High Wind Watch issued March 12 at 2:12AM 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 possible. * WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Schools officials list options for possible improvements
By Tom Millhouse
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Schools District officials want residents' opinions on plans to upgrade its facilities.
Garman Miller & Associates recently prepared a master plan after assessing the school's facilities, superintendent Mike Pohlman said. The feasibility study identified six possible improvements, ranging from a concession/restroom building at the football stadium to a new high school. [More]
CELINA - The city was without power for about an hour on Tuesday morning/afternoon.
Mayor Jeff Hazel this morning said the outage likely was the result a bird striking a 69-kilovolt power line within 3.9 miles of the Sugar Street substation.
Electricity went out about 11:30 a.m. in an area reportedly stretching from at least Staeger Road to the Mercer County Sheriff's Office, west of Celina. [More]
ST. MARYS - A Lima court this week upheld a local court's ruling that dismissed an appeal by a former area optometrist convicted in 2013 of sexual imposition.
ROCKFORD - Village council members at Tuesday night's meeting discussed the need for an effective disaster recovery plan.
With no plan in place, council members agreed if a disaster such as a fire or tornado should damage village hall, they could convene at the Rockford Community Building Hall.
ROCKFORD - Parkway High School business teacher Kevin Browning at Tuesday's meeting excitedly told board of eduction members about his students' participation in the Believe in Ohio competition.
