Monday, March 26th, 2018
Flyers outlast heavily-favored Patriots in double-OT thriller
By Colin Foster
COLUMBUS - The Marion Local Flyers were perceived underdogs entering Saturday's Division IV state championship game with Cornerstone Christian.
"Statewide, I definitely had the feeling we were an underdog," admitted Marion Local coach Kurt Goettemoeller, who was soaking wet after having had water dumped over him in the postgame celebration. [More]
Obituaries on March 26th, 2018
Vincent A. "Vince" Fortkamp, age 85, of Fort Recovery, Ohio, died March 24, 2018 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater, OH. [More]
Longtime Yakima Valley musician Mary A. Walters passed away on March 16, 2018 at age 87, in Yakima, Washington. [More]
Beatrice Ann Gast, age 91, of St. Henry, passed away Monday, March 26, 2018 at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Betty Bennett González, 90, of Greenville, Ohio, formerly of Edinboro, PA and [More]
Helen Black, 90, Windy Point, died on March 25, 2018, at Briarwood Village, Col [More]
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Subscriber stories on March 26th, 2018
COLUMBUS - Yung Joc's popular 2006 hit "It's Goin' Down" played at the Schottenstein Center during a timeout in the second overtime of the Marion Local-Cornerstone Christian Division IV state title game on Saturday.
Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Jack Heitbrink and Adam Knapke combined for a no-hitter and defending Division IV state champion Minster began its baseball season with a 15-0 five-inning win over Ansonia on Saturday at Hanover Street Park.
Crowd attends march against gun violence in Celina
CELINA - They have had enough and voiced a resounding message demanding stricter gun-control laws and safer schools.
More than 100 demonstrators u
CELINA - Australian-bred, chart-topping group Newsboys has been tapped to headline the Mercer County Fair's first Christian concert at 7 p.m. Aug. 11.
They'll be supported by opening act Adam Agee. The major concert announcement was made official this morning.
Four Daily Standard staff members received awards on Saturday at the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors annual meeting in Columbus.
They collected four awards in Division II, which is for newspapers with a circulation of 8,000 to 11,999.