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© WTAP (Parkersburg, WV)
Area Man Arrested in Western Ohio
Saturday, 03 January 2009 ... Reporter: Courtney Rochon
A Washington County man is in police custody in western Ohio for allegedly trying to meet up with a 15 year old girl he contacted on-line. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says Steve McFarland has been chatting on-line with an officer posing as a 15 year old girl. Officials say when McFarland traveled to St. Mary's, Ohio to meet the girl, authorities arrested him.
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© Memorial High School
NHS Wing Ding
Saturday, 03 January 2009 ...
ST. MARYS - Friday, January 16 - 3:00-6:30 p.m. in McBroom Cafeteria. Tickets are $6.00 each and can be purchased from any National Honor Society member or in the MHS guidance office until January 9th.
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© The Evening Leader
TV channels down for TSC
Friday, 02 January 2009 ...
By ANDREA POTEET
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS - Area Telephone Service Company (TSC) cable subscribers may have found a few less viewing options on their televisions in recent months. TSC dropped ABC affiliate WPTA, of Fort Wayne, Ind., and NBC affiliate WDTN, of Dayton, after failing to reach agreements for a price to retransmit the stations.
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© The Evening Leader
Valentine to rock theater
Wednesday, 31 December 2008 ...
By ANGELA WEAVER
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS - A former radio personality is headlining a New Year's Eve celebration tonight upstairs at the Ballroom Lounge. Dick Valentine, otherwise known as Gerald Wolfe, will be returning to the St. Marys theater, where the former Moulton WERM f.m. radio announcer had his first solo singing debut.
"It was back when they had the Hospital Follies," Valentine said. "I did the Sinatra tune 'That's Life.'"
The self-proclaimed Sinatra-style vocalist with a jazz background said he will focus his set on Sinatra.
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© The Evening Leader
Officials approve annex
Tuesday, 30 December 2008 ...
By ANGELA WEAVER
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS - With the building of a new school, the City of St. Marys must go to the state for approval of including the school territory into the corporation's limits. After a public hearing before the St. Marys City Council meeting held Monday evening, councilors passed the third reading of an ordinance rezoning recently annexed territory into the city.
Because of the annexation, the city passed the first reading of an ordinance requesting the Board of County Commissioners of Auglaize County to petition the director of the Ohio Department of Development to include the newly annexed areas as part of the rural jobs and enterprise zone Monday night.
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© The Evening Leader
New Bremen tops St. Marys
Monday, 29 December 2008 ...
By BRIAN SMITH
Sports Editor
ST. MARYS - Talk about second - make that third - chances.
New Bremen senior post player Scott Lammers tackled the offensive glass and his responsibilities in the paint like he tackled recovering from not one, but two, season ending injuries in his high school basketball career.
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© The Daily Standard
Fort Recovery takes control in second quarter
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 ...
By By Gary R. Rasberry
ST. MARYS - Fort Recovery used defense and a potent scoring run to pull away from St. Marys in the second quarter and never looked back as the Indians go to 5-2 on the season with a 70-50 win over the Roughriders at McBroom Gymnasium.
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© The Daily Standard
Slight area decrease in traffic fatalities
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 ...
By Shelley Grieshop
The number of people killed in traffic crashes across the Grand Lake area dropped by just one from 2007 to 2008.
Last year, 14 people - including four Maria Stein-area men who perished in one accident in March - were killed in 11 crashes on roadways in Mercer and Auglaize counties. In 2007, 15 people died in 12 accidents.
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© The Daily Standard
St. Marys inches past Coldwater late
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 ...
By Gary R. Rasberry
Overcoming 32 turnovers and losing key starter Erika Thornsberry to fouls for the last half of the fourth quarter, St. Marys got key baskets and free throws late to beat Coldwater 34-32 in the final game of the 2008 portion of the girls basketball schedule at McBroom Gymnasium.
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© The Wapakoneta Daily News
Dayton man leads police on high-speed chase to Anna
Friday, 02 January 2009 ...
By KRISTA HAYES Staff Writer
WAPAKONETA - A Dayton man led area law enforcement early Thursday on a chase reaching speeds as high as 100 mph on Interstate-75 from Wapakoneta to Anna. Richard J. Pollack, 51, was eventually taken into custody and jailed for fleeing and eluding, carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest, a Wapakoneta Police officer reported.
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© The Lima News
Hospital offers course on medical jargon
January 2, 2009 ...
Bart Mills
ST. MARYS - For too many people, the biggest roadblock to a career in medicine isn't the math or money, it's the language.
Joint Township District Memorial Hospital is sponsoring a course to help navigate the language and terminology of medicine. The program begins Jan. 12 and runs through March 2, with a total of eight, two-hour classes aimed at helping anybody interested in working in the health field.
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© Knapps News
Lake Campus Staff Recognized for Excellence
December 29, 2008 ...
CELINA, Ohio - Wright State University-Lake Campus staff members who were responsible for launching the WSU Dual Enrollment Program for 2008-09 were recognized with a 2008 Senior Vice President for Curriculum and Instruction Award for Outstanding Collaborative Unit at a luncheon recently held on the Dayton Campus and hosted by Lillie Howard, Senior Vice President for Curriculum and Instruction.
Recognized were Cassie Dorsten, Business Manager; BJ Hobler, Registrar; Gretchen Rentz, Bursar; and Greg Schumm, Community Relations Director.
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Additional Local News Links
St. Marys City Schools: Events Calendar
Holy Rosary School: Important Dates
St. Marys Community Public Library: News & Events
Grand Lake Health System: Health Calendar
Auglaize County Council on Aging: Calendar of Events
Auglaize/Mercer Convention & Visitors Bureau: Festivals & Events Calendar
Western Buckeye League Sports: Scores and More
Riverside Bluesfest: Live Music Shows in the St. Marys Area
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