Saturday, December 29th, 2018
Obituaries on December 29th, 2018
Angela M. Bryant, age 62, of Vandalia, died Wednesday, December 26, 2018.
She [More]
Eugene "Gene" L. Cool, age 91, passed away at 5:19 pm, on December 27, 2018, in the Celina Manor. [More]
Former Sheriff E. Joseph Gilmore passed away unexpectedly on December 26, 2018 at his home in Ocala, Florida. [More]
William "Bill" David Homan, of Kettering, Ohio passed away after a recent illne [More]
Mr. David Joseph Dirksen, age 77, of Madison, Indiana entered this life on Dece [More]
Stories on December 29th, 2018
To pay up to $482,275 for project
ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools board members on Friday approved a $482,275 bid from Dant Clayton Corp. of Louisville, Kentucky, to replace the home-team football bleachers and possibly the press box. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections Director Laura Bruns hopes to trim a list of potential new voting machine systems down to two options in January, when she'll invite poll workers and the public to test them and offer opinions.
CELINA - Grand Lake-area traffic accidents caused nine deaths in 2018, down from 12 the year before.
Two occurred in Mercer County, down from seven last year.
CELINA - Radon levels in the Celina Primary and Middle School buildings and the education complex are within the safe range after higher-than-normal readings this summer required installation of a mitigation system.
Strong wind gusts swept through Mercer and Auglaize counties on Thursday night and into the morning Friday, knocking down trees and causing power outages.
Asset Allocation Associates Holiday Classic
COLDWATER - The sequels were better than the originals.
But the results were the same.
St. Henry came-from-behind to defeat Coldwater 60-58 in [More]
ST. MARYS - A blistering first-half shooting performance by St. Marys was aided by turnover struggles by New Knoxville and allowed the Roughriders to move to .500 on the season with a 58-34 win over their Auglaize County neighbors on Friday night at Murotech Court.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Courtney Prenger and Demaris Wolf each scored 18 points to help Minster advance to the final of the McDonald's Holiday Tournament with a 61-47 win over previously unbeaten Bellevue on Friday at the Tub at Bath High School.
Local pictures on December 29th, 2018