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Friday, July 3rd, 2015
Local vet recalls horrors of epic Korean War battle
By Kathy Thompson
CELINA - Norbert Huffman lost an arm, both kneecaps and lives with a bullet in his left leg from the intense battle on Pork Chop Hill against Chinese forces in North Korea in 1953.
The 84-year-old Celina resident doesn't like to talk about how he was one of only a few who made it off the hill alive or that he received a Purple Heart and other medals for his service. [More]
Obituaries on July 3rd, 2015
Wilbur Brubaker
Wilbur Brubaker, formerly of St. Marys, died on July 2, 2015, at St. Rita's Med [More]
Phyllis Evers
Phyllis R. Evers, 86, lost her hard-fought battle with cancer on Thursday afternoon, July 2, 2015, at her home in St. Henry, surrounded by family. [More]
Vera Kuhn
Vera Louise Kuhn, 76, of Rockford, Ohio, died Wednesday evening at the Van Wert In-Patient Hospice Center. [More]
Robert Litteral
Robert Litteral, 50, St. Marys, died on July 2, 2015, at his residence.
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Robert Weber
Robert "Chico" "Bob" Arthur Weber, 76, Celina, died at 7:40 a.m. July 2, 2015, [More]
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Subscriber stories on July 3rd, 2015
County awards courthouse handicapped-accessible contract
CELINA - The county is moving forward with basic work and all the extras proposed for a handicapped-accessible project at the courthouse.
Mercer Co
Site plan approved for lakeside resort
CELINA - The city's planning commission this week approved a preliminary site plan for The Boardwalk, a proposed condominium/hotel-style resort along West Bank Road.
New Bremen pie business gains recognition
NEW BREMEN - Susan Krieg has a goal: a throw down with Bobby Flay, a world-renowned cook in pie making.
She laughed about the dream but her talent
County opens bids for treatment train
CELINA - Three bids were unsealed Thursday for an estimated $1.85 million treatment train project proposed along Coldwater Creek.
The lowest bid op
New Ohio law places additional restrictions on teenage drivers
New Ohio driving laws focus on keeping inexperienced teens under 18 safe on the road.
The laws became effective Wednesday and are focused on young drivers who've had their operating license less then a year.
Mariners rally to beat Locos in 10th
CELINA - Grand Lake bided its time as solid pitching from Lima kept the Mariners down 4-1 entering the bottom of the eighth.
The Mariners tied the
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