Freeze Warning issued April 24 at 10:02PM EDT until April 25 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected.
* WHERE...Hardin, Mercer, Auglaize, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Champaign and Licking Counties.
* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Today 49° Today 49° 33° 33° frost Tomorrow 57° Tomorrow 57° frost 38° 38°
Friday, June 4th, 2021
Street, other projects planned in village
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County officials aim to allocate at least $166,000 in federal grant money toward the village of Chickasaw's proposed $2.1 million infrastructure project involving street and water line improvements on the north side of town.
However, depending on how the grant award process shakes out, county officials could offer close to $1 million in assistance for the infrastructure work. [More]
Obituaries on June 4th, 2021
Margaret (Peggy) Louise Chesser Braun died of a pulmonary embolism at her home in Henderson, Nevada on February 23, 2021. [More]
Lorraine (Otte) Knapke, age 74, of Coldwater, died peacefully Wednesday June 2, [More]
Fr. Robert J. Schreiter, C.PP.S., 73, died on June 1, 2021, at his home in Chicago. He had been in failing health. [More]
Harold E. Wright, 93, of Huron, Ohio died peacefully June 1, 2021, at Stein Hospice Care Center Sandusky, Ohio. [More]
John "Chops" May, Celina, died Jan. 26, 2021. Funeral services were held privat [More]
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Subscriber stories on June 4th, 2021
Funds earmarked for maintenance
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections officials are preparing to hold an Aug. 3 special election for Coldwater Exempted Village School's 2.5-mill continuing permanent improvement levy, the sole issue on the ballot.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials in a news release Thursday reported four new cases of COVID-19 since their last report on Tuesday, raising the county's cumulative case count to 3,680.
Celina's Gass signs to swim at Nova Southeastern
What a better location to swim on the collegiate level than Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
Celina graduate Claire Gass will get that chance after signing on to swim at NCAA Division II Nova Southeastern University on Thursday.
The Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association released its All-Ohio teams on Thursday.
Coldwater's Zack McKibben earned first-team All-Ohio hon