Special Weather Statement issued July 6 at 5:17AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The combination of a moist airmass and calm winds is resulting in patchy dense fog this morning, especially across rural areas and valleys. Rapidly changing visibilities will be possible through the early morning hours before the fog lifts shortly after daybreak.
If you are driving and encounter fog, use your low beam headlights and leave extra space between vehicles.
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Saturday, August 19th, 2006
By Shelley Grieshop
FORT RECOVERY - Ruth Matchett says she couldn't help hugging and cuddling the little infant as he lay alone in a hospital nursery in the northern region of South Africa.
It was 1974, and Matchett, a medical missionary and nurse/midwife on assignment, already had a reputation for taking in babies no one else wanted. [More]
Obituaries on August 19th, 2006
Mary Evalena Irvin, 59, 412 E. Main St., St. Henry, died Aug. 18, 2006, at her residence of natural causes. [More]
Cecile M. Wurster, 90, 7389 Bogart Road, Celina, died Aug. 18, 2006, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Local pictures on August 19th, 2006
Subscriber stories on August 19th, 2006
Metal thefts in the area continue to escalate right along with the price of copper, aluminum, brass, steel and tin.
Area law enforcement agencies have investigated a rash of thefts in recent months, ranging from plastic-coated copper wiring to aluminum downspouts to a 30-foot flagpole.
COLUMBUS - Ohio gubernatorial candidates Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and U.S. Congressman Ted Strickland both admit public school funding in Ohio is dysfunctional and just isn't working anymore.
Seven people - six men and a woman - have been indicted on felony charges stemming from a rash of wire thefts in recent months.
Brothers Joseph D
A Mercer County Jail inmate has been returned to a Toledo mental health facility after another unsuccessful suicide attempt and several scuffles with authorities.
A Celina-area man was arrested Friday night after he allegedly fired a handgun during an altercation at the home of his son.
Jerry Stanfill, 51, 6740 Wabash Road, faces charges of domestic violence and aggravated menacing. He remains incarcerated at the Mercer County Jail on a $350,000 bond.
Low scores were in abundance on Friday as Celina hosted its annual invitational at The Fox's Den.
Western Buckeye League schools swept the top thre