Freeze Warning issued October 17 at 2:54PM EDT until October 18 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s and lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of East Central and Southeast Indiana, Northeast and Northern Kentucky, and Central, South Central, Southwest, and West Central Ohio. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Local enthusiasts of growing sport crave the feeling of flight
By Betty Lawrence
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... powered parachute.
Power parachuting is flying through the air while sitting on a motorized tricycle- or go-kart-looking aircraft that is held up by a very strong parachute. It is touted as one of the fastest growing recreational sports in the U.S., and Mercer County is part of the growing trend. [More]
Norman W. Ruley, 80, 294 E. Third St., Minster, died at 7 a.m. Aug. 27, 2009, in the emergency room of Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
