Friday, March 15th, 2019
First fatality of 2019
By Leslie Gartrell
FORT RECOVERY - A car crash on Monday resulted in the first traffic fatality of the year in Mercer County.
Carth Jones, 63, Bradford, was driving westbound and failed to stop at the stop sign at Fort Recovery-Minster Road and State Route 119, according to a Fort Recovery Police Department news release. Jones' vehicle struck an eastbound pickup truck owned by Ottawa Oil Co. Inc., driven by Peter Walker, 55, Columbus Grove. [More]
Obituaries on March 15th, 2019
Sharon E. Hunlock Hierholzer, Celina, died on Oct. 17, 2018.
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Pauline Stein, age 86 of Mendon, Ohio passed away on Wednesday March 13, 2019 at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. [More]
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Subscriber stories on March 15th, 2019
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CELINA - Ag Solutions Coordinator Theresa Dirksen said local crop farmers should consider planting barley, noting "there may be a better opportunity
Local winter ban ended March 1
CELINA - The Grand Lake Watershed manure ban ended at the beginning of the month although ag officials haven't yet seen full-scale applications due to unfavorable ground conditions, Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members learned on Thursday.