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.
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Obituaries on October 3rd, 2008
June W. Albaugh, 83, 812 Elm St., Celina, died at 9:25 a.m. Oct. 2, 2008, at Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
St. Marys native David J. McEvoy, 53, of Lakeview, died at 6:35 p.m. Oct. 1, 2008, at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Former St. Marys resident Gwendolyn Walters, 79, of the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, died at 4:50 a.m. Oct. 2, 2008, at the home. [More]
Stories on October 3rd, 2008
60-something lawyer from St. Marys keeps winning national ski titles
ST. MARYS - The guy is 60-something and still winning national water ski competitions - for trick skiing, no less. And he's already qualified for next year's slalom competition in Florida.
Both sides look to ratify deal during Wednesday meeting
Minster Local Schools board of education and the Minster Teachers Association reached a tentative agreement on a new contract Thursday night during a lengthy negotiating session at the high school. [More]
Financial crisis provides unexpected backdrop
Local and state candidates discussed challenges facing agriculture in Mercer County during the monthly agriculture breakfast meeting held in Celina on Thursday.
FORT RECOVERY - Camp fires billowed from rings, beagles barked and beer was drunk on the eve of the annual three-day Traders Day Festival at the Ohio Progressive Sportsman Club. [More]
A Parkway Local School fifth-grader found with a hit list naming other students was reported to the Mercer County Sheriff's office Wednesday afternoon, as is required by school policy.
For the second time this year, Mercer County commissioners authorized reimbursement to a resident who lost livestock to stray dogs.
On Thursday, co
Four Minster residents were injured in a four-car accident at the intersection of state Route 364 and Minster-Fort Recovery Road at 3:28 p.m. Sept. 29, according to a report from the Wapakoneta post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
ST. HENRY - The Rev. Tom Hemm is bringing his experience as a missionary priest in South America to his new role as senior pastor of the St. Henry Catholic cluster.
COLDWATER - The ongoing drama that is the local cross country season continued Thursday afternoon as 26 teams gathered at Memorial Park and Cavalier Stadium for the 2008 Gene Weber Memorial Lions Invitational. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - The Marion Local Flyers kept themselves on track for a chance to defend their Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball title with a four-game win over the Fort Recovery Indians on Thursday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
GLANDORF - It was the wrong time for the vaunted Celina defense to suffer a case of the hiccups.
The Bulldogs boys soccer team gave up their first
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Celina girls tennis team will send its two doubles teams back to district for the second straight year after both teams qualified for Saturday's Division I sectional semifinals at the King Horn Center on the campus of Ohio Northern University.
Compiled by Ryan Hines
and Gary R. Rasberry
The Minster boys golf team will head to state next week at Foxfire Golf Club after placing second at the Division III District Tournament at Stone Ridge in Bowling Green on Thursday.
Local pictures on October 3rd, 2008