Extreme Heat Watch issued June 20 at 2:56PM EDT until June 24 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 105 possible.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Tuesday evening.
* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Consecutive days of excessive heat and humidity can be especially hazardous as warm overnight temperatures will provide little relief. The heat may continue into Wednesday.
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Family members witness fiery accident in Canada
By Shelley Grieshop
Two brothers - Coldwater natives - died Sunday afternoon in a fiery plane crash in Canada that was witnessed by family members.
Pronounced dead at the scene were Tom "Pete" Huwer, 53, and Joe Huwer, 45, both of Lumby, British Columbia. The crash occurred at 3 p.m. Sunday during an attempted landing at a rural airstrip 300 miles northeast of Vancouver. [More]
Baltes Classic
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - Like so many American Late Model Series (ALMS) events at Eldora Speedway, Sunday night's Baltes Classic appeared to be heading to an exciting dual between past Eldora track champions Jeep VanWormer and Matt Miller.
VanWormer, who beat M [More]
Obituaries on September 7th, 2010
Alice Lantz Noble, 88, a resident of Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community, died at 8:25 a.m. Sept. 3, 2010, at Otterbein. [More]
Michael L. Steinke, 49, Toledo, died Sept. 2, 2010, at his home.
He was born [More]
Opal M. McCord, 89, Fort Recovery, died at 5:38 a.m. Sept. 4, 2010, at Mulberry Health and Retirement Community in Mulberry, Ind. [More]
Marcella Birkmeyer, 94, Coldwater, died Sept. 5, 2010, at the Gardens in St. Henry. [More]
Henry J. "Dutch" Lange, 65, St. Henry, died at 9 p.m. Sept. 4, 2010, at his home. [More]
Virginia Ann Spahr, 45, of Greenville, died at 8 p.m. Sept. 5, 2010, at her home. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Local pictures on September 7th, 2010
Subscriber stories on September 7th, 2010
Many hours of planning go into breaking recorda
NEW BREMEN - Yellow police tape rings a large area near the Crown Pavilion where members of the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers are building an oven to bake the world's largest pumpkin pie. They hold the current record and hope to shatter it during the annual Pumpkinfest on Sept. 25.
GRAND LAKE - The Lake Improvement Association (LIA) is looking for a person to chair a marketing campaign to help businesses hurt by Grand Lake's condition.
Three individuals were honored Saturday for their commitment to Grand Lake.
Receiving the Lake Improvement Association's (LIA) Guardian of the Lake
The village of Mendon is under a water boil advisory until sometime Wednesday following a water main break at 11 a.m. Monday.  
Randy Severns, utili
Mercer Health Invitational
CELINA - In keeping with the trend of the last few years, two Mercer County teams battled for the championship at the Mercer Health Volleyball Invitational.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Ryan Hines and Gary R. Rasberry
Parkway captured the St. Marys Volleyball Invitational, beating the host Roughriders in the championship match.
CELINA - For veteran Kalida boys soccer coach Dave Czubik, the start of the 2010 season has been an unusual one to say the least. Going into Saturday