Monday, July 8th, 2019
By Tom Stankard
CELINA - Famed country music songwriter Wendell Mobley returned Friday night to entertain the home town he says has helped shape his lyrics.
The country music songwriter and musician alongside Exploit and artists Ashley Clark and Will Freed entertained the large Freedom Festival crowd for three hours with 12 songs Mobley has written over the years for the likes of Rascal Flats and Kenny Chesney. [More]
Cavs, Indians to meet in winner's final; 'Skins, Bulldogs still alive
By Gary R. Rasberry
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The weekend had a mix of surprises at the Mercer County ACME sectional at Coldwater.
While top-seeded Coldwater easily won its game with Parkway to advance to tonight's winner's bracket final, Fort Recovery got a strong pitching performance from Riley Post to shut out second-seeded St. Henry 3-0 on Saturday and advance to face the Cavaliers tonight. The teams split their two meetings earlier in the season. [More]
Obituaries on July 8th, 2019
Aleene M. Hart, age 97, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Briarwood Village, where she had been a resident for many years. [More]
Alfred N. Gehret, age 89, of Russell Road/Landings of Sidney (formerly of McCar [More]
Patricia Frann Johnson was born October 25th, 1950 in Campbell Tennessee. Later [More]
Steven "Peach" Dietrich, 62, Rockford, died on May 13, 2019, in Cape Coral, Florida. [More]
Vernon Frank Wynk, 76, of Coldwater, died at 12:45 P.M. on Friday, July 5, 2019 at his residence. [More]
Robert A. Jordan, 80, of Kenton passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at his residence. [More]
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CELINA - The Disaster Recovery Center, located in the Mercer County Central Services Building, 200 W. Livingston St., will close permanently at 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to news releases from Mercer County Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Robbins and Federal EMA.
The Celina Freedom Days Festival and the St. Henry Community Picnic drew large crowds and record numbers for some festivities, according to event organizers.
FORT RECOVERY - A direct descendant of a captain in Gen. St. Clair's first regiment told a large crowd on Sunday afternoon at the Fort Recovery State Museum about his family's part in the area's historic battle.
Auglaize-Shelby ACME Sectional
MINSTER - Minster lost to Fort Loramie in Friday's Auglaize-Shelby ACME Sectional opener at Melcher Street Park.
The Wildcats rebounded with two wins and will now play against the Redskins for a sectional championship today.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater Junior ACME team earned a trip to the state tournament this weekend in Archbold after coming back from a first-round loss to win the Region 4 tournament this weekend.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Grand Lake lost both of its weekend games with Michigan, allowing the Monarchs to take three of the four games in the series at Montgomery Field.