A program that provides supervised visits for parents and children involved in custody disputes or abusive situations could be cut this month due to an unexpected funding loss.
OUR Home Family Resource Center employees recently learned the application to renew the three-year, $150,000 grant that funds the Reaching and Assisting Families in Transition program has been denied. Funds run out Sept. 30, and officials now are scrambling to save the program. [More]
Local village gears up for third-annual civil war re-enactment
By Eric Adams
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery construction worker Chris Bechtol thinks he deserves to be fired and divorced. For the past week and a half, he has seen his family only about 15 minutes per day and has fielded a nearly constant stream of phone calls at his job. And he's doing it all for costumed actors and pyrotechnics. [More]
Forrest F. Nedderman, 102, of the New Bremen-St. Marys area, died at 9:05 a.m. Sept. 7, 2012, at the Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Living Community, St. Marys. [More]
DEFIANCE - Friday's Western Buckeye League matchup featuring Celina and Defiance was shaping up for a fantastic finish before Mother Nature had other ideas.
MINSTER - The only thing that could slow down Minster was the lightning.
The Wildcats led New Bremen 21-0 with 9:45 left in the second quarter when game was suspended due to the weather conditions. Action will resume today at 5 p.m. at the point of suspension.
ROSSBURG - Despite the best efforts of Eldora Speedway officials and the 122 competitors vying for the $45,000 top prize, Friday night's World 100 was postponed until later today, turning the two-day program into a one-day program beginning later today.
