High Wind Warning issued March 13 at 1:09AM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected.
* WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...From 5 AM early this morning to 8 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
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Friday, October 12th, 2012
Obituaries on October 12th, 2012
Ruth Mae Blankenship, 91, Germantown, died Oct. 11, 2012, at Heartland Hospice, Miamisburg. [More]
Ilene M. Limbert, 79, Wapakoneta, died at 8:25 a.m. Oct. 11, 2012, at Wapakoneta Manor. [More]
Susan Hardin, Wapakoneta, died Oct. 11, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lim [More]
Rosalyn A. Riesen, 80, Celina, died at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 11, 2012, at her home. [More]
Stories on October 12th, 2012
WAPAKONETA - State managers took advantage of the sunshine this week to inspect their snowplows in Auglaize and Mercer counties before the first flakes fall.
Celina
Celina - Police continue to investigate a Tuesday morning incident that involved a 77-year-old man allegedly being forced to drive to a bank and withdraw money. [More]
ST. MARYS - A local man suspected of armed robbery at the Shell gas station in St. Marys on Tuesday was arrested late Thursday morning.
Taken into [More]
Mercer County
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners are preparing for winter weather before the first snowflakes fly.
On Thursday, they agreed to renew a contract
WAPAKONETA - The Neil Armstrong Airport in New Knoxville recently received some honored guests.
Sean Stroh, airport manager, told commissioners dur
FORT RECOVERY - A Fort Recovery area chicken farm is seeking a state permit to build manure storage and remodel existing barns to increase capacity from 330,000 to 450,800 birds.
ST. MARYS - A local man was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on state Route 364 in St. Marys Township.
Harry W. McElfr
The Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District will monitor a farm suspected of polluting a creek in the Grand Lake Watershed last Christmas.
My daughter recently asked me if I knew where she could get some hedge apples. She wanted to put them around her house to ward off spiders.
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Administrative assistant will be honored Sunday for her 44 years of service
MINSTER - Connie Schafer, administrative assistant at St. Augustine Catholic Church, has seen many changes over the course of 44 years. And with more changes on the horizon, she feels the time has come to retire. [More]
Midwest Athletic Conference Cross Country Meet
COLDWATER - A year ago, Coldwater became just the second school in Midwest Athletic Conference history to win both the boys' and girls' cross country [More]
FORT RECOVERY - The Marion Local volleyball team completed a clean sweep of the Midwest Athletic Conference by sweeping three games - 25-11, 25-9 and 25-19 - over Fort Recovery in the regular season finale on Thursday at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
CELINA - Over the last three years, Celina's Braden Billger has given Bulldogs' football fans plenty of memorable moments.
A 589-yard passing game, a pair of six-touchdown performances and two wins over St. Marys are just a few of the career highlights for Celina's gunslinger.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina's tennis season ended at the Division II district tournament on Thursday at Bowling Green State University as both Bulldogs' doubles teams were unable to advance to Saturday's semifinals.
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