Heat Advisory issued June 29 at 2:18PM EDT until July 2 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 105. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Lows in the mid 70s will provide little relief at night.
Mercer County employees and elected officials will pay 2.2 percent less for health insurance coverage beginning in 2009.
Due to a variety of factors including fewer claims submitted the last year or so, the premiums have decreased for the 275 workers covered by the health plan. The new cost for single employees will be $10 per two-week pay period - 21 cents less than this year. Family coverage will cost workers $42.27 per pay period. [More]
Discussion about a possible merger of the Mercer County and Auglaize County educational service centers has begun. But a merger in the near future is unlikely, according to the ESC superintendents.
Ohioans will vote Tuesday on Issue 3, a Constitutional Amendment that would spell out the rights of property owners who live next to a lake, river or body of water or who have groundwater beneath their land.
What originally opened in 2003 as a pottery and painting store has broadened into a coffee bar and lunch spot in Celina.
The Potter House at 108 South Main St. recently purchased the adjoining building that formerly housed Things From The Heart to expand its coffee and lunch business.