Shelby County News

Monday, 09 November 2009 Staff photo/Katie Yantis: Kelsey Smith, 15, receives the H1N1 vaccination from Auglaize County Health Department Nurse Denise Brown Sunday afternoon in New Bremen.

Wednesday, 04 November 2009 By ANGELA WEAVER Staff Writer ST. MARYS - Three candidates were elected to fill seats on a local school board after local residents went out to the polls on Tuesday.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor Representatives from a Dayton engineering firm charged with reviewing facets of school building and renovation projects updated members of the Wapakoneta City School Board of Education on progress this week.

A former police officer employed by Sidney City Schools was arrested Wednesday, Oct.

Two men have been charged and sent to Shelby County Jail in connection with a series of burglaries dating back to the spring of 2009.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor The recent Ohio Supreme Court decision to require video lottery terminals placed on hold until they could be put on the ballot in 2010 could cost Wapakoneta City Schools $3.4 million over two years, Superintendent Keith Horner says.

When it comes to placenames, Cape Girardeau's town founder, Louis Lorimier, got the short end of the stick.

A trucker at the wheel of his tanker had to be chased down by law officers from three counties Friday, Sept.

TURTLE CREEK TWP., Shelby County - A 34-year-old Piqua man was driving erratically Monday evening, Sept.

Three people are dead in a Shelby County crash. It happened on State Route 47 west of Sidney.

By KAREN CAMPBELL Assistant Managing Editor Wapakoneta City Schools Board of Education is expected to be presented with a change in the high school handbook that would no longer offer an attendance incentive not to take exams.

Lesia Arnett manages to stay busy most days. A business health specialist in occupational health services at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Arnett is also chair of the Sidney/Shelby County Safety Council; secretary of Women In Networking; vice chairman of Health Ohio West Central Business Council and a member of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.

A Shelby County man wanted for trying to kill his wife is captured after leading police on a high speed chase.

An opinion from the Ohio Attorney General's office has led the local health department to cease issuing annual licenses to solid waste haulers.

Paul Frederick "Fritz" Gies, 64, died at 5:25 a.m. Aug. 2, 2009. He was born Dec.

Motorcyclists were injured in two separate accidents when their vehicles hit animals in predawn hours of Wednesday, Aug.

Police say they are questioning a person of interest in the double murder of an elderly couple in union.

Police Chief Mike Blackwell said detectives plan to file charges Monday, Aug. 3, against the son of a local couple found slain in their home at 53 Greencliff Drive.

This chart shows a comparison of regional unemployment figures and what those numbers were last year.

Larry Jutte, 52, senior vice president at Honda of America Manufacturing, is retiring after nearly 25 years with the company.