Saturday, February 27th, 2016
Testing continues at Grand Lake Estates
By Jared Mauch
Grand Lake Estates residents likley will be under an advisory for lead in their drinking water for at least a few more months.
Lead was detected in the water supply during a routine test last summer. Two of five tested homes had levels higher than the accepted 15 parts per billion threshold, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency representative Heidi Griesmer said. State regulations require a lead advisory if more than 10 percent of samples exceed 15 ppb of lead. [More]
Division II Boys State Bowling Tournament
By Gary R. Rasberry
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
After a strong showing in the qualifying, the Coldwater boys rolled their way through the first two rounds of the Division II state bowling finals before taking a tough four-game loss to Urbana on Friday at Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl. [More]
Obituaries on February 27th, 2016
Josephine A. Bornhorst, age 80 of St. Henry, died on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Brookdale, Greenville. [More]
Lawrence A. Gehret, age 87, of Fort Loramie, Ohio, passed away of natural causes at his residence early Thursday morning, February 25, 2016. [More]
Dorothy J. Hone, 84, St. Marys, OH died 2:00 a.m. Wednesday February 24, 2016 at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, OH. [More]
Anna Lee (Annie) Amstutz, 90, of Celina died at 1:05 a.m. Friday February 26, 2016 at the Gardens of Celina. [More]
Georgia M. Bertke, 85, Fort Recovery, Ohio, died February 26, 2016, at her residence. [More]
W. Paul Miles, 97, Celina, died at 4:20 p.m. Feb. 25, 2016, at Otterbein, St. M [More]
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Subscriber stories on February 27th, 2016
ROCKFORD - Two Parkway coaches and the athletic director have resigned.
Superintendent Greg Puthoff confirmed athletic director Doug Hughes, head football coach Dan Cairns and head basketball coach Rick Hickman have all submitted letters of resignation this week.
Division IV Boys Basketball Sectional Final: Coldwater
COLDWATER - St. Henry and Minster earned the right to a rematch thanks to Division IV sectional championship victories Friday night at Coldwater.
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Division III Boys Basketball Sectional Final: Elida
ELIDA - Bluffton had lost several close games throughout the regular season.
Locked in a close contest with Coldwater on Friday, Joel Siefker made sure the Pirates came out on top.
Division IV Boys Basketball Sectional Final: Allen East
HARROD - Fort Recovery's defensive pressure staked the Indians to a big lead early, but it wasn't until the late third and early fourth quarter when they pulled away from Upper Scioto Valley to capture a Division IV sectional title with a 67-44 win at Allen East High School on Friday night.