Heat Advisory issued September 4 at 1:49AM EDT until September 4 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Afternoon heat index values of 100 to 105 expected.
* WHERE...Auglaize, Champaign, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
Today 90° Today 90° slight chance 72° 72° slight chance Tomorrow 84° Tomorrow 84° likely chance 65° 65° chance
Friday, June 5th, 2015
By Nancy Allen
CELINA - Local agriculture and county government officials are preparing for a potential avian influenza outbreak.
Cooper Farms veterinarian Dr. Tim Barman during Thursday's Mercer County agriculture breakfast meeting in Celina gave an update on the plans. [More]
Division IV State Baseball Semifinals
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - It's been 62 years since Fort Recovery last played in the state baseball tournament, and the current Indians were bound and determined to make sure this time around was an extended visit.
Newark Catholic, on the other hand, was looking for a third straight trip to the Division IV title game. [More]
Obituaries on June 5th, 2015
James R. Boeckman, age 65, of Montezuma, died Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Meredith L. Van Tilburg, age 87 of Kenosha, WI, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at his residence. [More]
Loraine Louise Yeater age 83 of St. Marys, OH, went to be with the Lord on Wedn [More]
Russell E. Brown, 75, a resident of Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community an [More]
John "Jack" Haslinger, 66, St. Marys, died on June 5, 2015.
Arrangements are [More]
Dolores M. Poppe, 94, formerly of New Knoxville, died at 9:20 p.m. June 4, 2015, at Otterbein Retirement Community, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on June 5th, 2015
Subscriber stories on June 5th, 2015
Water trials splash into Fort Recovery this weekend
FORT RECOVERY - Multiple heats of dogs this weekend will hurl themselves out of the starting box, splash into the pond and chase a raccoon-like lure, at the Ohio Progressive Sportsman Club's Breeders Classic, the first water trial of the year.
Celina schools
CELINA - Board of education members have rejected a tentative contract agreement with the union representing Celina City Schools' 148 non-teaching employees.
CELINA - The village of Rockford hopes to land the lion's share of nearly $400,000 in federal/state grants to help fund an extensive street project.
ST. MARYS - A local woman said hiking the Appalachian Trail taught her to be resourceful and tend to her body's needs.
Having grit and determinatio
Late Model Dream Weekend
ROSSBURG - Most followers of dirt late model racing would tell you that two of the favorites heading into this weekend's 21st annual $100,000 to-win Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora are Scott Bloomquist and Jonathan Davenport
Thursday night's preliminary features did little to change anyone's mind.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater scored six runs in the bottom of the third inning to pull away for a 15-5 win over Marion Local in five innings in Mercer County ACME action at Veterans Field in Coldwater.