Thursday, July 11th, 2024
By Abigail Miller
CELINA - Tad may not be in his prime anymore, but the adorable, impeccably trained 9-year-old corgi still possesses enough zip, agility, speed and eagerness to compete with the best of pooches.
Tad and his owner/handler, Anna Caylor, an incoming sophomore at Celina High School, recently took part in the three-day Canine Performance Events (CPE) nationals in Springfield, Illinois, a competition featuring 505 handlers and 659 dogs from all over the United States and Canada. [More]
By Tom Haines
  Compiled By Tom Haines
Coldwater tacked on four runs in the top of the seventh to finish off an 8-0 victory over Ottawa-Glandorf and win the Junior ACME state championship at Archbold on Wednesday. It's the second state title for the Coldwater junior ACME, with the first in 1999, and the first trip to the final since taking runner-up in 2019. [More]
Obituaries on July 11th, 2024
George R. Fetters, age 88, of Montpelier, Ohio, died Saturday, July 6, 2024 at his residence with his daughter at his side. [More]
Gail L. Berning, age 55 of Minster, Ohio, died on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at her home in Minster. [More]
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ST. MARYS - School board members on Wednesday approved a new four-year contract for superintendent Bill Ruane and tacked on an addendum to enhance his salary the final year of his current contract that expires July 31, 2025.
ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools could potentially attract new bus drivers by offering them health insurance, a veteran district school bus driver told board of education members on Wednesday night.
CELINA - A Warren County woman was sentenced in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday on a theft charge.
Beth A. Hance, 59, of Mason was sentenced to up to five years of community control sanctions on one count of attempted grand theft, a fifth-degree felony.
Horse and Buggy Tales
Mercelina Park, on Celina's southern border adjacent to Grand Lake, has undergone a multitude of changes in its history. The park is now part of the broader Bryson Park District.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
After scoring 20 runs on Tuesday night, the Grand Lake offense suffered a power failure on Wednesday as two Muskegon
For the first 33 years of ACME baseball, Coldwater has been one of the most dominant teams, winning the first-ever title in 1961 and tacking on seven more over the next three decades.
Coming into the summer ACME baseball season, Minster felt like it had left something on the table.
After winning its first league title in a decade, the spring ended in the district semifinals, and the players carried that into the summer.