Coldwater News

A 76-year-old Coldwater man was killed Sunday morning as he cleared brush and trees from a wooded area near his home.

The former baby sitter of the St. Henry infant who died July 6, 2008, of blunt force trauma to the head, has been arrested, according to the Mercer County Sheriff's Office.

Two area youths were injured Thursday afternoon when their four-wheeler was struck by a car near the intersection of Mud Pike and Fleetfoot Road west of Celina.

Mary Lydia Kaup of Celina feels a surge of patriotism each time she sees an American flag flapping in the breeze or hears "The Star Spangled Banner" playing before a televised sports event.

Celina's Julie Klosterman follows through on a kill during the Bulldogs' match against Coldwater during the regular season.

Voters in the St. Marys City Schools district ousted an incumbent board member in one of five contested school board races held in the Grand Lake area on Tuesday.

By ANGELA WEAVER Staff Writer ST. MARYS - Fifty years ago, the last passenger train passed through St.

Fifty years ago today, the last passenger train serving Celina, train number 9 of the Nickel Plate Road, passed through the city for a final time.

October 14, 2009 Best-One expands, buys four commercial outlets The country's largest independent commercial tire dealership has just gotten bigger.

Five area hospitals - including ones in Coldwater and St. Marys - are seeking options to keep one of their two cancer centers from closing its doors due to financial woes.

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation: noon until time of services today at the funeral home.

Fire destroyed the recently remodeled Rumors at the Lake restaurant early this morning turning a one-block section of state Route 219 into a parking lot for responding fire department vehicles.

Logan Deitsch, St. Marys, measures the slope in a farm field on Coldwater Creek Road as Kara Uhlenhake, Coldwater, records her findings during the 7th annual Mercer County Soils Judging Contest.

The baby wails continuously despite valiant efforts to comfort him. The parent, tired from a long day at work and frustrated by all the crying, picks up the baby intent on making one more attempt to stop the crying.

Garage sales are nice, but they need governed, say village officials. Councilors heard first reading Monday evening on a new ordinance that annually will limit the number of garage/yard sales per address in the village, as well the length of the sale.

Mark Dominik, Ohio State University President Gordon Gee, Dale Betke and Steve Davis perform a cheer during Geea s visit to Schwietermana s Pharmacy in New Bremen Tuesday.

St. Henry's Kendra Rindler chips to the green at The Elks during her medalist round in a dual match with Coldwater.

McDonald Street in Netanya is home to the Orthodox synagogue known to all and sundry as "McDonald's," a predominantly Anglo community full of elderly Brits and Americans who have retired to the seaside town in their golden years.

Seven of the nine local school districts struggled with the social studies achievement tests last school year as did the rest of the state, according to the 2008-09 school year report cards released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Education.

Like many kids sitting in the grandstands at Eldora Speedway, New Knoxville's Brent Hole grew up dreaming about racing on the high-banks. For the past 10 years, Hole has lived that dream, wheeling first a stock car and now a more powerful UMP DirtCar Modified around local dirt tracks.