Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 12:43AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a statewide Air Quality Advisory for the entire state of Ohio as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to adversely impact air quality.
Pollutants across the state are expected to range from the 'Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups' category in the southwest part of the state to the 'Unhealthy' category in the rest of the state. Hourly concentrations at times may reach the 'Very Unhealthy' to 'Hazardous' categories.
It is recommended, when possible, to avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory conditions like asthma. Watch for symptoms including wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in the nose, throat, and eyes.
For additional information, please visit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's website at epa.ohio.gov.
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - To say the Celina track team's effort at the 2009 Mercer County Knights of Columbus Track and Field Meet was record-shattering was an understatement.
The boys track team, already setting one record on Thursday, were part of two of the five new records set on Friday as the meet closed out. [More]
Obituaries on May 9th, 2009
Edna Membury, 82, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, died May 6, 2009, at Kootenai Medical Center, Coeur d'Alene. [More]
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Subscriber stories on May 9th, 2009
Fort Recovery was visited by a professor and seven of his students from the University of Oulu, Finland, who were here to research Indian battle grounds last week.
WAPAKONETA - Kitty McIntyre abandoned the field of psychology and experimenting with mice in the 70s after graduate school.
But McIntyre's study of the human mind has come in handy since she picked up a fiddle and befriended a bunch of zany bluegrass musicians, she says.
MINSTER - The St. Henry Redskins held on to their piece of first place in the Midwest Athletic Conference baseball standings on Friday afternoon as they went on the road and posted a huge 3-2 win over the Minster Wildcats at Hanover Street Park.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater stayed in a tie for first in the Midwest Athletic Conference in baseball after beating Marion Local 13-1 in five innings on Friday at Veterans Field.