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Thursday, September 7th, 2017
Curtain Call
By Robb Hemmelgarn
As the decades pass in the Mercer and Auglaize counties' area, there is little doubt how athletics continue to flourish at the high school level year in and year out.
While local teams continue to pile up state championships and produce future college standouts, a couple of aspects of our area's athletic heritage have slowly gone by the way side. [More]
Mercer stands No. 4 among Ohio counties
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart's office, while jockeying among much larger counties', has brought home oodles of federal funds over the last several years to help pay for road and bridge projects.
Mercer County ranks No. 4 in the state, behind the much more populous counties of Cuyahoga, Butler and Franklin, in federal funds awarded from 1999 through 2023 - $39.16 million. [More]
Obituaries on September 7th, 2017
Virginia L. Bruggeman, 83, Portland, Indiana, died on September 5, 2017, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
Deanne Osborn Taylor peacefully passed from this life to the next on August 25th after a 5-year bout with Parkinson's disease. [More]
Paul Francis Heckler, 92, of Aurora, Indiana, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Monday, September 4, 2017 in Dillsboro, Indiana. [More]
Jeanette Evelyn Faller, 89, of Celina died on Sept. 6, 2017, at Wyngate Senior [More]
Rita C. Hoehne, 88, Fort Loramie, died of natural causes at her residence Sept. [More]
Local pictures on September 7th, 2017
Subscriber stories on September 7th, 2017
Razz-Eye View
I can almost hear the beautiful music of Dave Loggins' "Augusta" playing as Jim Nantz utters the classic line "A tradition unlike any other."
No, I'm not talking about The Masters. I'm talking about the 50/50 raffle at the Coldwater-Marion Local football game.
Coldwater versus Marion Local.
It doesn't get any bigger than this.
When these two teams meet, two things are guaranteed: 1) The 50/50 raffle and crowd will both be huge. 2) And the game itself will be highly entertaining, too.
Computer Points In Review
Let's face it. After only two weeks, the computer points do not mean very much. Each team has only played 20 percent of the games which affect its first-level points, and only two of the potentially 90 results which could affect second-level points have been factored in.
Elida at CelinaCelina Stadium
Last meeting: Celina, 12-7. Ryan Harter's second touchdown of the game with 1:55 left in the fourth quarter sent Celina past Elida in the WBL opener at Kraft Stadium in Elida.
Players of the Week:


Offense

Ryan Luttmer, RB/K
St. Henry
Nine carries for 92 yards and three touchdowns and 6/6 on points-after in the Redskins' 42-0 win over Eaton.
CELINA - The jury trial of a Celina man facing drug and weapons charges continues today in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Scott A. Stein, 47,
MONTEZUMA - The woman who had been freed from a submerged vehicle early Monday morning died at a Fort Wayne hospital, an Ohio Department of Natural Resources spokesperson confirmed this morning.
Girl taken by helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital
ST. MARYS - A seriously injured St. Marys teen was taken by medical helicopter to a Dayton hospital after her car had collided head-on with a dump truck late Wednesday morning near St. Marys.
Village planning 2,200-square-foot plant to replace current aging facility
CHICKASAW - Village council members agreed Wednesday to pursue another loan to help pay for the upcoming water treatment plant project.
Access Eng
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP - Two people suffered incapacitating injuries in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Frahm Pike and State Route 118 just before 10 a.m. Wednesday.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. - John Mayer proved to the thousands of fans at Klipsch Music Center on Sunday night that he is without a doubt one of his generation's most exciting and talented musical voices, a man willing to follow his muse wherever it may take him across the popular music spectrum.