Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
By Abigail Miller
CELINA - A Mason-area priest who ordered the destruction of potential child pornography while serving at Holy Rosary Parish in St. Marys over a decade ago is returning to the area.
Priest Barry Stechschulte will soon relocate to the Holy Cross Parish, which includes churches in Coldwater, Fort Recovery, St. Anthony, St. Joseph, Philothea, Sharpsburg and St. Peter in Mercer County. [More]
Obituaries on October 3rd, 2024
Kobe Lee Slife, 18 days, of St. Marys, OH died unexpectedly Friday September 27, 2024 in the emergency department of JTDM Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Rutha Mae (Osborne) Jackson, 83, left this world on Sunday September 29, 2024, in Worthington, Ohio after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. [More]
Jane L. Thomes, 92, of Saint Marys died 6:40 P.M. Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at Grande Lake Healthcare Center, where she had been admitted one week before. [More]
Benjamin L. McIntire, III, 80, of St. Marys, OH died 5:53 p.m. Thursday September 26, 2024 at JTDM Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on October 3rd, 2024
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Charges related to the violent death of Hovanec's husband
TOLEDO- A 37-year-old Wapakoneta woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison in the U.S. District Court of Northern Ohio in Toledo on Tuesday after ple
CELINA - A criminal complaint was filed this week in Mercer County Common Pleas Court against a Celina man who was reportedly shown on surveillance camera starting a fire near his parents' residence where he was living.
Horse & Buggy Tales
Last week's installment of the series on James Zura Riley and his party of gold prospectors concluded with the team closing their winter camp on the Yukon River in the spring of 1899 while overhauling and repairing their gear and loading their river steamer and barge.
The Wright State University-Lake Campus is rebuilding its athletics program.
After adding cross country this season to join baseball as sports offe
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina junior Brooke Baucher finished her season on Wednesday at the Division I girls golf district tournament at Stone Ridge in Bowling Green.
  With just four games left in the regular season, teams will be getting in tune for postseason play.
Celina will be looking for a bounceback this week after having a three-game winning streak snapped last week at Elida on a late field goal.
  Once again last week, all the Midwest Athletic Conference games were won by the favorite while two upsets occurred in the Western Buckeye League.
AND THE BEAT GOES ON
After picking up a dominating win over previously unbeaten Versailles in a driving rain last Friday for its 54th consecutive win, Marion Local returns to the home grounds to face Fort Recovery, who had battled hard before taking a two-point loss at New Bremen.
Impact Players
Offense
Justin Knouff, QB, Marion Local
Nine carries for 187 yards with a touchdown and three passing touchdowns in the Flyers' 48-0 win at Versailles.