Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 2:21AM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 10 to 15 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...From 7 PM this evening to 11 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.
Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 12:42AM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 5 inches.
* WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana and central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
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Monday, August 6th, 2012
By Margie Wuebker
MENDON - A 20-month-old Mendon boy drowned Friday night in a backyard swimming pool at his home.
Evan Quinn, the son of James and Karen (Depweg) Quinn, 312 S. Washington St., was rushed to Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys, where he was pronounced dead about 10:45 p.m. [More]
Deputy will not receive pay for 45 days
By Margie Wuebker
Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Fortkamp has been suspended without pay for 45 days after the department's K-9 unit Zak died Wednesday from excessive heat after being unattended in a patrol car.
Fortkamp struggled to maintain composure during this morning's press conference at the sheriff's office. [More]
Obituaries on August 6th, 2012
Joan Groff, 92, formerly of North Star, died on Aug. 2, 2012, at Rest Haven Nursing Home, Greenville. [More]
Gerald "Jake" Homan, 73, Fort Recovery, died Aug. 4, 2012, at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney. [More]
Phyllis E. Cox, 83, New Bremen, died at 6:55 a.m. Aug. 4, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Mark A. Borger, 56, Celina, died 2:30 p.m. Aug. 3, 2012, at Kindred Hospital in Lima. [More]
Cleopha "Cleo" R. Strete, 91, of Otterbein Cridersville and formerly of Wapakoneta, died at 7:15 p.m. Aug. 4, 2012, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Evan A. Quinn, 20 months, Mendon, died Aug. 3, 2012, at his home.
He was born Nov. 23, 2010, in Coldwater to James and Karen Depweg Quinn, who survive. [More]
Wayne Heindel, 75, Rockford, died 5:50 p.m. Aug. 3, 2012, at Van Wert County Hospital, Van Wert. [More]
Martha M. Rosenbeck, 88, formerly of Chickasaw and New Bremen, died 2:55 a.m. A [More]
Local pictures on August 6th, 2012
Subscriber stories on August 6th, 2012
LIA members learn latest woes facing Grand Lake
GRAND LAKE - The state has not made a decision on whether it will provide more funds for a third alum treatment on Grand Lake next year, but one agency may have bowed out.
LIA members learn latest woes facing Grand Lake
The company with plans to build an $11 million plant that turns manure into organic fertilizer is short $2 million but it is not calling it quits.
Paul Chadwick of Amiran Technologies, Oak Creek, Wisc., said the shortfall is because a private equity firm backed out.
Auglaize County
WAPAKONETA - An Ohio State Highway Patrol sergeant fired his gun at a truck after the driver ran into the patrol car and then continued to drive toward the sergeant during a early Sunday morning traffic stop in Auglaize County.