Belle Center News

Is it just my house or have you been inundated this past week with flyers, newsletters, e-mails and other notices to elect this person or that person or vote - or not vote - for this issue and that issue on Election Day? I appreciate the Voter's Guide and really can do without all the trees they kill to get that information out.

Craig Nolte, of Wapakoneta, arrived more than two hours early, tossed down a chair with his friends and sat waiting for 38 Special.

Craig Nolte, of Wapakoneta, arrived more than two hours early, tossed down a chair with his friends and sat waiting for 38 Special.

Craig Nolte, of Wapakoneta, arrived more than two hours early, tossed down a chair with his friends and sat waiting for 38 Special.

Sisters Katie and Erika Lisi of Wapakoneta share a bowl of shaved ice from concessionaire Betty Likes of Belle Center.

William T. "Sarge" Slaughter, 57, died July 31, 2009 at Mansfield Med Central, Mansfield.

Findlay city department heads on July 14 will receive a summary of tax collections for the first half of the year, giving them a better idea of how many staff they may have to cut in 2010.

David Lee Ray, age 61, of Richmond, Ind., formerly of LaRue, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at 12:40 p.m. at the VA Medical Center in Dayton.

Troopers from the Maryville Post of the State Highway Patrol said they investigated a single-vehicle crash Saturday that killed a Piqua man and injured his passenger.

Hord to be sentenced next. Bank Robber Ray Baum Jr. will spend 7 years in prison, pay 21-thousand dollars in restitution and complete an extensive post release program.

St. Francis women's basketball coach Gary Andrews says freshman Kayla Mullins has announced she will transfer to the NAIA school in Fort Wayne from Indiana State.