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Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
County may buy land prone to flooding
Grant being sought
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County officials are seeking federal funding to acquire, demolish and convert to green space a property in Butler Township prone to flash-flood damage.
County Emergency Management Agency director Mike Robbins, working in conjunction with Ohio Emergency Management Agency, has applied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a Unified Hazard Mitigation Program Project grant. [More]
Pitchers' duel
Coldwater's Steinke defeats St. Marys' Burd
By Gary R. Rasberry
ST. MARYS - On a picture-perfect day for softball, Coldwater's Maddie Steinke and St. Marys' Rylee Burd engaged in a classic pitchers' duel.
Burd pitched a whale of a game, but Steinke was nearly perfect.
Steinke took a perfect game into the fifth inning and lost a no-hitter with two outs in the seventh as Coldwater edged St. Marys 2-1 at K.C. Geiger Park on Monday afternoon. [More]
Obituaries on May 1st, 2018
Patsy Bowersock
Patsy Bowersock, 71, of St. Marys, OH left us Friday April 5, 2018 with her family by her side at Joint Twp. District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Richard Heckman
Richard Earl Heckman, age 67, of Celina passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. [More]
Arnold Pax
Arnold Joseph Pax, 66, Mendon, OH, died 7:05 p.m. Wednesday April 25, 2018 at Lima Memorial Health System. [More]
Lois Saintignon
Lois Ann Saintignon, age 70, of Montezuma, passed away peacefully on Sunday April 29, 2018 at State of the Heart in Wayne Hospital in Greenville. [More]
Henry Winner
Henry "Fred" Winner, age 73, of Osgood passed away at 8:42 PM on April 29, 2018 at his home. [More]
Edna Poor
Edna Mae Poor, age 84, of Mendon, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 2:29 am at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Local pictures on May 1st, 2018
Subscriber stories on May 1st, 2018
Marion Local project reviewed
MARIA STEIN - Roughly 100 Marion Local community members on Monday attended an informational meeting about the proposed new school facility, asking about the need for certain upgrades and the impact the project would have on future finances.
Fort man faces child porn charges
CELINA - A 39-year-old Fort Recovery man has been indicted on 39 felony charges related to child pornography allegedly discovered on his cellphone.
Business official lauded
Accommodations made for Army National Guard member at Pax
CELINA - Larry Gibson, a supervisor at Pax Machine Works Inc., was honored on Monday afternoon for his accommodation to workers who are members of the Army National Guard.
Miller goes distance as Cavs defeat Roughriders 7-1
COLDWATER - Seth Miller took the hill on Senior Night at Coldwater and the Cavalier senior gave one last vintage performance at Veterans Field.
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Vonderhaar homers twice for Cardinals
Area Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster
Luke Vonderhaar had two home runs and a double, finishing 4-for-4 with six RBIs on a night when the New Bremen baseball team collectively hit the tar out of the ball in a 15-1, five-inning victory over Mississinawa Valley on Monday.
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