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Saturday, December 29th, 2018
Parkway board OKs bid for bleachers
To pay up to $482,275 for project
By Tom Stankard
ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools board members on Friday approved a $482,275 bid from Dant Clayton Corp. of Louisville, Kentucky, to replace the home-team football bleachers and possibly the press box.
Also submitting bids were E & D Specialty Stands, North Collins, New York, $300,000, and Farnham Equipment Co., Columbus, $587,500. The project had been estimated to cost $400,000, superintendent Jeanne Osterfeld has said. [More]
Flyers, Redskins advance to final
By Colin Foster
COLDWATER - The sequels were better than the originals.
But the results were the same.
St. Henry came-from-behind to defeat Coldwater 60-58 in Friday's first semifinal of the Asset Allocation Association to extend its winning streak in the Bac [More]
Obituaries on December 29th, 2018
Angela Bryant
Angela M. Bryant, age 62, of Vandalia, died Wednesday, December 26, 2018.
She [More]
Eugene Cool
Eugene "Gene" L. Cool, age 91, passed away at 5:19 pm, on December 27, 2018, in the Celina Manor. [More]
Joseph Gilmore
Former Sheriff E. Joseph Gilmore passed away unexpectedly on December 26, 2018 at his home in Ocala, Florida. [More]
William Homan
William "Bill" David Homan, of Kettering, Ohio passed away after a recent illne [More]
David Dirksen
Mr. David Joseph Dirksen, age 77, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on Dece [More]
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Subscriber stories on December 29th, 2018
Board of elections to narrow voting machine choices
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections Director Laura Bruns hopes to trim a list of potential new voting machine systems down to two options in January, when she'll invite poll workers and the public to test them and offer opinions.
Area traffic deaths decline in 2018
CELINA - Grand Lake-area traffic accidents caused nine deaths in 2018, down from 12 the year before.
Two occurred in Mercer County, down from seven last year.
Celina school buildings within safe range after steps taken to reduce radon
CELINA - Radon levels in the Celina Primary and Middle School buildings and the education complex are within the safe range after higher-than-normal readings this summer required installation of a mitigation system.
High winds roar through area
Strong wind gusts swept through Mercer and Auglaize counties on Thursday night and into the morning Friday, knocking down trees and causing power outages.
Roughriders roll past Rangers
ST. MARYS - A blistering first-half shooting performance by St. Marys was aided by turnover struggles by New Knoxville and allowed the Roughriders to move to .500 on the season with a 58-34 win over their Auglaize County neighbors on Friday night at Murotech Court.
Area Roundup
Wildcats advance to Bath tourney final
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Courtney Prenger and Demaris Wolf each scored 18 points to help Minster advance to the final of the McDonald's Holiday Tournament with a 61-47 win over previously unbeaten Bellevue on Friday at the Tub at Bath High School.
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