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* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From late tonight through Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Saturday, August 30th, 2014

Photo by Shelley Grieshop/The Daily Standard

Raina Faris, an employee of Java Nation in Celina, takes a smoke break outside the establishment on Friday. The business, like many others in the area, has created an outside space that gives smokers a legal place to light up.

Related online story:

Gone in a puff of smoke

The smoke has cleared inside area businesses and, in some cases, so have the people.

In 2006, Ohio became the 12th state to ban smoking at work and in public venues. Some of the changes occurring in the last six years are visible, such as an increase in outdoor seating at bars and restaurants. [More]

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