Freeze Watch issued April 23 at 2:41PM EDT until April 25 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio. * WHEN...From late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
MONTEZUMA - World War II veteran William West at long last on Wednesday received medals for his service in the Army Air Corps after having had his original medals stolen long ago.
West, 95, sat comfortably in a recliner at his daughter's house in [More]
COLDWATER - No children were seriously injured in a collision on Wednesday involving a school bus and a Hyundai sedan, but the sedan's driver was taken to the hospital, according to Mercer County Sheriff's Capt. Doug Timmerman.
CELINA - A former Celina man was sentenced on Wednesday to 33 months in prison after having been convicted on charges related to several thefts from local retailers.
Frederick L. Hale Jr., 49, formerly of Karafit Road, was sentenced in Mercer County Common Pleas Court to three consecutive 11-month prison sentences on charges from two separate cases. [More]
CELINA - City councilman Fred LeJeune, who in four years positioned himself as a stalwart supporter of the city's parks, attended his last regular council meeting this week and was honored by his colleagues.
CELINA - Mercer County elections officials, who had previously lobbied county commissioners for a new office, are resigned to staying in their current space within the county courthouse.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local U.S. congressmen Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, and Warren Davidson, R-Troy, each voted in the majority and were enthusiastic about the Republican tax bill's passage.
Illness widespread throughout Ohio, health officials say
CELINA - Mercer County had its first locally transmitted Influenza A hospitalization this week, said Julia Shaffer, director of nursing for the Mercer County Health District.
For the majority of local girls' basketball fans, the mention of former New Knoxville standout Ashley Arnett stirs up memories of her remarkable track and field career as a former All-Ohioan and multiple-time state champion.
