Friday, January 24th, 2020
By Leslie Gartrell
CELINA - A former Internet Crimes Against Children task force investigator and internet safety expert wants to help empower teens and educate parents about current trends and online risks.
Scott Frank worked in law enforcement for 36 years, including time with the Ottawa and Wood counties sheriff's departments and as a DARE resource officer. He joined the ICAC in 2006 and was a "chatter," someone who would pose as a 15 year-old or younger to draw out predators. [More]
Minster junior scores school-record 36 points in win over Cardinals
By Gary R. Rasberry
MINSTER - There's no other way to say it: Ivy Wolf was on fire Thursday night.
But it wasn't until after the third quarter that she realized how blazing hot she was.
The Minster junior set the school record for points in a game with 36 in three quarters as the Wildcats' tenaciousness defense wreaked havoc on New Bremen to the tune of a 66-27 rout in Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball play at Wildcat Gymnasium. [More]
Obituaries on January 24th, 2020
Meredith Diann (Huss) McCarter, age 45 of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at home with her family. [More]
Kelli Jo Schoen (McAfee), age 62, passed away peacefully on Monday January 20, [More]
James P. Huber, age 68, longtime resident of Salt Lake City, formerly of Minste [More]
Vickie Lynn Fernung Wehrhahn, 61, St. Marys, died on Jan. 17, 2020, at Heritage [More]
Alvin Bills, 79, Maria Stein, died on Jan. 23, 2020.
Arrangements are pending [More]
Local pictures on January 24th, 2020
Subscriber stories on January 24th, 2020
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery Local Schools Board of Education members fired high school head softball coach Esther Stephen and assistant coach Shelby Hiestand and hired a new head softball coach at a special meeting on Thursday evening.
CELINA - City councilors will soon vote on legislation formalizing a decades-old practice of offering a discount on transformers installed as part of commercial and rural electricity extension projects.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners this week signed off on sheriff Jeff Grey's request to spend nearly $30,000 for computer storage for his office.
NEW KNOXVILLE - St. Henry at New Knoxville was supposed to be one of the Midwest Athletic Conference's most competitive games on Thursday night.
By halftime, however, people were probably wondering what the heck is happening.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster
Celina's Holden Cubberly is the back-to-back Western Buckeye League diving champion.
He won it this year with a perso
Five former Celina High School athletes will be inducted into the Celina Athletic Hall of Fame between the boys' junior varsity and varsity games aga