Heat Advisory issued June 22 at 2:22AM EDT until June 25 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values of 100 to 105 expected each day. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...From noon today to 8 PM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Consecutive days of excessive heat and humidity can be especially hazardous as warm overnight temperatures will provide little relief. The heat may continue into Thursday.
MONTEZUMA - World War II veteran William West at long last on Wednesday received medals for his service in the Army Air Corps after having had his original medals stolen long ago.
West, 95, sat comfortably in a recliner at his daughter's house in [More]
COLDWATER - No children were seriously injured in a collision on Wednesday involving a school bus and a Hyundai sedan, but the sedan's driver was taken to the hospital, according to Mercer County Sheriff's Capt. Doug Timmerman.
CELINA - A former Celina man was sentenced on Wednesday to 33 months in prison after having been convicted on charges related to several thefts from local retailers.
Frederick L. Hale Jr., 49, formerly of Karafit Road, was sentenced in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to three consecutive 11-month prison sentences on charges from two separate cases. [More]
CELINA - City councilman Fred LeJeune, who in four years positioned himself as a stalwart supporter of the city's parks, attended his last regular council meeting this week and was honored by his colleagues.
CELINA - Mercer County elections officials, who had previously lobbied county commissioners for a new office, are resigned to staying in their current space within the county courthouse.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local U.S. congressmen Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, and Warren Davidson, R-Troy, each voted in the majority and were enthusiastic about the Republican tax bill's passage.
Illness widespread throughout Ohio, health officials say
CELINA - Mercer County had its first locally transmitted Influenza A hospitalization this week, said Julia Shaffer, director of nursing for the Mercer County Health District.
For the majority of local girls' basketball fans, the mention of former New Knoxville standout Ashley Arnett stirs up memories of her remarkable track and field career as a former All-Ohioan and multiple-time state champion.
