Saturday, March 17th, 2018
By Tom Stankard
CELINA - A Celina man was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Friday afternoon that also also reportedly injured a New Bremen man.
Joshua Bruns, 37, New Bremen, was heading north on U.S. 127 in a 2015 Isuzu box truck sometime before 2:40 p.m. when he reportedly maneuvered his vehicle left of center for an unknown reason, according to a Mercer County Sheriff's Office news release. [More]
Obituaries on March 17th, 2018
Mary Lou Schulze, age 89, of Russia, Ohio died at 1:35 AM on Friday, March 16, 2018 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Rosalyn M. "Rosie" Fahncke, 84, of Wapakoneta died at 2:35 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Otterbein, Cridersville. [More]
James W. "Jim" Schaffner, 76, of Decatur, Indiana and formerly of Willshire, Oh [More]
Aaron Rose, 40, St. Sebastian, died March 16, 2018. Services are pending at Hog [More]
Esther C. Johnsman, age 90, of Celina, passed away Thursday evening, March 15, 2018, at the Miller Place in Celina. [More]
Local pictures on March 17th, 2018
Subscriber stories on March 17th, 2018
Event seeks to call attention to gun violence
CELINA - Some local students and community members are eager to add their voices to a growing national chorus demanding actions be taken to prevent school shootings such as the massacre last month in Parkland, Florida.
CELINA - Dunham's Sporting Goods on Havemann Road has reopened with a fresh store layout after having been temporarily closed for four months due to heavy damage inflicted by a Nov. 5 tornado.
Banged-up Prenger scores career-high 23 as Flyers trounce Redskins for state berth
KETTERING - Marion Local's Tyler Prenger had tape wrapped around his right thumb for Friday night's Division IV regional final against Fort Loramie.
But Prenger only needed one good thumb to give a performance worthy of two thumbs up.