Saturday, October 11th, 2014
Kuck spent week serving as medical missionary
By Shelley Grieshop
ST. MARYS - "Satan's playground" is how Dr. Cheryl Kuck describes the country of Liberia where more than 2,000 people have died this year from the Ebola virus.
"It's isolated, there's poverty, death, fear ... you can't touch people. There's no hugging in that country," said the St. Marys pediatrician, who in late July spent a week in the West African country on a medical missionary trip. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
MARIA STEIN - As much publicity as the Marion Local and Coldwater offenses get, each teams' defense is just as blistering.
The Cavaliers got to experience the Flyer defense up close Friday night, as Marion shut out Coldwater 20-0 in a battle between two of the top teams in the state at a jam-packed Booster Stadium in Maria Stein. [More]
Obituaries on October 11th, 2014
Kenneth Oyer, 90, Coldwater, died Oct. 9, 2014, at Colonial Nursing Home, Rockf [More]
Local pictures on October 11th, 2014
Subscriber stories on October 11th, 2014
CELINA - A former Fort Recovery teacher and coach serving 20 years behind bars for having sex with a student is seeking to vacate his conviction and sentence due to ineffective representation by his attorneys.
The owners of the residence at 7515 Burrville Road were not home at the time and no one was injured, said Lindsey Burnworth, public information officer for the fire marshals office.
Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members at their Thursday meeting reviewed a recent allegation of improper manure application and forwarded the report to the Ohio Department of Agriculture for review.
MINSTER - In a close game between two evenly matched teams, a contest that looked as though it was going to be an offensive shootout early came down
CELINA - The Celina football team defended its home field on Homecoming Night - literally.
After Van Wert running back Justice Tussing's 2-yard TD
NEW BREMEN - Landing an impressive third-quarter knockout punch, St. Henry ended its three-game losing streak Friday with a 40-20 win over New Bremen at Cardinals Stadium in Midwest Athletic Conference play.
MAC Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster
Versailles scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to pull away from Parkway and left H.B. Hole Field a 42-21 winner on Friday night.
WBL Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster and Gary R. Rasberry
Isaac Fitzgerald carried the ball 20 times for 202 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead St. Marys past Defiance 49-21 in Western Buckeye League action on Friday at Fred J. Brown Stadium.
Boys State Golf Tournament
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys' Carter Bowman had a strong start on the first day of the Division II boys state golf tournament on the Scarlet Course at The Ohio State University on Friday.