Saturday, December 23rd, 2023
By Leslie Klosterman
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP - A 1-year-old girl was killed and two adults, including a pregnant woman, were seriously injured after a car crashed into a horse-drawn buggy on Friday evening.
Mercer County Central Dispatch received a call reporting a crash at State Route 49 north of Oregon Road at 5:18 p.m. Friday, according to a news release from sheriff Jeff Grey. [More]
Payne's hot start leads Roughriders to win over Flyers
By Colin Foster
ST. MARYS - In a matchup highlighted by size, a guard from St. Marys made a sizable impact.
Four players on the floor stood 6-foot-7 or taller Friday night - two each for St. Marys and Marion Local - but 6-3 Noah Payne stole the show by scoring 10 first-quarter points and jumpstarting a 58-39 Roughrider victory at Grand Lake Health System Court. [More]
Obituaries on December 23rd, 2023
Nicholas V. Homan, age 65 of New Bremen, Ohio, died at 6:42 PM on December 21, 2023 at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Betty Jane Miller-Bumbalough, 98, Celina, died Dec. 21, 2023, at her residence. [More]
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Subscriber stories on December 23rd, 2023
Landscaper has his sights set on veggies
CELINA - Had people been as health-conscious in the 80s as they are today, Michael Dues might have become a vegetable farmer instead of a landscaper.
Then again, Dues originally mapped out a career as a history teacher but branched out in a much different direction.
CELINA - A woman charged in connection to child abuse at Victorum Learning Center faces no jail time after pleading no contest to an amended charge of child endangerment in Celina Municipal Court on Tuesday.
CELINA - A Mendon man charged with numerous child sex crimes was indicted on an additional drug charge on Thursday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
DARKE COUNTY -A 35-year-old Celina man was transported to Miami Valley Hospital following a head-on collision Friday morning in
in Darke County.
NEW KNOXVILLE - It was a barnburner, and New Knoxville wound up with the lump of coal.
Temple Christian jumped out to an early lead and held on to beat the Rangers 49-46 in a tightly contested non-conference boys basketball game Friday night at the Barn.
COLDWATER - Friday night was one of those nights where a coach could age rapidly over a span of 32 minutes.
After a strong start, Coldwater had to
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Celina rallied from a six-point deficit to start the fourth quarter and snapped a two-game losing skid in beating Versailles 42-41 on Friday night in a rescheduled game due to both teams playing deep into the football postseason.