Friday, August 18th, 2023
By Gary R. Rasberry
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Fort Recovery graduate Nick Thwaits announced his retirement on Wednesday after 4 ½ seasons in the San Diego Padres minor league system.
A 15th round selection of the Padres in the 2018 Major League Baseball Dr [More]
Obituaries on August 18th, 2023
Fred Heckathorn, age 85 of Celina, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at his residence in Celina. [More]
Donald Othmer Braun, age 84, of Minster, passed away of natural causes early Th [More]
Local pictures on August 18th, 2023
Subscriber stories on August 18th, 2023
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Health members this week approved enforcing a rabies vaccination order to the fullest extent of their authority after a dog bit two people, one of them a police officer.
The votes are in: Mercer County Fair was fabulous
CELINA - Another Mercer County Fair has come and gone.        Throngs of people over the past week took in the sights and sounds of national touring acts, a menagerie of animals both exotic and familiar and other exciting attractions.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County commissioners on Thursday set in motion the nearly $275,000 Dowty Ditch tile-replacement project.
The ditch is located
CELINA - A committee meeting held earlier this week to continue the review of leasing city parks was effectively scrapped as city councilors spent the allotted time in executive session.
CELINA - City councilman Mike Sovinski is leading a push to revive urban forestry and incorporate trees as part of the overall development of Celina.
Riders flip switch early in second half to overcome Trojans
ST. MARYS - For the first 40 minutes, St. Marys struggled to generate shots and maintain possession, and Botkins capitalized to take a 1-0 lead.
In the first two minutes of the second half, the Roughriders flipped the script.