Monday, March 25th, 2013
Legislation would send fuel sales tax to state
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - County engineers are battling the state for their share of funds to maintain local roads and bridges.
Pending budget legislation - House bills 35 and 59 - would divert $140 million in annual Commercial Activity Tax on fuel sales from state and local highway projects to pay state bond obligations and to fund the Ohio Department of Transportation. [More]
Obituaries on March 25th, 2013
Opal Barber, 91, Celina, died March 24, 2013, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Roc [More]
Nathan L. Blake, 71, Coldwater, died at 4:07 a.m. March 22, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center. [More]
Clara Davis, 92, Celina, died March 24, 2013, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Roc [More]
Dallas Ernest Pierstorff, 83, Celina, died March 24, 2013, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Eileen Stienecker, 88, St. Marys, died March 23, 2013, at Auglaize Acres Nursin [More]
Nancy A. Vehorn, 79, New Bremen, died at 10:10 p.m. March 23, 2013, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Minster, where she had been a resident for three months. [More]
Betty L. Whitted, 76, Rockford, died at 8:25 p.m. March 20, 2013, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
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Bryan takes new job with construction firm
CELINA - City engineer Kent Bryan has taken a new job as regional manager of CT Consultants, an Ohio-based engineering, architecture, land surveying and construction services firm. His last day with the city is April 5.
An overnight snowstorm left a wintry scene today that most residents weren't expecting - or hoping for - one week before Easter.
"When it comes to weather, there're no guarantees," local weather forecaster Dennis Howick said this morning.