Special Weather Statement issued January 22 at 5:57AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Road temperatures below freezing are combining with some lingering surface moisture to produce localized black ice this morning. If traveling this morning, use extra caution and be aware of the potential for spotty slick spots on untreated roadways.
Winter Storm Watch issued January 22 at 2:05AM EST until January 26 at 1:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 6 inches possible. * WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.
Todd Mangen, director of the Ohio State University Extension office in Mercer County, will be out of a job in May as a direct result of funding shortfalls at the state level.
Mangen, who also is a field educator in charge of numerous agriculture and environmental programs, has served the county for about five years. He was one of 22 OSU extension agents terminated last week as part of an overall restructuring project the agency is undergoing to combat budget cuts. [More]
A garage was destroyed and a home damaged by fire Friday night along Parker Street in St. Marys.
The owner of the property, Doug Obringer, 409 Parker St., was home when the fire broke out and was able to escape without injury. A cause has not yet been determined. Firefighters were on the scene for approximately three hours. [More]
Rosella F. "Sally" Monnier, 87, of Marker Road, Versailles, and formerly of Sawmill Road, Fort Loramie, died at 2:08 p.m. Friday at Wayne Hospital, Greenville. [More]
Several Mercer County bars, bowling alleys, clubs and their patrons dug into their pockets during tough times and helped collected nearly $5,000 recently for a St. Anthony soldier seriously injured Jan. 8 while serving in Afghanistan.
St. Marys senior Paul Lauth completed his high school wrestling career with a victory to earn Division II All-Ohio status at the 2009 State Wrestling Tournament at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University on Saturday.
