Wind Advisory issued December 29 at 9:16AM EST until December 29 at 11:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A line of showers will sweep across the area during the early to mid afternoon. These showers could bring locally strong wind gusts. Behind these showers, more widespread strong wind gusts will develop with winds diminishing in the evening.
GRAND LAKE - Heavy spring rains washed away chances for a successful alum study on Grand Lake this year.
"The bottom line is things were looking good and we were measuring significant phosphorous reductions and then the weather took over," Ohio EPA spokeswoman Dina Pierce said this morning. [More]
NEW KNOXVILLE - The red, white and blue Freedom Train rolled along the midway of local fairs with music playing, warning bell clanging and passengers waving to passers-by.
Three people filed as write-in candidates with the Mercer County Board of Elections by Monday's deadline, changing the dynamics of two races to be decided in November.
ST. MARYS - City council's streets and sidewalks committee on Monday agreed to ask full council to expand public notification of council meetings under the recommendation of the law director. [More]
Authorities recently found 243 marijuana plants growing in one general area north of Mendon. The discovery was made last week during a flyover of Mercer County conducted in cooperation with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification.
Six people were arrested over the weekend in response to complaints the Mercer County Sheriff's Office has received from area residents regarding the conduct of patrons at bars along the south side of Grand Lake.