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 City Council members will be asked at tonight's meeting to authorize participation in an EPA-sponsored loan program to pay for a proposed addition to the city's water treatment plant.
The city plans to spend up to $3.5 million on granular activated carbon (GAC) treatment technology and to update some vintage 1960s-era equipment at the water plant. The GAC treatment is necessary to comply with an EPA mandate to lower the levels of trihalomethanes (THM) in the city's water. [More]
Top ag official: Farm subsidy programs need reformed
By Nancy Allen
PIQUA - U.S. agriculture exports are expected to reach $78 billion this year, surpassing the 2006 record of $68.7 billion and continuing a goal to open global markets to America's farmers and ranchers, said the nation's top agriculture official Saturday. [More]
ROCKFORD - A local resident says he still has problems getting in and out of his driveway because the village has not leveled the dirt from a water pipe ditch village crews dug in December.
FORT RECOVERY - Ted Shuttleworth, middle school principal of the Fort Recovery Local Schools, was named the Fort Recovery Chamber of Commerce's 27th Citizen of the Year Sunday night.
Officials at Marion Local Schools are awaiting damage estimates after a deer darted into the path of a school bus. The accident occurred at 7:10 a.m. March 5 on Kremer Road, south of Fort Recovery-Minster Road.
VANDALIA - The Versailles Tigers secured the third regional title in school history Saturday by sprinting out to an early lead and hanging on to defeat the Hamilton Badin Rams by a score of 54-45.
Delphos St. John's made it a trio of Midwest Athletic Conference teams going to the state basketball tournament after defeating Columbus Grove 51-46 in the Division III regional championship game on Saturday afternoon at Lexington High School.
