Botkins News

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation: 10 to 11 a.m. today at the church. BOLLENBACHER, Jerry L. - 4 p.m. Wednesday at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory, Van Wert.

By MATT NICHOLS Staff Writer BUCKLAND - Newly acquired stimulus dollars should help an Auglaize County village repave one of its largest stretches of road.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor CSX officials would like to close Park Street between East Mechanic and East Pearl streets, but city administrators would continue to fight to keep it open, Mayor Rodney Metz says.

Favorite work: "Every day there's something new." Tattoo pet peeve: Rude customers who don't care what they get Toby Gehrlich moved to Columbus for tattoos and rock 'n' roll.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor No changes in the May 5 special election results came when the official count was tallied Tuesday.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor With some conservative planning, a few new additions and plans for the future, the Auglaize County Fair is close to ready to go.

The Gardens at Wapakoneta resident Elizabeth Hicks, at left, and Gardens Business Manager Diana Fritz Miller pose for a photo with a collection of Hicks' poetry works.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor The decisions to non-renew two Wapakoneta High School business and career teachers were made for different reasons according to information in their personnel files.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor A Carnation Drive resident appealed to city lawmakers to abide by a plat restriction which made sidewalks optional for property owners in the "Flower Streets" of Wapakoneta.

MARION - Charles W. 'Charlie' Newman, age 59, of Marion, Ohio went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 18, 2009 after a short illness at Select Care in Columbus, Ohio.

By MATT NICHOLS Staff Writer An area school was evacuated Tuesday after a bomb was reported to be near the building.

Following up on information from another police source, police in Botkins found a package that they first feared was a possible bomb inside a car in the parking lot of the Botkins School Tuesday afternoon off Sycamore Street.

A teenager's life was cut short on Saturday after he lost control of his vehicle in Shelby County.

Firefighters from Anna were first dispatched on a report of a chimney fire at 15866 Meranda Road near Anna shortly before 8 a.m. Monday.

There has been much confusion amongst those not familiar with the fraternity of Masons.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor For the first time, Wapakoneta and Auglaize County broke into the top 10, while Ohio maintained its Governor's Cup Award with Site Selection magazine.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor A motorist and three occupants were arrested Monday night when equipment used to steal anhydrous ammonia was found during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 75, ...

By MATT NICHOLS Staff Writer BUCKLAND - Within two weeks, an area volunteer fire department is to have a new engine added to its fleet.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor Hoping to receive economic stimulus funds from the state, the Auglaize County engineer is requesting money for two projects.

A 23-year-old Webster man was arrested yesterday in Ohio after he met a police detective posing as a 14-year-old girl for sex, according to Shelby County sheriff's deputies.