Thursday, May 4th, 2017
Obituaries on May 4th, 2017
Brandi M. Duke, 30, Celina, Ohio, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the emergency d [More]
Richard A. Middendorf age 86 of Fort Loramie, Ohio died on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at his home. [More]
Esther R. Evers-Wuebker, 91, Burkettsville, died on May 4, 2017, at The Gardens [More]
Stories on May 4th, 2017
Students shave her locks
CELINA - Celina Middle School Guidance Counselor Amy Spriggs on Wednesday afternoon bravely sat alone in the center of the school gymnasium, with students and staff members looking on, as she prepared to have her head shaved. [More]
ST. MARYS - The school district's financial forecast predicts deficit spending by 2020, but district officials will wait for final state funding numbers before deciding on the district's future direction.
An official said conservation practices aimed at curbing phosphorous runoff and toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie are being demonstrated at three farms near the Kenton and Findlay areas.
Osgood Area Life Squad, business in Maria Stein, to share $65,222
A local business and a nonprofit agency will receive $65,222 in grant money from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
Manco Manufacturing of Maria Stein will receive $25,222, and Osgood Area Life Squad will receive $40,000 from the Ohio BWC's Safety Intervention Grant program.
ST. MARYS - His responsibilities may be changing at the end of this year, but Tim Lovett pledges to keep up the fight to revive Grand Lake St. Marys.
  Lovett, the Lake Improvement Association president, spoke Wednesday to the St. Marys Rotary Club at a noon meeting.
Sophomore hits game-winner as St. Henry tops Parkway
ST. HENRY - Rylee Deitsch had a game-winning hit against Marion Local earlier this season.
Deitsch delivered again on Wednesday.
The St. Henry [More]
ROCKFORD - Before his team went out to bat in the bottom of the fifth inning, Parkway softball coach Mark Esselstein told his team to have some fun.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina scored three runs in the top of the first, but Shawnee quickly tied the game and then pulled away in the third inning to hand the Bulldogs a 15-5 loss in five innings in Western Buckeye League play in Shawnee Township on Wednesday.
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