Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Vote clears the way for $25M complex near Lake Campus
By Claire Giesige
CELINA - The Tri Star 2.0 dream will become a reality.
Area voters on Tuesday approved a 15-year, 0.95-mill bond levy to construct a consolidated Tri Star Career Compact facility near Wright State University-Lake Campus. The bond issue will cost the owner of a $100,000 home $33.25 per year. The state will cover $8 million of the $25 million project with the levy funding the remaining $17 million. [More]
Obituaries on August 3rd, 2016
Carrol D. "Joe" Cully, age 92, of Celina, passed away Monday, August 1, 2016, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Marilyn J. Feaver (nee Schneider), age 86, passed peacefully at home July 22, 2016. [More]
Gary G. Koch, age 68, of St. Marys, died at 5:20 p.m., Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, at St. Rita's Medical Center. [More]
Brother Jude Brown, C.PP.S, Carthagena, died on Aug. 2, 2016.
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James Fortman, 81, St. Marys, died on July 31, 2016, at Otterbein Senior Lifest [More]
Thelma Jean Smith, 87, formerly of Celina, passed away surrounded by her family at her daughter's home in St. Marys, on Monday August 1, 2016 at 11:53 am. [More]
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Subscriber stories on August 3rd, 2016
WAPAKONETA - Nothing represents a county fair better than kids and animals.
The Auglaize County Fair's pig and calf scramble on Tuesday showcased this bond in a slightly different light.
Auglaize County
MINSTER - Officials from the village and surrounding communities are considering consolidating their emergency squads.
Village council members at Tuesday's meeting heard first reading of a resolution to apply for a state local government innovation fund grant to study combining the squads.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday took the first of two steps necessary to place a children's services levy on the November presidential election ballot.
Justices decline to accept case
The Ohio Supreme Court has declined jurisdiction on an appeal filed by a former Fort Recovery schools teacher and coach convicted of sexual battery involving a student.
ROCKFORD - Continuing with their focus on development, village officials hope to gain a forfeited property on Pearl Street.
Village administrator J
CELINA - The Celina Retail Association is working with the Wright State University-Lake Campus Alumni Association to encourage students to take advantage of what the city has to offer.
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Hamilton scored four runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back in beating Lima 15-6 in Game Four of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League championship series on Tuesday night at Foundation Field in Hamilton.