Wind Advisory issued December 29 at 2:00AM EST until December 29 at 6:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Hog virus infects U.S. swine population causing tighter supplies
By Nancy Allen
Consumers will soon pay more at the grocery store for bacon and other pork products due to a virus that has infected the U.S. swine population.
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus - first detected in the U.S. about a year ago - has been diagnosed in local hogs. It causes diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration and is almost 100 percent fatal to piglets younger than 7 days old. The virus also sickens older hogs, but their survival rate is high. [More]
Crappie fishing on Grand Lake is the best it has been in years, according to avid anglers.
"Already this spring the crappie and catfish tournaments are drawing in fishermen and women from all over the state," Lake Restoration Commission Manager Milt Miller said this week.
