Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
Obituaries on July 3rd, 2013
Juanita Gagle, 83, Celina, passed away at 10:25 a.m. July 2, 2013, at her residence. [More]
Michael Carroll, 36, Wapakoneta, died at 2:58 p.m. June 29, 2013, in a motorcycle accident on state Route 198 in Wapakoneta. [More]
Thomas Paul Henry, 55, Versailles, passed away at 3:47 a.m. on July 2, 2013, at his residence. [More]
Stories on July 3rd, 2013
Trevin Sanders Roark charged in Fort Recovery area murders
Trevin Sanders Roark, a 19-year-old Union City man charged with murder in the November 2011 shootings of Robert and Colleen Grube, pleaded not guilty to 27 charges Tuesday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court. [More]
$2.1M in budget to pay for plan to help Grand Lake
CELINA - The state's new two-year budget includes $2.1 million for the development of a treatment train at Coldwater Creek.
The funds to create lit [More]
$500,000 will pay for sheriff's office dispatch items, service through 2027
CELINA - Mercer County officials on Tuesday approved a request from the sheriff's office to purchase radio dispatch equipment and service through 2027 for nearly $500,000.
ST. MARYS - A sixth-grade social studies teacher and former varsity football and track coach at St. Marys was hired Tuesday as the new athletic director.
ROCKFORD - The village may purchase property on North Street to use as park space.
Mayor Amy Joseph said the owner of the two lots - one with a house trailer and the other empty - approached her with the proposal to sell the two parcels each for $7,500.
MINSTER - Improvements are continuing at Minster Machine Centennial Park, village council members learned Tuesday night.
Village administrator Don
Business under new ownership; amenities include sandwich shop, dry cleaner
NEW BREMEN - Construction on the newest location for a longstanding area grocer is underway at the Amsterdam Plaza in New Bremen.
The former Howell
Mercer County ACME Sectional Tournament
COLDWATER - After two days of rainouts, action finally got underway at the Mercer County ACME sectional tournament on Tuesday at Veterans Field in Coldwater. [More]
CELINA - Tuesday's late afternoon storm provided too much rain for Montgomery Field and the Grand Lake Mariners matchup against the Hamilton Joes was cancelled.
Auglaize County ACME Sectional Tournament
MINSTER - The Minster Wildcats became the first team from Auglaize County's sectional to qualify for the District 4 ACME tournament after scoring four times in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Wapakoneta 5-3 in the winner's bracket championship game on Tuesday night at Hanover Street Park.
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Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Henry's Junior ACME team held off a late New Bremen charge to pick up a 7-4 win in the sectional tournament to earn a spot in the district tournament that begins on Saturday in Rockford.
Hank Williams Jr. joins forces with Gregg Allman at Kettering concert
KETTERING - Concert-goers got hearty helpings of Southern musical styles and Dixie pride with the pairing of Gregg Allman and Hank Williams Jr. on Saturday night at the Fraze Pavilion.
Local pictures on July 3rd, 2013