Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 2:21AM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 10 to 15 below zero expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 11 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.
Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 12:42AM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 5 inches.
* WHERE...Portions of east central Indiana and central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 AM EST Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
By Georgia Rindler
COLDWATER - Village council members welcomed a new police chief at Monday's regular meeting.
Kevin Wynk was sworn in as chief of police by village solicitor Judy Koesters.
Wynk graduated from Grand Lake Law Enforcement Academy in 2012 and began his career with the village of Coldwater. He worked as a patrol deputy for the Mercer County Sheriff's Office for five years and returned to Coldwater in 2019 as a patrol sergeant. [More]
By Michael Frank
ST. MARYS - Village councilors on Monday were presented with the 2023 annual report, which shows the city on acceptable financial ground and its affairs in good order, said mayor Joe Hurlburt.
He began by citing city accomplishments from 2023, whi [More]
Obituaries on February 27th, 2024
Rodney Jay "Rod" Smith, 85, of Ohio City passed away at 6:45 a.m., Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Van Wert Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Debra K. Winner, age 58, of Minster, passed away following a lengthy illness on Sunday, February 25, 2024 at her home in Minster, Ohio. [More]
Michael "Mikee" Rhoads, age 73, of Maria Stein, died Tuesday, January 2, 2024 a [More]
Virginia Lou Hoenie, 83, Tomball, Texas, died Feb. 24, 2024.
Funeral services [More]
Henry Kunkler, age 93, of Burkettsville, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family on Monday morning, February 26, 2024. [More]
Local pictures on February 27th, 2024
Subscriber stories on February 27th, 2024
CELINA - Due to apparent miscommunication, city councilors on Monday night passed legislation authorizing tentative agreements with two police unions which aren't believed to have approved the deals yet.
Lake Campus hosts annual IQ challenge
CELINA - The intellectual mettle of 24 area high schools was put to the test to determine the one true brainiac during the annual Wright State University-Lake Campus Scholastic Bowl on Monday.
CELINA - A Celina man appeared on Monday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on child sex crimes against a minor under the age of 13.
Douglas J. Fickert, 59, was charged with 10 counts of gross sexual imposition, all third-degree felonies, on Feb. 15.
NEW BREMEN - Village councilors on Monday night heard first reading of an ordinance to renew the 2-mill five-year emergency medical services tax levy while adding a 1-mill increase.
ST. HENRY - Village councilors on Monday heard from St. Henry school officials about the school district's renewal operating tax levy on the March 19 primary election ballot.
The MAC at 50
Coldwater leads state in champs, runners-up
COLDWATER - When the OHSAA adopted bowling in the fall of 2006, Coldwater already had one state championship through the Ohio High School Independent Bowling Conference.
Ottawa-Glandorf's Colin White was named the Western Buckeye League Boys Basketball Player of the Year for the third time as the coaches announced their all-league teams for boys and girls basketball.