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Wind Advisory issued October 19 at 5:16AM EDT until October 19 at 12:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until noon EDT today.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gusts of 30 to 40 mph will be common, but the highest gusts near 50 mph will be sporadic. Gusts will decrease behind a cold front that will move through the area this morning.

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Friday, July 17th, 2020

Celina preps for in-person school

By William Kincaid

CELINA - School district officials plan to reopen buildings to students on Aug. 26, the first day of classes, superintendent Ken Schmiesing announced via an open letter and video posted to the district's social media.

District officials believe the benefits of having the students return to the classroom "far outweigh a decision that would keep the students isolated at home at this point in time," according to the letter outlining the the key elements of the reopening plan. [More]

Better than Tuesday

Bulldogs show improvement but fall to Wildcats

By Colin Foster

CELINA - The Celina softball team got better on Thursday.

Coach Jason Tribolet would have liked a better end result for his team, but improvement was the main thing he wanted to see and he did.

"(After Tuesday's loss to Wapakoneta), I was afra [More]

Obituaries on July 17th, 2020

Ann Hoening

Ann C. Hoening, age 85 of Coldwater, died Thursday, July 16, 2020 at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]

John Pax

John C. Pax, age 80 of Celina, Ohio passed away on Monday, July 13, 2020 at the Ohio Hospice of Dayton. [More]

Local pictures on July 17th, 2020

Subscriber stories on July 17th, 2020

Young girl among 9 new local virus cases

CELINA - A girl no older than 10 has one of five new cases of COVID-19 reported in Mercer County on Thursday, raising the county's total to 316.

Four new cases were reported in Auglaize County, raising that county's confirmed number of cases to 113.

Chickasaw OKs joining joint ambulance district

CHICKASAW - Village council members approved a resolution on Wednesday authorizing village officials to join the proposed Southern Mercer County Joint Ambulance District.

New Bremen building nearly finished

NEW BREMEN - The new school building is expected to be substantially completed on or before Sept. 7 yet additional interior work may continue into the new school year, superintendent Jason Schrader told board members this week.

Waesch to lead Celina baseball

Andy Waesch has spent seven years as an assistant coach in the Celina baseball program.

Now, the 2005 Celina High School graduate will get a chance to run the program.

Area Roundup

St. Henry tops Versailles 8-2

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

St. Henry bounced back from Wednesday's extra-inning loss to Coldwater with an 8-2 win over Versailles in summer baseball action at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.

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