Friday, July 14th, 2023
Downtown event to include DORA establishments
By William Kincaid
CELINA - The downtown will play host to one of the biggest city events of the year tonight with the annual Taste of Celina, a smorgasbord of local cuisine, drinks and live music.
The Celina Mercer County Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event, with assistance from the city, will be held from 5 to 10 p.m. Main Street will be shut down from Warren to Market streets in the early morning. [More]
Schuchart goes wire-to-wire to capture the Eldora Million
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - Hanover, Pennsvlania's Logan Schuchart led all 50 laps and picked up the largest prize in dirt track racing winning the Eldora Million on late Thursday night-early Friday morning at Eldora Speedway.
Schuchart started on the pole and beat Carson Macedo into turn one on the opening and was never seriously challenged throughout the 50 laps. [More]
Obituaries on July 14th, 2023
Joan (Gast) Wenning, age 93, of St. Henry died on Saturday, July 1 at the Miller Place in Celina. [More]
Erma R. Brunswick age 96 of Maria Stein, Ohio died at 4:55 AM on Thursday, July 13, 2023 at Elmwood Assisted Living, New Bremen. [More]
Ed Schmerge, 59, of Botkins, passed away at 2:23 p.m., Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at Lima Memorial Health System. [More]
Local pictures on July 14th, 2023
Subscriber stories on July 14th, 2023
CHICKASAW - Village councilors approved slight water rate increases Wednesday night to offset rising operating costs for the village treatment plant.
CELINA - A flyer on social media promoting a Ku Klux Klan rally at Lake Shore Park in Celina next weekend was intended as a joke by its creator, city officials confirmed on Thursday.
FORT RECOVERY - The operators of ESB Farms LLC are asking the Ohio Department of Agriculture to renew a permit to operate for another five years.
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CELINA - A Darke County man was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Bruce D. Baldridge, 41, Versail
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
New Bremen's Abbie Burden edged Greenville's Ella Porter to win the girls' 16-18 division as the Lima Junior Golf Association summer tour stopped at The Delphos Country Club for the Bach Promotional Products Open on Thursday.
CELINA - Bend, don't break, and let the boys play.
That's been the credo for the Grand Lake Mariners last few weeks.
The Mariners held off a six