Wind Advisory issued December 28 at 2:44PM 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 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 6 PM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
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Thursday, January 18th, 2018
ODNR awards almost $20K
By William Kincaid
CELINA - The U.S. Freshwater Boaters Alliance has hooked a nearly $20,000 Ohio Department of Natural Resources grant that will help the nonprofit organization in its quest to promote safe boating practices.
"The first thing I would say is that we're very pleased that we're getting this grant," USFBA Chief Information Officer Jeff Marcum told the newspaper on Wednesday afternoon, pointing out the grant is offered only once every three years. [More]
Obituaries on January 18th, 2018
Marcia D. Apple, 73, Saint Marys, Ohio, died 12:20 P.M. Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Saint Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Werner Lee Heckman, age 69, of Maria Stein, died Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at his home. [More]
Julie M. Dearth, age 59, of Celina, died Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at her home. [More]
Myra M. Dysert, age 83, of Coldwater, died on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]
Ronald Freeland, 79, Celina, died at 1:30 a.m. Jan. 18, 2018, at CHP Inpatient [More]
Local pictures on January 18th, 2018
Subscriber stories on January 18th, 2018
CELINA - James E.M. Pinson, Celina, could face up to 51/2 years in prison after pleading no contest on Wednesday to reckless homicide, a third-degree felony.
COLDWATER - Cash reserves at Coldwater Exempted Village Schools have been on a downward track for the past month, but treasurer Michelle Mawer says revenue should increase soon.
CELINA - Two county residents appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday on drug charges stemming from separate investigations.
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MONTEZUMA - While the village's overall 2018 appropriations fell from last year's due to the completion of the street and alleyway projects, the cost of daily operations rose more than 10 percent.
After slogging it out in November on the MonkeyNet Tour with legendary underground experimental rock outfit Pere Ubu, bassist Michele Temple, a Celina native, took stock of her life on the road by answering a series of questions posed by The Daily Standard.
Friday Night Spotlight
The separation between the villages of Minster and New Bremen is small.
Not much separation is between the two schools on the basketball court, either.