Monday, January 22nd, 2018
By Sydney Albert
CELINA - Beth Gehret, her daughter Josie and a group of Josie's friends sat in Brew Nation on Saturday morning, chatting happily as each painted her own ceramic bowl.
Josie and her friends enjoy craft projects, and as part of her 14th birthday celebration, they, along with 126 others who registered, decided to take part in Our Home Family Resource Center's "Create A Bowl" event. [More]
Obituaries on January 22nd, 2018
Ronald A. Green, age 70, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on January 19, 2018, at 7:15 am, in Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community. [More]
Erma J. Langenkamp, 85, St. Marys, died at 1:51 a.m. Jan. 19, 2018, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Steven E. Rohrbach, 66, Saint Marys, died 6:50 P.M. Friday, January 19, 2018, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in Saint Marys. [More]
Denise M. Tuttle, 54, Saint Marys, died Friday, January 19, 2018, at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus. [More]
Local pictures on January 22nd, 2018
Subscriber stories on January 22nd, 2018
CELINA - Sixty-eight percent of high school seniors in Mercer County used alcohol at least once in the last 30 days, up from 55 percent in 2011, according to a Mercer Country Prevention Coalition and Foundations Behavioral Health Services survey.
Opinions about the federal government shutdown among local senators and U.S. congressmen were split down party lines.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio
During the government shutdown, local government branches will be impacted differently.
Mercer County Farm Service Agency Executive Director Michelle Stahl said the office will be closed, which will impact the office's nine employees.
COLDWATER - A Coldwater teenager suffered possible injuries in a two-vehicle accident this morning.
Coldwater Police Chief Jason Miller told the newspaper Xavier Feltz, 17, Coldwater, was attempting to turn left onto Main Street from Woodview Avenue.
Minster wins hard-fought battle over Ottoville
MINSTER - When Minster trailed Ottoville 47-40 with 4:46 remaining in the fourth quarter, it was time for the Wildcats to get the ball to their go-to player.
Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Minster gave the top-ranked boys' basketball team in Division IV all it could handle for 36 minutes, but Fort Loramie was able to stay unbeaten with the 52-51 overtime win in Shelby County on Saturday night.
WOHSBC Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys maintained top spots in both boys' and girls' standings of the West Ohio High School Bowling Conference af