Monday, April 29th, 2013
By Margie Wuebker
ST. MARYS - Lynn Shaffer hopes to one day meet his heroes - the family of the deceased person who donated a liver so he could live.
Shaffer, a former Huffy Manufacturing Co. employee and a ConAgra retiree, began having stomach problems in 2006 and doctors determined his liver was deteriorating. Diet and medication worked for several years before he was placed on a transplant list. [More]
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - Brian Post has been one of the most consistent UMP Modified drivers at Eldora Speedway over the past five years, but he has never been able to park his car in victory lane.
That all changed Saturday night when Post led all 18 laps of the Modified race to win the headline event at the 60th season opener at the high-banked, one-half mile oval. [More]
Obituaries on April 29th, 2013
Rex E. Bigelow, 78, Troy, passed away April 27, 2013, at Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy following an extended illness. [More]
Billy Vance Engle, 70, Coldwater, died April 27, 2013, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Mary M. Poppe, 89, St. Marys, died at 3:30 p.m. April 26, 2013, at Lima Memorial Health System. [More]
Cletus F. Wenning, 84, Osgood, died at 9:15 a.m. on April 26, 2013, at his home [More]
Local pictures on April 29th, 2013
Subscriber stories on April 29th, 2013
Ten students from three local districts will flex their literary muscles at the Power of the Pen state finals held in May at Wooster College.
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Angie King named Mercer County Republican of the year
ST. HENRY - This isn't the first time the Republican Party's obituary has been written prematurely.
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VERSAILLES - A 25-year-old Versailles man was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Darke County on Saturday night.
Charles Francis
A 47-year-old area man was cited for operating a vehicle under the influence after he rolled a four-wheeler along Burkettsville-St. Henry Road near his home.
COLDWATER - For Coldwater baseball coach Brian Harlamert, Saturday afternoon's Midwest Athletic Conference game between the Cavaliers and the New Bremen Cardinals could not have worked any better.
FORT LORAMIE - With a plethora of games upcoming because of earlier rainouts, Minster baseball coach Mike Wiss got a nice reward at Saturday's Fort Loramie Baseball Invitational: two complete games from his pitchers.
Local Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina's softball team pushed its record to 12-1 after a doubleheader sweep over Findlay on Saturday at Bill Feth Diamond.