Wednesday, January 17th, 2018
By Ed Gebert
CELINA - Mercer County residents are stepping up to receive their flu vaccine, with 1,048 administered in December, according to Mercer County Health District Director of Nursing Julia Shaffer.
Shaffer told health board members on Tuesday that only 636 flu shots had been given by district personnel from January through November last year. The total number for 2017 - 1,684 - was the same as in 2016. [More]
Celina defeats Bath for first victory of season
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - Celina boys basketball coach Jay Imwalle couldn't ask for a better start from his Bulldogs on Tuesday night.
The finish was much sweeter.
The Bulldogs scored the first 13 points of the game and shook off every attempt by Bath to come back to give Celina its first win of the season in a 56-46 Western Buckeye League victory at the Fieldhouse. [More]
Obituaries on January 17th, 2018
Louis F. Comus, 101, long a resident, denizen and good guy of St. Marys, died peacefully in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 7, 2018. [More]
Jeffrey A. Romer, age 61, of Harker Heights, died Friday, January 12, 2018.
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Irvin "Lee" Monroe, of Sidney, recently passed away unexpectedly in Toledo on January 14, 2018. [More]
Local pictures on January 17th, 2018
Subscriber stories on January 17th, 2018
CELINA - Mercer County elections officials continue to mull over what type of voting machines to purchase when the time - and money - come to replace the current ones.
Rockford council relieves Crocker of his radio post
ROCKFORD - WRKD radio station manager Jim Crocker on Tuesday was relieved of his duties by village council members.
Members came to the decision af
Minster
MINSTER - Two new volunteer firefighters, Caleb Ranly and Rob Wente, were welcomed at village council's Tuesday meeting.
Both men were raised in families whose members had served on the department in the past.
CELINA - The annual Craft Beer and Wine Tasting Event will return to the Mercer County Fairgrounds on Saturday to benefit the Cancer Association of Mercer County.
Wabash River Conservancy District board members approved 2018 appropriations totaling $33,900, conservancy secretary Lil Knapke reported after the conservancy's recent meeting.
Parkway board authorizes measure
ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools employees will be able to administer epinephrine and asthma medications in emergencies.
Board members on Tuesday approved policies to purchase epinephrine auto injectors and asthma inhalers to be used in emergency situations.
ST. HENRY - A teenager who reportedly had overdosed was revived by a St Henry Police police officer on Monday morning.
The officer and a Mercer C
CELINA - Celina Tent has finished a new 97,200-square-foot distribution center north of its facility on State Route 29 in Celina, a $3 million project that had been under construction since March.
ST. MARYS - Scoring the basketball was an issue for New Bremen in a loss to Fort Recovery last week.
It was a non-issue on Tuesday, though.   
Jane Homan scored 16 points, Kelly Naylor had 14 and Macy Puthoff 11 as the Cardinals rebounded with a 49-33 victory over St. Marys at Murotech Court.
Compiled by Colin Foster and Gary Rasberry
Fort Recovery rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to improve to 11-1 with a 39-33 win over South Adams in an interstate girls' basketball game at the Stardome in Berne, Indiana.