Freeze Watch issued April 23 at 10:06PM EDT until April 25 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Today 60° Today 60° 41° 41° Tomorrow 52° Tomorrow 52° 34° 34° frost
Saturday, June 23rd, 2018
Law enforcement trains for shooter
By William Kincaid
MERCER COUNTY - Law enforcement officials across the country have adopted much more aggressive ways to respond to active-school shootings since the infamous Columbine High School massacre that unfolded almost two decades ago.
Training for police officers and sheriff's deputies this week in St. Henry illustrated that shift in response by emphasizing that a quick response is essential to quell carnage and minimize the damage inside the school. [More]
Obituaries on June 23rd, 2018
Colette Dugan, 84, of St. Marys, OH died at 3:47 a.m. Thursday June 21, 2018 at Otterbein-St. Marys. [More]
Terry L. Kennedy, 74, of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, formerly of Medina, Ohio, died June 21, 2018, in Winchester, Virginia. [More]
Marcella Smerik, 97, of Celina, died June 22, 2018, at the Laurels of Shane Hil [More]
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Subscriber stories on June 23rd, 2018
CELINA - Chad A. Ralston, 40, Rockford, has received his second 17-month prison sentence on charges involving juveniles.
Ralston was sentenced on Friday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on a charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, a fourth-degree felony.
Compiled by Colin Foster
The Grand Lake Mariners scored three runs in the top of the sixth to defeat the Hamilton Joes 4-3 in Friday's nightcap and salvage a doubleheader split at Foundation Field in Hamilton.