Thursday, July 16th, 2015
By Shelley Grieshop
The rainy summer is swelling the mosquito population and boosting the risk of contracting the diseases they carry.
Flooding can leave behind pockets of water that create the perfect egg-laying habitat for mosquitoes infected with diseases such as West Nile virus - the most common illness carried by the insects in the U.S. [More]
Obituaries on July 16th, 2015
June M. Clutter, 90, Celina, died at 10:55 p.m. July 15, 2015, at her residence [More]
Patricia Lou "Pat" Kelsey (nee Buchanan), 79, of Deerfield Beach, FL, passed away on July 11, 2015. [More]
John D. Pilipovich, 36, passed away at his home in Celina, on July 12, 2015 at 4:42 AM. [More]
Local pictures on July 16th, 2015
Subscriber stories on July 16th, 2015
NEW BREMEN - School board members continue to plan for a possible new building to house kindergartners through sixth-graders.
Board members must first choose from among three architects to move them closer to putting a levy on the May 2017 ballot.
CELINA - School board members will hire an interim superintendent as the search for a new district leader continues.
Superintendent Jessie Steiner's last day with the district is July 31. He recently accepted the same position with Northwestern Local School District.
CELINA - The city's board of control on Wednesday approved a $5,000 bid from a Celina contractor to repair buckling bricks on the front of the former Illusions Nite Club building on South Main Street.
District ACME Tournament
ST. HENRY - One game was needed to decide what team would earn a berth in the ACME State Tournament.
And it took all of one inning to decide the outcome.
Lake Erie scores five in sixth; Williams' homer avoids shutout
CELINA - For five innings, Grand Lake and Lake Erie engaged in an old-fashioned pitchers' duel.
That changed dramatically in the top of the sixth.
This summer, Eric Lefeld has done what he has done every summer the past several years: mix leisure time with football workouts.
However, for this round, the Coldwater and University of Cincinnati graduate has been working hard getting ready for his first professional football preseason camp.