COLDWATER - Several homes and outbuildings were saved Wednesday morning thanks to the efforts of a local farmer and the quick response of area firefighters.
Coldwater-area farmer Rick Dues was baling wheat straw in a 30-acre field along the 3300 block of Siegrist-Jutte Road when he spotted a circle of fire in the stubble. [More]
Former Celina and St. Marys resident Darryl "Red" Montague, 65, of North Massapequa, N.Y., died June 20, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, N.Y. [More]
Local agency offering air conditioners, assistance to those in need
Record-breaking heat is expected to bake the area today.
Local weather forecaster Dennis Howick said the record high temperature - 99 degrees on June 28, 1988 - likely will be broken with an expected high of 100 today.
WAPAKONETA - The Wapakoneta ACME baseball team got a four-hit shutout from pitcher Marshall Gerlach and the Redskins rolled to a 5-0 win over Coldwater on Wednesday.
Grand Lake was unable to hold a 1-0 lead as Licking County scored one run in the fifth inning and four more in the eighth for a 5-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday night at Don Edwards Field in Newark.
