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
LIMA - Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan and other Ohio-based top GOP politicians reasserted their commitment to the Lima Army Tank Plant during a town hall meeting Monday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Civic & Convention Center.
City to use $60,000 from leftover grant to raze former hospital
CELINA - City officials will funnel up to $60,000 from a downtown revitalization grant to Harbor House Ministries to help finance the demolition of the former Gibbons Hospital on East Fayette Street.
ST. HENRY - Prompted by a skeptical resident, village council members Monday night unanimously approved an official statement to clarify a proposed income tax increase.
MINSTER - The future of the former elementary building on Hanover Street remains uncertain.
School officials recently sent out letters to area businesses and colleges, asking if there was any interest in renting space in the building. Only two responded.
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local High School agriculture program, restarted in 2010 through the efforts of the Marion Community Development Organization's Agricultural Development Committee, has a national proficiency finalist in the area of dairy production.
LONDON - Officials work with farmers before jumping directly to enforcement on animal-care issues, Dan Goeglein, executive director of Ohio Livestock Care Standards at the Ohio Department of Agriculture told those attending a presentation Thursday at Farm Science Review.
FORT SHAWNEE - Celina's girls soccer team took a major step toward winning their first Western Buckeye League title since 2009 on Monday night against Shawnee. [More]
