High Wind Warning issued March 12 at 12:35PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 PM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
The holiday shopping season was slightly more profitable locally than in 2007, despite the tanking U.S. economy.
Sales taxes collected in December were up 0.77 percent from the previous year, according to figures released this week by the Mercer County Auditor's Office. Ohio as a whole isn't doing as well; statewide sales taxes dropped almost 10 percent in December. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - It wasn't a pretty win for the Fort Recovery Indians, but it was a special night for their star.
The Indians struggled with a feisty group of Marion Local Flyers before prevailing by a score of 53-46, but junior Greg Kahlig made the night memorable by scoring his 1,000th career point. [More]
LIMA - A dominating performance in the second quarter was more than enough to help the Celina boys basketball team pick up a road win over Lima Bath on Friday night.
MINSTER - The New Knoxville Rangers won a share of its third consecutive Midwest Athletic Conference boys basketball title Friday night as they survived a trip to Minster, coming away with a 48-43 win over the Wildcats in the 130th renewal of their rivalry.
Parkway snagged the lead away from St. John's in the second quarter and pulled away in the second half to improve to 3-4 in the MAC with a 53-48 win at Panther Gymnasium. The Blue Jays fall out of contention for the conference title at 4-3 and 12-4 overall.
