Heat Advisory issued July 4 at 12:06PM EDT until July 4 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 100.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
Today 89° Today 89° slight chance chance 72° 72° likely Tomorrow 83° Tomorrow 83° chance 70° 70° likely
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Haz-mat exercise
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

The Mercer County Local Emergency Planning Committee members on Wednesday morning conduct a full-scale hazardous material exercise at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. The drill is required every four years by the state, county EMA director Mike Robbins said. Numerous county and city departments and agencies reacted to a scenario in which highly flammable ethanol is released after an accident between a pickup truck and tractor-trailer. Robbins said the exercise went well.

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