Special Weather Statement issued March 16 at 6:07AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Scattered snow showers will become more widespread through this afternoon and then likely linger into this evening before tapering off.
The snow showers will be capable of causing brief periods of reduced visibilities, especially this afternoon. In addition, brisk conditions will prevail with west winds gusting in the 30 to 40 mph range today.
Light snow accumulations will be possible, mainly on grassy and elevated surfaces. While roads will remain mostly wet during the daytime hours, some slick spots may develop toward sunset as temperatures begin to drop below freezing.
Please be prepared for the changing weather conditions today and the potential for reduced visibilities when driving.
Today 35° Today 35° likely 17° 17° chance Tomorrow 28° Tomorrow 28° 20° 20°
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Council says no to new store
Fort Recovery
By William Kincaid
FORT RECOVERY - Village council members likely have stopped a Dollar General store from coming to the village.
Council members Monday night unanimously rejected a zoning change that would have allowed the store to be built in the industrial park off state Route 49. The vote was taken after council asked the nearly 20 local residents at the meeting if they were in support of the business coming to town; no one raised a hand. [More]
Local pair face murder charges
By Margie Wuebker
Two Mercer County residents are awaiting extradition to Indiana to face murder charges in the beating death of an 81-year-old Marion man.
Lacy Bradley, 21, and James Griffith, 33, both of 12001 state Route 81, Rockford, were apprehended Aug. 1 at a Frankfort, Ky., gas station. They were served with murder warrants three days later. No date has been set for extradition hearings. [More]
Obituaries on August 7th, 2012
Mary Lou Bornhorst
Mary Lou Bornhorst, 82, Fort Loramie, died Aug. 5, 2012, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community. [More]
Martha Rosenbeck
Martha M. Rosenbeck, 88, formerly of Chickasaw and New Bremen, died at 2:55 a.m. Aug. 5, 2012, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Lester Klosterman
Lester H. Klosterman, 99, Greenville, died Aug. 5, 2012, at 10:55 p.m. at Wayne HealthCare in Greenville. [More]
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Subscriber stories on August 7th, 2012
Memorial held for K-9
CELINA - Nearly 75 people went to the Celina Rotary Dog Park on Monday night to celebrate the memory of Zak, the three-year-old Mercer County Sheriff's Office K-9 unit who died last week after having been left in the backseat of his handler's hot cruiser.
Decision pending
The possibility of criminal charges against Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Fortkamp, who had left the department's K-9 in a car where he died from heart failure due to heat on Wednesday, is in the hands of Celina Law Director George Moore.
Getting the bite right
Lake Campus paleontologist helps with shark program special
CELINA - When the Discovery Channel needed to know the amount of force in the bite of a prehistoric monster shark ,they turned to an expert at Wright State University-Lake Campus.
Man killed in head-on collision on Interstate 75
CRIDERSVILLE - A 36-year-old Wapakoneta man was killed after he allegedly drove the wrong way on Interstate 75 near Cridersville and collided with a commercial motor vehicle early Saturday morning.
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