Winter Storm Warning issued January 25 at 1:20PM EST until January 26 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heavy snow. Additional snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches.
* WHERE...Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, and Shelby Counties.
* WHEN...Until noon EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning commute.
Extreme Cold Warning issued January 25 at 11:18AM EST until January 27 at 12:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as around 25 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...For the Cold Weather Advisory, from midnight tonight to 6 PM EST Monday. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 6 PM Monday to noon EST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
Cold Weather Advisory issued January 25 at 11:18AM EST until January 26 at 6:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as around 25 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...For the Cold Weather Advisory, from midnight tonight to 6 PM EST Monday. For the Extreme Cold Warning, from 6 PM Monday to noon EST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Marion Local
By Margie Wuebker
MARIA STEIN - School board members and teachers have ratified a new, three-year contract that includes no salary or step increases during the first two years.
Interim Superintendent Doug Karst issued a press release this morning with the approval of the Marion Local Education Association (MLEA). [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Ron Hammons will join the race for Celina mayor in November.
Hammons filed as an independent candidate earlier this month and Mercer County Board of Elections members certified his petition Tuesday morning.
He needed 25 valid signatures and collected 30, all of which were verified, board of elections deputy director Laura Bruns said at the board's regular meeting. [More]
By Ryan Hines
CELINA - The Celina softball team wrapped up Western Buckeye League play with an unorthodox doubleheader sweep on Wednesday at Montgomery Field.
After the Celina recreation department turned Montgomery Field into a one-day softball diamond earlier in the day, Celina finished a suspended contest against rival St. Marys with a 10-3 win and then capped the season with a convincing 11-1 six-inning victory over Ottawa-Glandorf. [More]
Obituaries on May 19th, 2011
John P. Brunswick, 78, Coldwater, died at 10:02 p.m. May 17, 2011, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. [More]
Marilyn Strohmeyer, 80, St. Marys, died at 1:10 p.m. May 18, 2011, at her residence. [More]
Local pictures on May 19th, 2011
Subscriber stories on May 19th, 2011
Bed bugs, cockroaches, fire violations found in Celina rentals
CELINA - Officials from several agencies are investigating an occupied apartment complex infested with bed bugs and cockroaches.
The 11 rental unit
CELINA - A group working to restore Grand Lake and promote the upcoming tourist season hopes to arm businesses with information to tackle challenging questions.
Final election counts for Auglaize County were completed Wednesday with no changes to the unofficial results.
Patrick McGowan won the St. Marys' Republican mayoral primary with 420 votes. Chris Botkin received 386 votes and Dennis Dedrick received 192.
The story of a former Lima anesthesiologist convicted of killing his wife will be aired at 10 p.m. Friday on the CBS documentary and news program "48
Cost-saving measures have and will coninue to help district financially
FORT RECOVERY - The school district is expected to end fiscal year 2011 in the black, treasurer Lori Koch said.
At a board meeting Tuesday night,
A 69-year-old Celina woman pleaded guilty last week in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to charges she fraudulently applied for and received thousands of dollars in loans.
ST. MARYS - Nature is messy and unpredictable, violent and even dangerous, according to artist Elizabeth Kauffman.
"Yet, we long for it, to be near it," she said.
CELINA - An extraordinarily wet spring has turned Bill Feth Diamond into more of a swamp than a high school softball diamond for Celina.
In order f
District Track Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Three area teams are at the top of the standings after the first day of the Division II girls' district track meet at Shawnee High School. Two girls' districts are being held with qualifiers from both moving on to the Lexington Regional.