Belle Center News

Folks have been scurrying about pulling weeds, planting flowers and putting mulch on the graves of their loved ones in readiness for Memorial Day.

Douglas Thompson, 38, of Xenia, pleaded guilty to theft of a motor vehicle, breaking and entering, and theft.

Stevie Plikerd has been selected as Poppy Queen for the 2012 Poppy Drive for the Willard Stout American Legion Auxiliary Post 266 in Belle Center.

Details have been released from the serious injury accident on North Main Street near downtown Wednesday afternoon around 2:25. The Bellefontaine Police Department reports that Kayleen McElfresh, 68, of 16931 Township Road 39, Belle Center, was driving a 2003 Volkswagen northbound when she went left of center and sideswiped a southbound Lexus ... (more)

A local driver escaped injury after she lost control and crashed into a pond on State Route 273 west of Belle Center Thursday morning around nine o'clock. The Logan County Sheriff's Office reports that Cathy Oswalt, 39, of 10821 County Road 104, Belle Center, was driving a pickup westbound when she went off the right side of the road, then struck a ... (more)

Belle Center Earl W. Himmeger, 80, died May 8, 2012 at his residence. He was born Dec.

A local mother was charged after her two-year-old daughter was found wandering in the roadway near their Belle Center home Wednesday morning around 11:20. The Logan County Sheriff's Office reports that a passerby discovered the girl in the 200 block of East Buckeye Street.