Rockford News

While some people think it might not be a good idea to open a business during a recession, Bob and Betty Truesdale believe they can make a go of it -- for a third time.

A Rockford family has slapped the St. Marys Police Department with a $10 million lawsuit after an officer allegedly came onto their property without just cause.

By MIKE BURKHOLDER Managing Editor CELINA - A Rockford man has filed a civil lawsuit in Mercer County Common Pleas Court for $10 million against the city of St.

Three northern Mercer County townships and one county agency likely will share a $755,000 debt after officials recently discovered a financial error made several years ago involving a mega dairy farm in Rockford.

Governor Ted Stickland's latest proposed funding cuts would drastically hurt the state's 251 library systems, including those in Auglaize and Mercer Counties, say local librarians.

By WILLIAM LANEY Managing Editor Six Wapakoneta-based companies employing approximately 630 people could benefit from a bill proposed by U.S. Sen.

Tom Defibaugh of Bellefontaine, Ohio, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Buckeye Division tournament on Indian Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 12 pounds, 7 ounces.

The Mercer County DARE Boosters held their annual Art and Gardens Tour over the weekend.

A former nurse's aide admitted Friday morning in Mercer County Common Pleas Court that she took pain-relieving patches - Fentanyl - from two nursing home residents.

Marion Local took advantage of four Parkway errors and Jarren Griesdorn threw a three-hitter leading the Flyers to a 5-1 win over the Panthers in Mercer County ACME baseball action at Don Black Field in Rockford.

Dick Shaffer of Rockford, Ohio, won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Hoosier Division tournament on Lake Monroe Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 18 pounds, 15 ounces.

BRAUTIGAM, Ruth E. - 1 p.m. today at Chiles-Laman Funeral Homes, Shawnee Chapel.

Dennis Schwieterman, plant manager at Mercer Landmark's soybean extrusion plant in Rockford, shows soybean oil dripping from machinery at the plant.

By KATIE YANTIS Staff Writer CELINA - A handful of police departments and emergency response units were called to Wright State University Lake Campus on Friday as part of a training session.

All local levies in Mercer and Auglaize counties passed at the polls Tuesday. Across the state, the election featured 128 school taxes on the ballots, and results were mixed, according to the Associated Press this morning.

Scores of birders flocked to a farm field west of Rockford over the weekend to view a rare bird reportedly not seen in Ohio for more than 20 years.

A wrong house number and an inability to track the location of the emergency call complicated firefighting efforts at a house that burned to the ground early Tuesday morning in rural Celina.

The Mercer County Sheriff's Office said Andrew Dellinger, 20, and Joseph Dellinger, 19, both of Willshire, were passengers in a 2001 Dodge Pickup driven by Cain M. Warthman, 20, of Ohio City.

MEDINA CITIZEN ASSIST:A hot-air balloon was flying low over West Liberty Street and looking for a place to land.

ROCKFORD - Hilda L. Bower, 97, originally of Cincinnati, recently of Rockford, Ohio, died at 9:15 pm Wednesday March 11, 2009 at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford.