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.
A 25-year-old Celina man has been charged in the death of his 11-month-old stepchild who died early Friday morning at a Dayton hospital from injuries sustained Wednesday evening.
Jason Thomas was arrested by Celina Police on Thursday and charged with reckless homicide, a third-degree felony, and felonious assault, a second-degree felony, in the death of Kole Mathew Atkins of St. Marys. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - The last few years, the Coldwater-Fort Recovery series has been filled with some barnburners.
The last three games, the two meetings last season and this season's Mercer Health Classic final, were decided by a grand total of nine points, all won by the Indians. [More]
Marilyn "Susie" Blair, 78, 257 Farnsworth Drive, St. Marys, died at 12:40 p.m. Jan. 14, 2009, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
This week's bitterly-cold Arctic weather has caused its share of headaches outdoors but many residents face a bigger mess inside their homes: frozen pipes.
Mercer County commissioners have agreed to pay an Arcanum-area contractor more than half a million dollars to replace a bridge on Frysinger Road, east of Rockford.
NEW BREMEN - When local boys basketball coaches prepare to play the defending Division IV state champion New Knoxville Rangers, they know at least two things.
MARIA STEIN - It wasn't a thing of beauty by any stretch, but to the Marion Local Flyers, Friday night's overtime victory over the Versailles Tigers was just what the doctor ordered.
