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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
By Shelley Grieshop
Area bar owners and law officers have mixed emotions about approved legislation that would allow guns inside businesses where alcohol is served.
The pending law - Senate Bill 17 - was passed Wednesday by the Ohio House and Senate and awaits final approval by Gov. John Kasich. A governor's spokesman said Kasich intends to sign the bill, although a date has not been set. [More]
By William Kincaid
ROCKFORD - Whether singing in a coffee shop or in front of 20,000 people, Rockford native Kaela Gardner, 23, said she just loves being on stage.
"I want to sing my songs," said the 2006 Parkway High School graduate who now lives in Los Angeles, Calif. [More]
Obituaries on June 16th, 2011
Elsie E. Leugers, 102, formerly of McCartyville, died at 9:30 p.m. June 14, 2011, at the Meadows at Ottawa Glandorf. [More]
Donald Bernard Jutte, 80, Sidney, died at 6:50 p.m. June 14, 2011, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney. [More]
Eileen A. Borchers, 92, Fort Loramie, died June 14, 2011, at Fair Haven Nursing Home, Sidney. [More]
Homer Ray Robinette, 70, St. Marys, died at 11:56 a.m. June 14, 2011, at Doctor's West Hospital, Columbus, following a sudden illness. [More]
Jay M. Hinshaw, 71, Fort Recovery, died at 11:22 a.m. June 15, 2011, at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus. [More]
Mary C. Muterspaw, 93, Middletown, died June 14, 2011, at her residence.
She [More]
Willard Dilbone, 93, Mendon, died June 16, 2011.
Services are pending at Cis [More]
Local pictures on June 16th, 2011
Subscriber stories on June 16th, 2011
FORT RECOVERY - Board of education members on Wednesday took the first step toward asking voters for a second time to approve a bond issue to renovate the high school.
CELINA - The Tony Hawk Foundation has extended the deadline on a $10,000 grant awarded to the city to help create a skateboard park.
Celina Planning and Community Development Director Kent Bryan announced to council this week that the city now has until the end of the year to complete the park.
MENDON - Officials this week kicked off a $1.3 million project to improve water flow throughout the village.
Mercer County commissioners set 11 a.m
A 69-year-old Celina woman who admitted bilking a former friend out of "tens of thousands of dollars" was sentenced to community control sanctions Wednesday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
A 24-year-old Kentucky man was labeled a Tier I sex offender and sentenced to community control sanctions Wednesday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Wiss and Rammel grab top honors
A gritty all-around player and a veteran coach clinching his first state championship earned The Daily Standard's honors for Dream Team Baseball Player and Coach of the Year.
ST. MARYS - The St. Marys Roughriders received some late-game offensive heroics from Tyler Roby and solid pitching from a trio of hurlers to defeat the Celina Bulldogs 3-2 in ACME action on Wednesday night at K.C. Geiger Park.
COLDWATER - A nine-run second inning proved to be more than enough offense as the Coldwater Cavaliers' ACME team improved to 9-2 this summer after a 14-4 win over New Bremen at Veterans Park.