Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:43AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a statewide Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to adversely impact air quality. Pollutants across the state are expected to range from the 'Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups' category in the southwest part of the state to the 'Unhealthy' category in the rest of the state. Hourly concentrations at times may reach the 'Very Unhealthy' to 'Hazardous' categories. It is recommended, when possible, to avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory conditions like asthma. Watch for symptoms including wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in the nose, throat, and eyes. For additional information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website at epa.ohio.gov.
Two Marion Local High School juniors were suspended Wednesday morning in connection with bringing a loaded handgun on school property.
A truck driver contacted St. Marys Police shortly after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to report he passed a 2005 Pontiac and spotted what appeared to be a handgun in the lap of a front-seat passenger. The sighting reportedly occurred at the intersection of McKinley and Spruce streets in St. Marys. [More]
BATH TOWNSHIP - The Parkway softball team picked the perfect time to be playing their best.
Strong pitching, flawless defense and timely hitting carried Parkway to a 4-0 win over Evergreen on Wednesday in Division III district semifinal action at Bath High School. [More]
MINSTER - A 43-year-old Minster woman was killed when her car slammed head-on into a semitrailer on state Route 29, north of Sidney, at noon on Wednesday.
MENDON - A year's subscription to the long-gone Mendon Herald Newspaper was $1.50, half due in advance. When the 80-year-old owner/editor died in 1945 there was no money to bury him let alone get a tombstone.
Two adults and three special needs students were injured Wednesday afternoon when the Auglaize County school van they were riding in flipped onto its top in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 33.
Graduates of specialized curriculum plan to pursue degree in related fields
FORT RECOVERY - The first class to take four years of courses in the school's Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum is soon graduating, and the engineering program offered at Fort Recovery, St. Henry and New Bremen schools has made an impact.
COLDWATER - After an opening game that was not a work of art, the nightcap of the Division IV baseball district doubleheader at Coldwater was a bit of a gem.
The tennis season for Grand Lake area boys wrapped up on Wednesday as no local representative advanced after the first day of action at the Division II tennis district at Port Clinton.
