysel, 34
ST. HENRY - It took the long way, but Celina claimed the title of Mercer County ACME sectional champion.
Needing to beat Coldwater just once to tak
MINSTER - The mission for the Minster ACME team on Wednesday night at Hanover Street Park was simple - win one game and they would go home as Auglaize County sectional champions, while a loss meant they would have to play the St. Marys Roughriders a second time for the county title.