Air Quality Alert issued July 15 at 9:35PM 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.
VANDALIA - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said the shape of America's soul will be determined at the polls in November, portraying himself as a stark contrast to President Barack Obama during a campaign stop Tuesday afternoon. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - The Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued permits allowing Wenning Poultry Farm to expand to almost 2 million laying hens. The expansion will make it the second largest hen operation in the county.
New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers recently received word the mammoth pumpkin pie baked in September 2010 set a new record for the Guinness Book of World Records. [More]
CELINA - The fee for filing deeds, mortgages and other real estate documents will remain at $4 a copy.
Commissioners on Tuesday agreed with a recommendation by Mercer County Recorder Tammy Barger to keep the document filing fee the same as it's been for approximately 20 years.
COLDWATER - Coldwater school board members approved two reading skills assessments and intervention policies Tuesday. Both policies are aimed at improving literacy among elementary students.
CELINA - St. Henry advanced as a team and three other Midwest Athletic Conference individual girls golfers are also moving on to Division II district competition after sectional play wrapped up on Tuesday at The Fox's Den in Celina.
CELINA - Coldwater's volleyball team had to rally from deficits to win the first two games and then led wire-to-wire in game three to sweep Celina - 25-18, 25-19 and 25-19 - on Tuesday at the Intermediate School.
With the high school football regular season halfway over, recent history tells us that if teams are not currently in the top 16 of their region, or at least have earned half as many computer points as the eighth-place team, they have very little chance of making the playoffs. [More]
