GRAND LAKE - Two calls to 911 reporting someone dumped a child's body in Grand Lake near the Celina Rotary Lighthouse on Wednesday afternoon turned out to be a hoax.
Officials now are working to determine who placed the calls about 4 p.m.
GRAND LAKE - Authorities have identified two persons of interest connected to the apparent drowning of a caged dog found in Grand Lake on Saturday.
Information found on the cage has led authorities to Mardie Biederman and Nicole Thompson, who are believed to be living in Florida and prior to that in Sidney, Auglaize County Dog Warden Russ Bailey said. The two also had rented a place at Rustic Haven Campground, the area of the lake where the dog was found. [More]
ROSSBURG - With four top-five finishes in five career starts in the Prelude to the Dream, Kyle Busch has been close but has never quite been able to find his way to victory lane in the annual charity event at Eldora Speedway.
CELINA - A man who was pulled from Celina's Eastview Pond last week died Wednesday at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, where he had been since the incident.
ST. MARYS - School board members on Wednesday hired a new assistant high school principal after Brian Pohl resigned the post to take a principal position in New Bremen.
CELINA - Two local school districts will get help preparing for emergencies, thanks to a federal EMA grant.
Celina and Parkway schools will share the $27,800 in Emergency Management Performance Grant special project funds to purchase communication equipment, software and expert in-person support.
NEW BREMEN - New Bremen Planning Commission on Tuesday night reviewed suggested changes to the village zoning code, including rezoning an area along Washington Street (state Route 66) to allow for business growth.
NEW BREMEN - A large group of family members and friends helped Mercer County's newest centenarian, Herb Boerger, celebrate his landmark birthday on Tuesday at Elmwood Assisted Living.
CINCINNATI - "Turn that bloody noise down!" Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke said ironically on Tuesday night at Riverbend Music Center before switching from keyboard to guitar and launching the kinetic rocker "Bodysnatchers," after opening the set with a few electronica-tinged songs.
CELINA - The Grand Lake Mariners came out of their lone set of exhibition games with a pair of victories after sweeping a twinight doubleheader against the Portland Rockets on Wednesday at Jim Hoess Field.
The Grand Lake area had two players earn All-Ohio softball honors as the Ohio High School Fast-pitch Softball Coaches Association announced their selections.
