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.
Local unemployment numbers went up in December and are predicted to go even higher in January.
But those numbers alone may not accurately reflect the problems plaguing the Grand Lake area. Not represented in unemployment statistics are those people whose salaries were cut, hours reduced and benefits taken away. [More]
Rockford resident Hoolie Custer, 94, first heard about the coming Great Depression in 1929 from a buddy who walked up to town from the St. Marys River with a dead muskrat in one hand and a hand axe in the other.
"He asked if I'd learned yet that the stock market crashed. I hadn't, but I sure learned a lot before the Depression was over," says Custer, who was then 15 years old and already a scrappy guy nicknamed Hooligan by his River Rat buddies. [More]
Three area men were charged with disorderly conduct following a series of confrontations at a Celina bar early Sunday morning. One spectator lost a portion of her finger during the melee.
Five new inductees will be introduced on Saturday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse as the Fort Recovery High School Athletic Hall of Fame will hold its third annual enshrinement ceremony before the varsity boys basketball game with Greenville.
New Knoxville evened its record at 7-7 after making the snowy trip to Middle Point and posting a 60-32 win over Lincolnview on Tuesday night. The Lancers drop to 2-11 with the loss.
