Special Weather Statement issued August 10 at 9:36AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 935 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Fort Shawnee, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to vegetation. Locations impacted include... Bellefontaine, Wapakoneta, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Anna, Jackson Center, Russells Point, Botkins, Lakeview, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Northwood, Roundhead, Rushsylvania, Huntsville, Buckland, Uniopolis, Fryburg, and Montra. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 99 and 118. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
Mercer County commissioners this morning unanimously shot down a controversial zoning amendment request for a property in East Jefferson Township, north of Grand Lake.
The request was submitted by Roy Jr. and Carol Asbury of Sidney, who sought to change the zoning of their property at the end of Pershing Street from special uses to residential. [More]
St. Henry resident Tamara S. Evers looked straight ahead as she entered Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday morning, apparently paying no attention to the large group of people gathered around the parents of an infant who allegedly sustained fatal injuries while under her care. [More]
Wilfred C. "Bill" Liette, 92, 1215 Kimberly Drive, St. Marys, died at 10:20 p.m. Jan. 4, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Work on the 2010 budget for the City of Celina cannot move forward until city council members approve a new way of paying its bills and employee salaries.
ST. MARYS - One local library director is "walking gingerly" through the pros and cons of joining Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO), a partnership of Ohio libraries and library organizations working to build a collection of information resources and services. Her concern centers on filters.
The Epleys - a father and son from Sidney - appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon in connection with a December burglary at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall in Coldwater.
When I approached former Coldwater girls basketball coach Charlie Maier about his thoughts for this week's story, I realized requesting a Hall of Fame coach to single out one game from a 20-plus year career was sort of like asking John Wayne to pinpoint his favorite gunfight.
