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Monday, March 17th, 2014
Officials seek land for lake sediment
Experts ask Sen. Portman to work with EPA, U.S. Army Corps to allow construction of islands
By Kathy Thompson
CELINA - Local officials seek more land to place dredged material, and on Saturday asked U.S. Senator Rob Portman to help them achieve that goal.
Portman, R-Ohio, was at Wright State University-Lake Campus to hear concerns about algae blooms and hypoxia that have plagued the lake for several years. [More]
Wale is new police chief
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Thomas Wale is Celina's new police chief.
Celina Mayor Jeff Hazel administered the oath of office to Wale this morning. The former sergeant was selected as the first new city police chief in 23 years after achieving the highest score on the civil service examination. He takes over immediately for assistant chief Cal Freeman, who had been acting as interim chief. [More]
Obituaries on March 17th, 2014
Raymond Eblen
Raymond K. "Keith" Eblen, 76, Rockford, passed away at 10:09 a.m. March 15, 2014, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Paul Henry
Paul Albert Henry, 88, Versailles, passed away at 3:23 p.m. March 15, 2014, at his residence. [More]
Charles Birt
Charles Joseph Birt, 62, died March 14, 2014, at his residence in Swartz Creek, Mich., of complications from multiple sclerosis. [More]
Eugene Hoening
Eugene Hoening, 79, New Weston, died March 16, 2014, at his residence.
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Charles Muether
Charles Randolph "Randy" Muether, Celina, died at 5:40 a.m. March 17, 2014, at [More]
Lucas Roudebush
Lucas R. Roudebush, 25, Coldwater, died March 14, 2014, in Dayton.
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Larry Wendel
Larry Danny Wendel, 67, Celina, passed away at 6:15 a.m. March 17, 2014, at his [More]
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Subscriber stories on March 17th, 2014
Paws program helps build confidence in kids
MINSTER - Sadie Niemeyer's voice grew more confident as she read each page of "P.J. Funnybunny's Bag of Tricks" during the free Paws to Read program at Francis J. Stallo Memorial Library.
Barn fire kills 17,500 chickens
FORT RECOVERY - Approximately 17,500 free-range chickens died Sunday night when fire destroyed a large poultry barn along State Line Road between state Route 219 and Siegrist-Jutte Road.
Deputy fired after allegedly drawing taser at courthouse
CELINA - A Mercer County Sheriff's deputy was fired last week after he reportedly drew a Taser gun inside the courthouse in February.
Kurt Niekamp, 24, of Celina, was terminated Wednesday following an internal investigation into the Feb. 26 incident at common pleas court.
Pair named Fort citizens of the year
FORT RECOVERY - Two men who assisted in the development of the school district's $900,000 student activity center were honored Sunday night.
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