Special Weather Statement issued February 22 at 11:02AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Snow showers will continue this afternoon into the evening hours. Slick spots may develop on roads tonight as temperatures drop and northwest winds gust from 20 to 30 mph. Coverage of snow showers is expected to decrease overnight before ending Monday morning. Most the area will see an accumulation of one-half inch to 2 inches. Visibility will be restricted at times in the heavier showers. Roadways may become slick. If traveling, be alert, slow down and allow extra time to reach your destination.
CELINA - School board members this week agreed to keep a storm shelter in the design plans for a grade 7-12 school building even though it is no longer required by Ohio Facilities Construction Commission (OFCC).
District facilities director Phil Metz at the regular board meeting said he's working with project architect Garmann Miller on a list of features to be included in the 7-12 building. [More]
ST. MARYS - With its invite coming up Friday, the St. Marys track team looked at Tuesday's tri-meet as a chance to tune up and test its strength against a pair of Western Buckeye League foes.
Celina, which has its eye on WBL titles this season, came out with the win Tuesday, with the girls 59 1/2 points ahead of the Roughriders and the boys three points ahead of Shawnee at Grand Lake Health System Field. [More]
Mary "Jane" (Barlage) Meinerding, age 63, of Fort Loramie, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at her residence Sunday morning, April 23, 2023. [More]
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday moved to accept $150,000 toward replacing the State Route 274 water line.
Councilors passed an emergency resolution to accept the Auglaize County Development Funds from county commissioners. The funds come through the American Rescue Plan Act.
Mercer County once again had the lowest joblessness in Ohio in March.
Mercer County's unemployment rate registered at 2.5% last month, slightly lower than 2.6% in February, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services news release.
