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COUNTY NEWS ONLINE - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 - BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS

HS Big Buddy Mentors Needed to Impact Lives of Local Children

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke County is excited to announce that another great year is in the works for the Big Buddies after-school program. We are seeking fun and energetic people who want an opportunity to give back to the community. This is a great opportunity to obtain community service hours as well as make a difference in the life of a child. This is the sixteenth year the program has been in place. The Buddies program is a nine-month commitment where high school sophomores... Read More. More Community.

DRUGS EPIDEMIC

Man Arrested for Trafficking in Drugs in Darke County

On September 12, 2014 the Darke County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, along with Darke County Special Response Team, executed a search warrant at 153 South Main Street in Palestine, Ohio. Bryan Adkins (35) of Palestine was taken into custody without incident and is currently being housed at the Darke County Jail where he awaits the formal... Read More. More News.

SPECIAL TEAMS GET BALL ROLLING

Wave puts one in the win column over Preble Shawnee
By George Starks

GREENVILLE- Coming in with big wins over National Trail and Dayton Christian, Preble Shawnee looked to make Greenville its third victim of the season. The Wave had other ideas and losing their third straight football game of the young season wasn’t an option. Greenville got its... Read More. More Sports.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Obama Sept. 10 speech to combat ISIS

Good evening, I just addressed the nation about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and destroy the terrorist group known as ISIL. Let’s be clear: While this group may call itself the "Islamic State," it is not "Islamic." No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. Nor is it a "state." It is not... Read More. More News.

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN BOEHNER

Response: Destroying This Terrorist Threat Requires Decisive Action

“The president tonight recanted his earlier dismissals of ISIL’s capabilities and rightly acknowledged the grave and growing threat posed by the spreading global epidemic of radicalized Islam. He has finally begun to make the case the nation has needed him to make for quite some time: that destroying this terrorist threat requires decisive... Read More. More Opinion.

FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EDGE.....

The Peacock, …and his Video Game “Strategy”
By Joe Facinoli

As he strutted his way bad, and very cool self on up to the White House podium last week, just before allowing us to listen to His instructive wisdoms (and versions of the truth), …you could almost see His glorious array of feathers, begin to spread out behind and around Him, in all their amazing (and self-serving) resplendency... Read More. More Opinion.

COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER

CBC’s ’50 Years’ blood drives

DAYTON & Darke County, Ohio – Darke County will have several community, company, and school blood drives in September. These blood drives will help honor Community Blood Center’s (CBC) 50th anniversary as the region’s first central blood bank. The blood drives come as CBC celebrates its founding on Sept. 14... Read More. More Events.

FROM THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Editor's Photo: Tomorrow will begin a new series of photos and memories of the recent fair. Join us as we present: CNO’s Great Darke County Fair scrapbook. On Tuesday: Getting ready for the fair. This week's Paul Ackley cartoon has been posted here. Favorite Sports Photos: New pics posted July 7, 2014. Events: First Presbyterian Church invites the community to “Grow with Us!”, NAMI schedules Darke County support group, Edison Holds 5K for Athletics. Obituaries: Lorri E. Shoop, Beatrice Frazier, Abigail Charlotte Hoff, Charles R. Walters. To see yesterday's post Obituaries: Forest L. Archie. Yesterday's Home Page Click Here

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