Cold Weather Advisory issued January 21 at 11:07AM EST until January 22 at 10:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero expected, especially early Wednesday morning. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana and central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. Very cold temperatures can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
CELINA - Ohio Department of Agriculture officials are in the process of permitting some livestock producers in the Grand Lake Watershed to make emergency manure applications during the winter ban to prevent storage units from overflowing.
They're weighing the potential environmental impact of perhaps as many as 28 producers spreading manure on fields whose conditions meet ODA requirements versus storage overflow. [More]
NEW BREMEN - The magic word for St. Henry girls basketball coach Wendi Moorman was "finish."
That was her message after the Redskins gave up a 10-point halftime lead to New Bremen to trail by one going into the fourth quarter.
St. Henry did finish, scoring the first seven points of the final period to go back ahead and fend off the state-ranked Cardinals 44-38 in MAC action at Cardinals Gymnasium. [More]
AUGLAIZE - Two cases of hepatitis A have been diagnosed in the county, according to information released at the health board's meeting Thursday morning.
BUTLER TOWNSHIP - A 4-year-old boy reportedly was airlifted to Dayton Children's Hospital on Thursday afternoon after running into traffic and being struck by a vehicle in the 5400 block of State Route 219.
$160,000 will pay to train healthcare providers on addiction screening
DAYTON - The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine's Wright Rural Health Initiative has received $166,000 to support health-care provider training on addiction screening in Auglaize, Mercer and 12 other western Ohio counties.
CELINA - Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors members welcomed their newest member, Steve Heckler of Celina, on Thursday morning at the first regular meeting of the new year.
