CELINA - City council members droned on for well over an hour during Monday night's committee and regular meetings, debating proposed limits on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in town.
Though they remain deeply divided on the issue, most voted "yes" on the first reading of a newly introduced ordinance restricting flights over certain private property and city-owned land, to keep the discussion moving forward. Councilman Bill Sell was the only member voting against the measure. [More]
CELINA - City officials are asking voters to allow funds from a 0.5 percent additional income tax for police and fire services also to be used for much-needed street repairs.
ST. MARYS - City officials congratulated police officers for their dogged efforts to finally solve the Marcellus Reineke murder case.
Officers pursued the case for 34 years - from Oct. 13, 1981, when Reineke was killed in a burglary, until Sept. 10, when the final suspect was sentenced.
ST. MARYS - A local man this morning was listed in fair condition after a motorcycle accident Sunday evening on state Route 364 near Waesch Road in Auglaize County.
COLDWATER - Village council members at Monday night's meeting heard first reading of an ordinance accepting plans to add 20 homes in the northwestern part of town.
ST. HENRY - Village council members passed a resolution Monday night allowing Midwest Electric to provide service to the new Northern Heights subdivision.
Before they went their own ways after graduation, last year's state-qualifying golfers from St. Marys, Carter Bowman and Colin Burke, predicted a bright future for once teammate Jill Schmitmeyer.
With the seventh week of the high school football regular season now in the books, we will use this article to show the effects of last weekend's results and then another article later in the week will project in greater depth what might be expected to happen by the end of the season.
Ty Waltz scored both goals for Liberty-Benton, including the game-winner with just over a minute remaining in the match, and the Eagles snapped Celina's seven-match winning streak with a 2-1 win over the Bulldogs in Benton Ridge.
Drivers should winterize their vehicles soon, so they are not caught unaware, particularly since October is Car Care Month, according to American Automobile Association.
