Air Quality Alert issued July 15 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio, from 7 AM Thursday to midnight EDT Thursday night.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires will adversely impact air quality. The Agency expects the Air Quality Index to be in the 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' range.
For additional actions and information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's web site at epa.ohio.gov
Heat Advisory issued July 15 at 1:20PM EDT until July 15 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 101.
* WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana and central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
Today 94° Today 94° 74° 74° Tomorrow 92° Tomorrow 92° 73° 73° slight chance
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Obituaries on December 24th, 2009
Dorothy A. Brandewie, 80, 2030 Golf View Drive, Celina, died at 4:02 a.m. Dec. 23, 2009, at her residence. [More]
Mary Ann Klosterman, 87, 1899 Flaler Road, Fort Recovery, died at 8:12 p.m. Dec. 22, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Phyllis J. Myers, 82, of Celina, died Dec. 23, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Jerome L. Pottkotter, 84, 2150 state Route 119, Fort Recovery, died Dec. 23, 2009, at his residence. [More]
Sharon A. Tobe, 46, 2632 Fort Recovery-Minster Road, Fort Recovery, died of nat [More]
Karma W. Van Schoyck, 92, 04373 Ohio 197, Celina, died at 8:45 p.m. Dec. 22, 2009, at her residence. [More]
Audie M. Wilcutt, 83, 1609 E. Market St., Celina, died at 12:56 a.m. Dec. 22, 2009 in her daughter's home in Deland, Fla. [More]
Stories on December 24th, 2009
Schmidt sold pain patch which killed local woman
Phillip Roy Schmidt is headed to prison for 13 years after an unsuccessful bid to withdraw his Alford guilty plea, obtain new court-appointed attorneys and head to a jury trial. [More]
Christmas past and present
It's tough to describe the jubilance of finding that perfect, gotta-have present under the Christmas tree.
As a child, it's a moment like no other - one that's rarely matched in adulthood by leather wallets and fancy perfume. [More]
Christmas past and present
Thanks to hundreds of letters penned by area youngsters or their parents, Santa Claus knows just what to pack into his sleigh today before calling out "On Dasher, on Dancer, on Comet and Vixen" and departing on an annual globe-trotting excursion.
COLDWATER - A throng of teenagers dressed in Christmas garb - including a Santa Clause and a giant squirrel - wassailed through the hallways of the Mercer County Hospital.
Reflecting back to the winter of 1960, Kerry Myers chuckles as if he just heard the funniest joke in the world.
Although it was a half-century ago
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The West Ohio High School Bowling Conference got a round of bowling in before taking the holiday weekend off as Community Lanes in Minster hosted Week Four action of the varsity boys and girls.
America's longest-serving Roman Catholic archbishop is officially retired and his replacement has taken over.
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday accepted
Local pictures on December 24th, 2009