Freeze Watch issued April 23 at 10:06PM EDT until April 25 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Today 60° Today 60° 41° 41° Tomorrow 52° Tomorrow 52° 34° 34° frost
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
By Margie Wuebker
A Rockford woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to taking painkiller patches from residents of The Gardens at Celina.
Ashley N. McCarthy, 26, 155 E. Walnut St., faces 11 counts of theft of a dangerous drug, all fourth-degree felonies. The thefts allegedly occurred during November and December when she was employed there as a state-tested nursing assistant. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
Stealing three flat screen televisions from the local Wal-Mart store has resulted in another prison term for an Indiana man.
Darren Valens, 34, of Fort Wayne, told Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Ingraham last week that reckless decisions related to marijuana and heavy drugs led to the latest string of offenses occurring in November and December 2006. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
The final event of the season for Todd Hertel and Luke Bonvillian ended like it has gone all season: neck and neck.
This time, though, the finish was a little different.
The Celina diving tandem finished within five points of each other at the Division II Boys State Diving Championship, giving the WaterDog program its most successful showing at the state meet. [More]
Obituaries on February 26th, 2009
Roy Claude Fleck, 76, 1222 Fenway Drive, Celina, died at noon, Feb. 24, 2009, at his residence. [More]
Jerome J. "Romie" Kaup, 84, 815 Sunset Drive, Coldwater, died at 1:55 p.m. Feb. 25, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
James W. "Jim" Leistenschneider, 79, 4711 Lange Road, St. Henry, died at 2:31 a.m. Feb. 25, 2009, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Former Celina resident Dean G. Mills, 76, died Feb. 24, 2009, at his residence in Muncie, Ind. [More]
John N. Poeppelman, 73, of Yorkshire, died Feb. 25, 2009, at his home.
He was [More]
Wilma "Willie" M. Shelby, 86, formerly of New Bremen, and most recently of Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community, died at 3 a.m. Feb. 25, 2009, at Otterbein. [More]
Deborah Smith, 39, of St. Marys died at 9:17 p.m. Feb. 2, 2009, in Richland Man [More]
Local pictures on February 26th, 2009
Subscriber stories on February 26th, 2009
There will be five levy issues and one contested Celina City Council race on the primary election ballot May 5 in Mercer County.
In the Republican
Mercer County Fair officials sighed with relief Tuesday to learn county commissioners will continue to financially support their efforts.
In 2006,
NEW BREMEN - Village councilors received good news Tuesday - the price of a second electrical interconnect at the White Mountain substation will cost considerably less than expected.
The Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance is sponsoring a contest asking the public to create a logo that will appear on signs marking the Franklin Township Recreational Trail among other things.
NEW BREMEN - Lock One Theater's ability to fill 57 of 94 total seats on a Monday night may be a good indicator of the community's affinity for the facility that recently celebrated its fifth anniversary.
WAPAKONETA - The Marion Local Flyers and the number-one seeded New Bremen Cardinals each used solid defense and great starts offensively on Wednesday night, to post wins in the first round of the Division IV sectional tournament at Wapakoneta High School.
A couple of weeks ago, I was asked who I felt was the best girl's basketball team to ever play in the Midwest Athletic Conference.
With all due r
There are four teams above the .500 mark in the Western Buckeye League with one game left to play for each team and it will be an exciting final Friday in the WBL as those four teams will all be in action against each other with the league championship still very much up for grabs.
Highlight Game:
Even though the Redskins' chance to vye for a Midwest Athletic Conference title ended with their second league loss to Coldwater two weeks back, the