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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected.
* WHERE...Hardin, Mercer, Auglaize, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Champaign and Licking Counties.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Today 49° Today 49° 33° 33° frost Tomorrow 57° Tomorrow 57° frost 38° 38°
Monday, December 6th, 2021
Flyers cruise to record 12th state championship
By Tom Haines
  CANTON - Marion Local wasted no time on Saturday in pursuit of a state-record 12th state football title.
Three touchdowns in the first quarter gave the Flyers a commanding lead on the way to a 42-7 win over Newark Catholic in the Division VII football state championship game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton on Saturday. [More]
By Tom Haines
  CANTON - Coldwater's one flaw all season was turnovers, and that flaw resurfaced at the worst possible time.
Two second-quarter turnovers set up touchdowns for Carey, which leaned on 265-pound running back Jordan Vallejo against an overmatched Cavaliers defense to send Coldwater to a 26-14 defeat in the Division VI state football championship at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton on Saturday. [More]
Obituaries on December 6th, 2021
Douglas M. Heitkamp, age 54, of Maria Stein, Ohio, died on Friday, December 3, 2021, at Coldwater Community Hospital. [More]
Edna Mae Striegel, 93, formerly of Rossburg, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 3, 2021, at Brookdale Assisted Living in Greenville, Ohio. [More]
Harold "Buck" L. Gehle, age 70 of St. Marys, Ohio passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2021 from heart failure at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. [More]
Cynthia Huston, 64, of Coldwater, OH died Thursday December 2, 2021 at Miami Va [More]
Lee Roy Kuhlman of Monroe, OH passed away December 3, 2021.
He was born Febru [More]
Jerome "Jerry" Joseph Bensman, age 71, of Versailles passed away of natural cau [More]
Kenneth R. Brummette, age 73, of rural Mendon, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2021, at Otterbein St. Marys SeniorLife Community. [More]
Dorothy "Dot" Huwer, 92, of Saint Marys, died 7:52 P.M. Monday, November 29, 2021, at Vancrest of Saint Marys. [More]
Joan M. Dembowski, age 88 of Coldwater died Friday, December 3, 2021, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Teresa Ann Bambauer (Hass), died Thursday, December 2, 2021 just 29 days before [More]
Bruce "Matt" Spragg, age 46, of New Bremen, died suddenly on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 10:48 A.M. at the Joint Twp. Dist. Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
James E. Pleiman, age 86, of Cassella, Ohio, died on Saturday, December 4, 2021 [More]
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Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Versailles kept Kirtland in check for three quarters and hung on to win its first state football championship since
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys overcame an 11-point deficit after three quarters to hand New Bremen its first loss of the boys basketball season 58-57 at Grand Lake Health System Court on Saturday evening. The Roughriders improve to 3-0 with the victory.
Priest assignments likely in February
The yearslong configuration of churches into Families of Parishes is complete, Archbishop of Cincinnati Dennis Schnurr announced in a recorded message played to Catholic parishioners at Masses this past weekend.