Corn curls in the hot sun Thursday afternoon in a field off Mud Pike west of Celina. Area crops are showing signs of stress, but it is not serious yet, local ag officials say.

Ongoing hot, dry weather is giving farmers and firefighters a rough time. More than a dozen mostly wheat field and ditch fires have been reported in Mercer County this week, the 911 log shows. None have been reported so far in . . .