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.
Local officials are adding a scavenger trash hunt to Saturday's cleanup day on Grand Lake to boost participation in the annual event.
Abbey Tobe, coordinator of the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance, is organizing the hunt. The lake cleanup is sponsored by the local state park with trash pickup sites on the West Bank in Celina, East Bank in St. Marys and Windy Point in Montezuma. [More]
One of the first sporting events I ever covered for The Daily Standard was a volleyball match in Houston in August of 2001.
I had just made my way to my seat and within a few moments I noticed my co-worker, Mark Ruschau, settled in directly across the gym with his program folded open and a pen and notepad in his hand. [More]
Douglas Joseph Gehret, age 55, of Gehret Rd., Fort Loramie, Ohio, passed away of natural causes at home early Wednesday morning, April 22, 2015. [More]
Thomas E. Rollins age 56 of Porter, OK, formerly of New Bremen, OH, died on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 2:30 P.M. at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, OK. [More]
WAPAKONETA - Nearly one in every 10 people in Mercer and Auglaize counties is living in poverty, a statistic The Lima Allen Council on Community Affairs wants to change if it becomes the area's community action agency.
South Adams scored seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to break a 2-2 tie en route to beating Parkway 9-6 in an interstate battle of border neighbors in Berne, Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - "You are the words, I am the tune, play me," Neil Diamond crooned sweetly to a colossal crowd last Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse as part of his 2015 world tour.
