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PEACE ON EARTH, GOODWILL TOWARD MEN... IF NOT FOR US, THEN FOR OUR CHILDREN
FBI
Digital Billboard Initiative
Catching Fugitives in the Information Age
In April 2013, a Buffalo grand jury indicted 33-year-old Oscar Romero
and other suspected members of the Loiza Boys gang, charging them with
heroin and cocaine distribution. After nearly a year on the run,
investigators received information that Romero had returned to the
Buffalo area from Puerto Rico, and the FBI deployed... Read
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NEW SPORTS PHOTOS POSTED
Looking back on a fun year
By George Starks
DARKE COUNTY- With 2014 coming to a quick close, I've had some time to
reflect on a few things in sports. Several schools made solid runs in
the post season at the prep level. While Darke County hasn't had a lot
to crow about in football, basketball has been another story. With
high... Read
More. More Sports.
STATE SENATOR BILL BEAGLE
Lawmakers Visit Children and Families in Hospital on Christmas Eve
Beagle among four visiting hospital
COLUMBUS—State senators from the Miami Valley region will spend a
portion of their Christmas Eve visiting and delivering presents for
patients, families and staff at Dayton Children’s Hospital. Doctors at
Dayton Children’s Hospital do their best to shorten the length of stays
for patients any time of... Read
More. More Community.
OSU EXTENSION, DARKE COUNTY
Lower Crop Prices Make Grain Marketing More Important
Sam Custer
Growers wanting to brush up on their grain marketing skills or those
who want to learn how to improve their farm operation’s profitability
can participate in a series of online grain marketing courses taught by
experts from Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and
Environmental Sciences. Grain Marketing in Challenging... Read
More. More Community.
FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EDGE.....
“Dead Cop Society” Protesters,…Ignore the most Basic Point of All
By Joe Facinoli
You wouldn’t start reading a book in the second chapter, …would you? Of
course not. You’d miss the set-up, and the premise for the
whole story. Would you begin telling a tale, or relating an experience,
in the middle of the action, and then jump to the end,…to summarize?
Obviously not... Read
More. More Opinion.
THE DAILY SIGNAL
The Economy Just Had the Strongest Growth in a Quarter Since 2009
Curtis Dubay
There is no doubt that the economy has languished in its recovery from
the Great Recession, which ended more than five years ago. But signs
are emerging that it is finally shaking free the weight of President
Obama’s anti-growth policies. The... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2014
Editor's
Photo: From Bluebag Media... Children hear about Santa; get last minute wishes. For
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Editon of CNO. Due to local holiday schedules County News
Online will only publish as required by local events. We will resume
our regular publishing schedule Jan. 5. New Posting on
Community Events
Photo Gallery: Click here. This week's
Paul
Ackley
cartoon has been posted here. Obituaries:
Dorothy May Rismiller, Jewell Louise Puterbaugh, Steven D. Eadler,
Clement O. “Clem” Eckstein, Harold Allen Simons, Jerome B. “Jerry”
Brown, Ralph E. Hileman Sr. See
yesterday's postclick
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