Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
Obituaries on March 18th, 2020
Pauline M. Timmerman, age 94, of Coldwater and formerly of St. Joe, passed away on March 15, 2020 at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Robert A. "Bob" Francis, Celina, died on March 12, 2020, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Michael Lammers, USAF Retired, 87 Minster, died at 2:53 p.m. March 14, 2020 at OSU Wexner Medical Center, Columbus. [More]
Douglas F. Harrod, 66, Spencerville and formerly of New Bremen, died at 6:17 a.m. March 13, 2020, at his home. [More]
Karl Edward Mahaffey, 57, of Guy, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020. [More]
Jennifer Crist, 45, Celina, died on March 15, 2020, at her residence.
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Jay Vorhees, 65, of Saint Marys, died 1:27 P.M. Monday, March 16, 2020, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, following a brief illness. [More]
Richard "Rich" Burd, 81, of Celina, died suddenly at 3:47 A.M. Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, after suffering a fall at his home. [More]
Stories on March 18th, 2020
CELINA - All Mercer County voting sites were manned with poll workers and ready to open on Tuesday morning for a primary election that didn't happen.
Autopsy is planned; no ID yet
CELINA - An unidentified body was pulled from Grand Lake on Tuesday evening.
The Celina Police Department received a call around 7 p.m. from a group of walkers who reported seeing a "hoodie with hair" protruding from the water near the Celina Rotary Lighthouse. [More]
Uncertainty over coronavirus cited
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners are shelving a multimillion-dollar plan for a new agriculture services center due to economic uncertainty generated by the coronavirus outbreak.
CELINA - Celina Middle School administrators on Tuesday announced the eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C., and the middle school's Mini-Relay for Life have been canceled this year.
CELINA - Mercer Health and the Mercer County Health District will operate a COVID-19 drive-thru testing center at the Mercer County Fairgrounds, according to a news release.
ROCKFORD - Officials are warning residents to be careful and ask for proper identification after a reported thief gained entry to a house by claiming to be an electric company employee.
MINSTER - School district superintendent Brenda Boeke on Monday briefed school board members on steps taken to deal with the school's closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  CELINA - Mercer County Common Pleas Court will increase the availability and use of hand sanitizers and increase efforts to disinfect hard surfaces. [More]
The following events/locations have been canceled, postponed or temporarily closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• Autism Life Center's in-per [More]
After helping Dayton to a historic year, Mikesell optimistic about his basketball future
Last week, Ryan Mikesell and the Dayton Flyers traveled to Brooklyn for the Atlantic-10 Men's Basketball Tournament.
The A-10 regular-season champ
Boys Basketball All-Ohio
Shawnee's George Mangas was named the Division II Boys Basketball Player of the Year by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association on Tuesday.
The 6-3 junior, who was named the Western Buckeye League Player of the Year, averaged 30.4 points per game for the unbeaten Indians.
Local pictures on March 18th, 2020