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Saturday, November 15th, 2014
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - The small agencies that provide ambulance service and disaster assistance in Mercer County are partnering for efficiency.
The county's Emergency Management Agency and Emergency Medical Services department officially will unite next month and move into the former county engineer's office on Riley Street in Celina. [More]
By Kathy Thompson
WAPAKONETA - A St. Marys man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on charges from two separate cases.
Dustin Ball, 28, was sentenced Friday morning by Auglaize County Common Please Judge Frederick Pepple to 12 1/2 years on aggravated robbery and theft of a motor vehicle charges and an additional 48 months on burglary, theft and forgery charges. Ball had pleaded guilty to the charges last month. [More]
Obituaries on November 15th, 2014
Joseph J. Zigovits Jr., 94, Paulding, died Nov. 11, 2014, at his daughter's home in Oxford. [More]
Velma M. Magoteaux, 95, Osgood, died Nov. 13, 2014, at the Grove City home of her daughter Mary. [More]
Rodney G. Stanfill, 58, Celina, passed away Nov. 10, 2014, at Sycamore Medical Center, Miamisburg. [More]
Local pictures on November 15th, 2014
Subscriber stories on November 15th, 2014
Committee does not back complete ban
ROCKFORD - Members of a review committee have found a book assigned to 83 Parkway High School freshman to be inappropriate for that age group but not worthy of a complete ban.
CELINA - City council members plan to borrow more than $500,000 to improve security and renovate the courtroom and clerk's office in City Hall.
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WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon is warning residents of new scams in the area involving computer viruses and high costs for victims.
Division VI Regional Football Semifinal
PIQUA - In their first meeting of the season, the Minster Wildcats let the Versailles Tigers hang around before putting them away late in the game.
Curtain Call
For the past decade-and-a-half, 10-win seasons have been as routine for Coldwater football as the change of the seasons and daylight emerging every morning. Until the mid-1970s though, double-digits in the win column were essentially unheard of for the Cavalier program.
Area Playoff Games of Interest
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Kenton scored touchdowns in the second and third quarters and then held off Wooster Triway's fourth-quarter charge to advance to the Division IV, Region 12 final with a 13-6 win Friday night at Ashland Community Stadium.