Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
Obituaries on December 9th, 2020
Kurt Otto Grossman, 95, a longtime resident of Otterbein Saint Marys Retirement Community, died Sunday, December 6, 2020, at his residence. [More]
Lewis H. Wibbeler, 82, of New Knoxville, died suddenly on December 3, 2020, at his residence. [More]
RoseAnn Miesse, age 93, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at her residence. [More]
Stories on December 9th, 2020
Food banks face meat shortage amid pandemic
CELINA - Area food pantries and larger organizations have experienced a meat shortage as the COVID-19 pandemic has continued and demand has increased [More]
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County's ranking among Ohio counties for COVID-19 incidence rate has dropped to 65th, but county health officials on Tuesday said the rate of new cases is still one of the county's highest since the pandemic began.
CELINA - Mercer County Emergency Medical Services plans to operate with a slightly smaller budget in 2021 as one of its branches is breaking away to form a new district.
Project is planned in Auglaize and Allen counties
WAPAKONETA - No residents attended a public meeting on Tuesday that had been organized to hear from people concerned about a massive solar project to be located in Auglaize and Allen counties.
CELINA - Two new deaths and 37 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Mercer County on Tuesday, raising the number of deaths to 55 and the number of cases to 2,916.
CELINA - Three people were arrested by Celina police early on Tuesday on outstanding warrants and drug-related charges.
Celina officers reportedly stopped a pickup truck owned by Jonathon Dulebohn, 40, Celina, at 1:51 a.m. Tuesday.
Defense leads Roughriders to victory
ST. MARYS - When the offense had its struggles, the St. Marys defense rose to the occasion.
After Delphos St. John's cut a 31-18 halftime deficit t [More]
Area Roundup
Compiled by Tom Haines and Gary R. Rasberry
Fort Recovery took a commanding lead right from the start and never let up on the way to a 72-30 win at Blackford on Tuesday night in non-conference girls basketball action in Indiana.
Divisions IV and V All-Ohio Football
Van Wert's Owen Treece and his head coach Keith Recker collected top honors as the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association released its Divisions IV and V All-Ohio honors on Tuesday.
Local pictures on December 9th, 2020