Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:43AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a statewide Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to adversely impact air quality. Pollutants across the state are expected to range from the 'Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups' category in the southwest part of the state to the 'Unhealthy' category in the rest of the state. Hourly concentrations at times may reach the 'Very Unhealthy' to 'Hazardous' categories. It is recommended, when possible, to avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory conditions like asthma. Watch for symptoms including wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in the nose, throat, and eyes. For additional information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website at epa.ohio.gov.
Three Mercer County department heads have the same beef with the federal budget just submitted to Congress by the president as does Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown.
Brown released a report this week objecting to program funding cuts in economic development, health care, law enforcement and education that he said are important to the quality of life in Ohio's 48 rural counties. [More]
NEW BREMEN - There's no better way to walk off the floor in the final home game of a high school career than the way New Bremen's Matt McCollum did on Friday night at Cardinal Gymnasium.
McCollum drilled a three-pointer at the buzzer to lift New Bremen to a 47-45 victory over archrival Minster in the final game of the regular season for both teams. [More]
It was a struggle on offense for the Celina boys basketball team on Friday night as the Green and White traveled to Defiance for the final game of the regular season.
ROCKFORD - For the first 32 minutes of Friday's Coldwater-Parkway basketball game, neither team could find that run that could put away their opponent. It was pretty much point-for-point.
MARIA STEIN - With sectional tournament seeds already wrapped up, the St. Henry Redskins and Marion Local Flyers were looking for a little momentum Friday night in the season finale at The Hangar.
Elida took the first of two meetings the team will have against St. Marys in less than a week, wrapping up the regular season with a 57-51 win over the Roughriders at the Elida Fieldhouse on Friday.
New Knoxville ran the table in the regular season for the second straight year, defeating St. John's 56-44 at Arnzen Gymnasium in Delphos on Friday night.
Celina and St. Henry will have representation at next week's state swimming and diving championships after the first day of the district meet at Bowling Green State University.
