Winter Weather Advisory issued January 17 at 8:48AM EST until January 18 at 8:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington (details ...)
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS
EVENING TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations
1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an
inch.
* WHERE...Portions of Central and West Central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 8 AM EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Precipitation will start as snow, then
change to a wintry mix of sleet, snow, and freezing rain after
midnight, eventually becoming all rain by early Saturday
morning.
PORTLAND, IND. - Fort Recovery High School head softball coach Esther Stephen and assistant softball coach Shelby Hiestand admitted to conspiring to murder a Portland, Indiana, man, according to a probable cause affidavit from the Jay County Clerk of Courts. [More]
For retired teacher, obstacle course is great fun, tradition
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Those who were lucky enough to have had physical education teacher Deb Smith Squire from 1983-2007 at Coldwater Elementary School very likely recall the magic of her annual Christmas obstacle course that melded the holiday spirt with exercise. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery High School softball head coach Esther Stephen and Assistant Coach Shelby Hiestand were arrested recently by Jay County Sheriff's Office personnel in Indiana.
Sheriff's officials would not release any additional information by press time but said more details would be made available today. [More]
MARIA STEIN - School board members accepted a $47,000 donation from the Marion Local parent-teacher organization on Monday evening to help build a new elementary school playground.
Elementary school principal Nick Wilker said the PTO had been saving for a few years to fund the donation. [More]
ST. HENRY - On Jan. 4, St. Henry girls basketball coaches Kyle and Bill Menchhofer took a detour to Red Lobster in Piqua on their way to scout Franklin Monroe.
A win over the Jets tasted a little better than that meal.
"Even though it was a free meal, a win's always better than a free meal. I don't care how expensive it was," said Kyle, St. Henry's head coach. [More]
ST. MARYS - An additional $1 million grant has been secured to help cover the cost of the proposed pedestrian bridge across U.S. 33 to the middle/high school campus, city council members learned on Monday.
In a short but busy meeting, councilors also bid adieu to outgoing law director Kraig Noble, who wrapped up 40 years of service to the city, and approved this year's budget with appropriations totaling just over $52.28 million. [More]
CELINA - Organizers agreed to end the patriotic-themed Freedom Days celebration, a three-day festival that had been held annually since 2004 in conjunction with the Fourth of July holiday at Celina's Lakeshore Park.
Representatives from the organizing clubs - Celina's American Legion, Eagles, Moose and VFW - gathered last month and decided to discontinue the event due to rising expenses, diminished donations and declining interest, festival chairman Bob Howell told the newspaper. [More]
Thomas H. Hevlin, 93, of Saint Marys, and a resident of The Laurels at Shane Hill, Rockford, died 6:30 A.M. Sunday, January 12, 2020, at the Laurels. [More]
Will Dean Holland, 61, of Saint Marys, and formerly of Decatur, Alabama, died 4:42 A.M. Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, Ohio. [More]
Several local health care providers have reported difficulty in recruiting nurse aides amid a surging economy.
"In two years, I've had more openings than I've ever had in any facility," Celina Manor Administrator Peggy Stewart said.
Stewart and Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices, St. Marys, Executive Director Melissa Smalley said earlier this week the low unemployment rate in Mercer and Auglaize counties has made finding employees hard. [More]
CELINA - Coldwater survived eight 3-point baskets and 30 points from Celina's Ethan Wilson, and escaped the Fieldhouse with a 61-53 victory over the Bulldogs Saturday night.
Wilson was 8-for-9 behind the arc in an unlikely performance for someone who had struggled with the outside shot early in the season. [More]
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