Heat Advisory issued June 25 at 1:05PM EDT until June 27 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values in the upper 90s to lower 100s.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Consecutive days of high heat and humidity can be especially hazardous as warm overnight temperatures will provide little relief.
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Monday, July 18th, 2022
Music theater major wins Lake pageant
By Leslie Gartrell
CELINA - Grace-Ellen Rison, 18, Celina, was crowned Miss Lake Festival 2022 during Sunday night's Miss Lake Festival Scholarship Pageant at the Celina City Schools ed complex.
"I'm delighted. I am so surprised," Rison said after winning. "This is my first pageant ever… I'm so grateful."
Rison is a freshman at Western Carolina University majoring in musical theater and minoring in dance. She is the daughter of Jennifer and Jason Truesdale and Donald Rison. [More]
Obituaries on July 18th, 2022
Lela M. (Archer) Siebert, age 87, passed away at 3:53 pm on Friday, July 15, 2022, at The Gardens in Celina. [More]
Richard C. Stein Jr., age 41 of Rockford, Ohio passed away on Friday, July 15, 2022 at the Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
David "Dave" M. Young, age 71, passed away at his home in Celina during the morning hours of July 16, 2022. [More]
Shirley Rae Boley, age 87, passed away at her rural Coldwater home on Friday, July 15, 2022. [More]
Donald Lee Hays, 75, of Rockford passed away on July 17, 2022 at Tranquility of Rockford. [More]
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2022 State ACME Baseball Tournament
ST. HENRY - Mercer County's two representatives in the 2022 ACME Baseball Congress state tournament took a step closer to a championship on Saturday, only to have Mother Nature sweep Sunday's scheduled doubleheader.
ROSSBURG - Brent Marks etched his name into the Eldora Speedway history books by capturing Saturday night's 39th annual Kings Royal and its $175,000 top prize.
Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater Cudas opened Tri-County Championship week by winning the diving portion of the championship on Saturday at their home pool at Memorial Park in Coldwater.