Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
By Kathy Thompson
CELINA - The city's insurance company recently agreed in federal court to pay $800,000 to the family of a man shot and killed by a Celina police officer in April 2013.
The wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Celina and former police officer Andy Regedanz was settled late last month in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. The case was filed by the family of Robert Hensley, 39, of St. Marys, who was shot by Regedanz at a car dealership along East Market Street. [More]
By David Giesige
CELINA -   The school board on Monday night hesitantly approved placing a renewal operating tax levy on the May ballot even though it could cost the district up to $20,000.
Celina City Schools Board of Education members voiced concern over possibly footing the entire cost of the May election since no other issues are slated for a vote at this time. [More]
Obituaries on January 6th, 2015
Lisle L. Eichenauer, 88, Celina, died at 5:50 a.m. Jan. 5, 2015, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford, where he was a patient the past three months. [More]
Helen I. Lenhart, 86, Ada and formerly of Celina, died at 6:40 a.m. Jan. 4, 2015, at Willow Ridge, Bluffton. [More]
Sister Norbertine Loshe, 99, of the Sisters of St. Francis in Tiffin, died at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 3, 2015, at St. Francis Home. [More]
Local pictures on January 6th, 2015
Subscriber stories on January 6th, 2015
CELINA - A change in state-required tests is leading Celina school officials to consider reverting from a trimester schedule back to semesters at the high school.
FORT RECOVERY - Village council members Monday night authorized a nearly $100,000 project to shore up the banks of its sanitary lagoons to prevent a levee failure.
CELINA - An Ohio State University agriculture economics expert on Monday told farmers and landowners to do their homework before choosing to participate in a U.S. Department of Agriculture farm program.
ST. MARYS - A court hearing on Monday seeking to suppress evidence or dismiss a murder charge against a rural Celina man was delayed for three weeks.
ST. HENRY - All high school students could have computers by 2018 under a plan presented at Monday's school board meeting.
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