Heat Advisory issued July 23 at 11:20AM EDT until July 24 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 103 expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...From 11 AM to 8 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
Schools officials list options for possible improvements
By Tom Millhouse
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Schools District officials want residents' opinions on plans to upgrade its facilities.
Garman Miller & Associates recently prepared a master plan after assessing the school's facilities, superintendent Mike Pohlman said. The feasibility study identified six possible improvements, ranging from a concession/restroom building at the football stadium to a new high school. [More]
CELINA - The city was without power for about an hour on Tuesday morning/afternoon.
Mayor Jeff Hazel this morning said the outage likely was the result a bird striking a 69-kilovolt power line within 3.9 miles of the Sugar Street substation.
Electricity went out about 11:30 a.m. in an area reportedly stretching from at least Staeger Road to the Mercer County Sheriff's Office, west of Celina. [More]
ST. MARYS - A Lima court this week upheld a local court's ruling that dismissed an appeal by a former area optometrist convicted in 2013 of sexual imposition.
ROCKFORD - Village council members at Tuesday night's meeting discussed the need for an effective disaster recovery plan.
With no plan in place, council members agreed if a disaster such as a fire or tornado should damage village hall, they could convene at the Rockford Community Building Hall.
ROCKFORD - Parkway High School business teacher Kevin Browning at Tuesday's meeting excitedly told board of eduction members about his students' participation in the Believe in Ohio competition.
