Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Obituaries on October 20th, 2015
Rupert "Burnie" Burnham, 89, Saint Marys, died 7:10 P.M. Saturday, October 17, 2015, in the emergency department of Van Wert County Hospital. [More]
Beverly Jo Gable, 76, of Celina, Ohio, formerly of Rockford, Ohio and Scottsdale, Arizona, died Sunday afternoon at her residence. [More]
Donald A. Schmiesing age 81 of New Bremen, Ohio, died on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9:23 PM at the Celina Manor, Celina, Ohio. [More]
Stories on October 20th, 2015
Money to be allotted to all Ohio counties
WAPAKONETA - Local law enforcement officials and first responders will have state funds available to purchase Naloxone, the lifesaving drug administered to combat a heroin/opiate drug overdose. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Village council members are updating the municipal income tax ordinance to meet changes in state law taking effect in January.
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Decision 2015
COLDWATER - A challenger and two current members are competing on the Nov. 3 ballot to fill two open seats on the Coldwater Exempted Village Schools Board of Education.
Police, general service departments to add staff
ST. MARYS - A healthy city general fund should make hiring two new employees possible by the end of the year.
The city finance committee at Monday
CELINA - Celina City Schools' Channel 6 will likely be run as a computer application in the future, school board members decided Monday night.
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MINSTER - Bowling will become a varsity sport for boys and girls starting this season.
Minster Local Schools Board of Education members during Monday's meeting approved promoting bowling from a club to a varsity sport.
County keeps lowest ranking in state for unemployment
The unemployment rate in Mercer County rose slightly from 2.7 percent in August to 2.8 percent in September, according to figures released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
ST. MARYS - Two opposing soccer teams came to St. Marys' Roughrider Field on Monday night for Division II sectional semifinal games.
Both visitors - the Kenton girls and Van Wert boys - had their seasons ended. [More]
Computer Points Breakdown
Only two weeks remain in the high school football regular season. The southern trio of the WBL continues on its quest to secure three playoff spots in Region 10.
Female Tri Star students pursuing traditionally male-dominated careers
ST. MARYS - As students fill the classrooms of Tri Star Career Compact's Frank Dennings Vocational Building in St. Marys, four juniors stand out.
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CELINA - While women are often a minority in business ownership, that is not the case within the scenic stretch of shops on downtown Main Street.
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Local pictures on October 20th, 2015