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.
Celina's push toward an Ohio EPA-mandated fix of the city's water has suffered a minor delay, but city officials insist the setback will not stop the project from meeting its November 2007 deadline.
A meeting with the city's engineering firm, Metcalf & Eddy, planned for this week was called off due to schedule conflicts, Safety-Service Director Jeff Hazel told Celina City Council members this week. [More]
MINSTER - After all the thundering hits in the first game of Wednesday's ACME district tournament winner's bracket twinbill, the lightning was quick to follow.
St. Henry outlasted Minster in a 12-11 slugfest and just after Coldwater and St. Marys were able to get two scoreless innings in the books, with a weather delay in between, the game was halted in the top of the third once more lightning was spotted. [More]
Dorothy K. Heidlebaugh, 84, of rural Spencerville, died at 2:57 p.m. July 11, 2006, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, following a short illness. [More]
With the wind at their backs and rain clouds passing by, more than 100 vintage scooters and motorbikes zipped into Niekamp's Farm and Flea Market, south of Celina, Wednesday afternoon.
A Mercer County Jail inmate, who escaped from a restraint chair and attempted to harm himself with wood pulled from the base, has been taken to the North Coast Behavioral Health Care Center in Toledo.
Training is under way as area law enforcement personnel and dispatchers become acclimated to a $400,000 vehicle equipped with the latest in communication and crime-fighting technology.
ST. MARYS - Three school board members nixed the new Athletic Code of Conduct proposal because they believe the term of enforcement, 24/7 for 365 days, is too much interference in students' personal lives.
Area youth will be able to catch a movie by the lake later this summer.
Celina recreation officials and some local businesses are planning to bring in a large movie screen and a movie will be shown the evening of Aug. 19. It has not been determined yet what flick will be shown.
