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 - U.S. farmers are on track to reap record corn and soybean harvests, an area ag official announced at Thursday's monthly Mercer County agriculture breakfast.
Speaker John Leighty, a grain merchandiser for Trupointe cooperative in Botkins, was among a group of people who recently attended the annual National Pro Farmer Crop Tour to survey the nation's crops. [More]
CELINA - The Celina girls tennis team rebounded from a tough loss to undefeated Western Buckeye League leader Wapakoneta on Tuesday to shut out cross-lake rival St. Marys 5-0 Thursday afternoon at the Booster Club Tennis Complex.
The win moves the NetDogs to 3-2 in WBL. The Roughriders drop to 1-4 in league matches. [More]
CELINA - Celina fell behind early in each of the three sets against Ottawa-Glandorf last evening at the Middle School, and the veteran Titans kept applying the pressure to beat the young Bulldogs in three sets, 25-14, 25-11, 25-13.
MINSTER - The last two times head coach Mike Etzler's Coldwater Cavaliers have taken the volleyball court, they opened with losses in the first game, so his goals heading into last evening's battle in Minster were rahter simple.
ROSSBURG - A pair of former World 100 champions picked up $5,000 victories on Thursday night at Eldora Speedway during the opening night of the 44th annual World 100.
