Saturday, June 11th, 2022
By Leslie Gartrell
ST. MARYS - The word "pirate" usually evokes images of swashbuckling, eyepatch-wearing, peg-legged and parrot-wielding buccaneers who traveled the high seas.
However, pirates could be found much closer to home - most notably the Great Lakes.
Ellen Kennedy, education and visitor experience director for the National Museum of the Great Lakes, spoke Tuesday at the St. Marys Public Library about the history of piracy on the Great Lakes. [More]
Obituaries on June 11th, 2022
Mark J. "Mike" Baumer age 82 of Minster, Ohio died at 9:14 AM on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney, Ohio. [More]
Philip Keith Winkler, 71, passed away unexpectedly on May 14, 2022 while mountain biking with friends in North Carolina. [More]
Local pictures on June 11th, 2022
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ROSSBURG - Rainy weather continued to play havoc with the racing weekend at Eldora Speedway, forcing speedway officials to postpone the twin 25-lap preliminary feature events for the 28th annual Dirt Late Model Dream until this afternoon at 3 p.m.
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Compiled By Tom Haines
Van Wert rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to send the Celina ACME baseball team to a 6-5 loss at Smiley Park on Friday.
(The Eldora Million feature race was completed early Friday morning after our deadline. Here is the story from the event.)
ROSSBURG - Jonathan Davenport came to Eldora Speedway as the favorite to capture the Eldora Million.