Freeze Watch issued April 24 at 9:37AM EDT until April 25 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From late tonight through Thursday morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Today 49° Today 49° 33° 33° frost Tomorrow 57° Tomorrow 57° frost 38° 38°
Wednesday, December 20th, 2017
Obituaries on December 20th, 2017
Margie L. "Marge" Dilworth, 62, Fort Recovery, Ohio, passed away on December 18, 2017, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
Richard Dee Moden, age 77 of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday Dec. 19, 2017 at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Alice H. Yaney, age 89, of Celina, Ohio, passed away at 12:35 AM on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
Elmer B. Grilliot, age 88, of Young Street in Piqua and formerly of Yorkshire, [More]
Leonard H. Otte, age 94, of Cassella, died Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at The Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Stories on December 20th, 2017
Neal McCoy, Joe Diffie to perform on Aug. 10
CELINA - Country music stars Neal McCoy and Joe Diffie will headline the 2018 Mercer County Fair's entertainment.
The two will perform on the opening night of the fair at 8 p.m. Aug. 10. The fair will continue through Aug. 16.
CELINA - Firefighters rescued two children from an upstairs bedroom after a fire broke out around 11:37 a.m. Tuesday at 221 S. Ash St., Celina.
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CELINA - Plans for the new Harley Jones Rotary Memorial Amphitheater continue to advance as city council members this week approved first reading of an ordinance to purchase materials for the new structure, the planned centerpiece of the new Bryson Park District.
MINSTER - Full-time village employees will receive a 3-percent pay raise for 2018, and part-time workers will receive an additional 25 cents per hour.
The raises were given after village council members met in executive session for about 35 minutes on Monday after the regular council session.
ROCKFORD - 101.3 WRKD Radio Station Manager Jim Crocker on Tuesday told council members he has launched his own business, Crocker Media Group LLC, to manage the station and has opened a checking account for that business to pay the cost of running the station.
School board to consider request for 10-year break
FORT RECOVERY - Cheeseman Transport officials are asking school board members to approve a 100-percent, 10-year tax abatement on a $1.7 million expansion to their building on State Route 119.
WAPAKONETA - The Auglaize County Board of Elections office will be closed from Monday through Jan. 1, director Michelle Wilcox said in a news release
Cardinals fend off Redskins to pick up seventh win of the season
NEW BREMEN - Tuesday's girls' basketball game between New Bremen and Fort Loramie was a typical scrappy game between the teams.
The Cardinals took [More]
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Parkway held Waynesfield-Goshen to eight points in the second half to come back and pick up its fifth win of the girls' basketball season and third win in a row with a 48-33 decision in Waynesfield.
Local pictures on December 20th, 2017