Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:08PM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 17 below zero expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 11 AM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.
Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:05PM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Snow tapering off this evening. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. * WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
Cold Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:08PM EST until December 15 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 17 below zero expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...Until 11 AM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...The cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.
Winter Weather Advisory issued December 13 at 6:05PM EST until December 14 at 7:00AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Snow tapering off this evening. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. * WHERE...Delaware, Union, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
FORT RECOVERY - The roller coaster that is Midwest Athletic Conference boys basketball had a loop-de-loop style of game on Friday at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
Marion Local had a 10-point lead at halftime, saw Fort Recovery come back to within a bucket in the waning seconds of the third quarter and a point in the fourth quarter before the Flyers took control to open their basketball season with a 53-39 win, handing the Indians their first loss of the season. [More]
ALPRs help solve crimes - but are they a privacy threat?
CELINA - City officials are still waiting to learn if they've been awarded a federal grant that would allow them to purchase and install four automated license-plate readers, or ALPRs, in Celina to bolster the police department's investigatory capabilities.
CELINA - It is not always about how you start, but how you finish. For Celina, while the start was good the finish was rough as it dropped its Western Buckeye League opener 48-36 against Wapakoneta at The Fieldhouse.
Coldwater outscored New Knoxville 13-4 in the fourth quarter to pull away and open its boys basketball season with a 50-35 win over the Rangers in Midwest Athletic Conference play at the Palace.
CELINA - Community members came out to the Mercer County Fairgrounds Thursday evening to get their first view of the cavernous interior of the Grand Event Center, a versatile venue designed to host livestock shows, concerts and much more.
Families, groups and individuals streamed through the exterior "shell" of the 175-foot-by-400-foot Grand Event Center on the northwest side of the fairgrounds during a public preview tour. [More]
NEW BREMEN - A 12-0 New Bremen run in the fourth quarter was able to put a dent in St. Henry's lead, but thanks to some sticky defense early on, the Redskins had plenty of padding.
St. Henry held New Bremen to just three field goals and eight points in the second and third quarters combined, opened up a 24-point lead in the third quarter, and held on for a 44-32 victory Thursday night at the Nest. [More]
CELINA - The Marion Local Board of Education is seeking applicants for a soon-to-be vacant seat.
The school board is one of numerous local public bodies that must make at least one appointment to fill the ranks due to the lack of candidates in several races in the Nov. 4 general election.
CELINA - A Celina man and woman were both sentenced to probation on Thursday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court, one on strangulation charges and the other on firearm charges.
Celina dominated the second quarter and never looked back to improve to 2-0 in Western Buckeye League girls action with a 58-36 win over Wapakoneta on Thursday night in Wapak.
MARIA STEIN - While hangars are not where planes normally take off, Marion Local's liftoff helped the Flyers get a 47-29 win over Fort Recovery to get its first conference win of the year at the Hangar.
CHICKASAW - A community website could be in Chickasaw's future after councilors voted Wednesday night to authorize an application for a state grant to finance the project.
Board of Public Affairs member Cole Van Gundy presented council with information about possible website development using a portion of a $20,000 grant the village is seeking from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The grant application must be filed by Dec. 19, according to Van Gundy. [More]
Connie Strasburg, age 78 of St. Marys and formerly of Celina, Ohio passed away on December 6, 2025 at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital. [More]
CELINA- The Mercer County Health District Board of Health decided on Wednesday morning to continue overseeing the county's solid waste disposal facilities for the state, despite its limited manpower, due to financial incentives that come with the program.
CELINA - The City of Celina has agreed to assume project management and undertake most of the work associated with the state-mandated replacement of a traffic signal at the intersection of Wayne Street and Fountain Avenue in order to deliver cost savings to local taxpayers.
CELINA - A 40-year-old Celina man accused of engaging in sexual conduct with three children under the age of 10 over a decade ago was arrested for rape on Wednesday.
ROCKFORD - Superintendent Laura Young on Wednesday thanked three board members whose terms expire at the end of year while welcoming three newcomers to the board.
CELINA - A 37-year-old Coldwater man with a history of substance use disorder was sentenced to probation this week in Mercer County Common Pleas Court for two separate incidents involving the possession of cocaine.
Conference play gets underway for nearly all the area boys basketball teams on Friday, and one marquee matchup in the Midwest Athletic Conference is set for Fort Site Fieldhouse.
Indiana Wesleyan captured its third straight NAIA national volleyball championship on Tuesday with a 25-23, 23-25, 25-18, 25-19 win over Northwestern College of Iowa at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.
Five St. Marys football players earned state honors as the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association announced its Divisions II and III All-Ohio honors on Wednesday.
WAPAKONETA - Less than a week after a federal vaccine advisory committee voted against a longstanding vaccine recommendation, Auglaize County Board of Health members pushed back against the decision.
The U.S. government has long advised that all babies be immunized against hepatitis B right after birth. But last week, a federal vaccine advisory committee voted to do away with that recommendation. [More]
CELINA - The battle between Minster and Celina was about as even as a game could get.
Both teams' defenses came up big at times, but Celina was able to get through with a bucket by Rachel Rammel with 33 seconds remaining. which held up the rest of the game to give the Bulldogs a 37-35 win over the Wildcats in non-conference girls basketball action on Tuesday at the Fieldhouse. [More]
Wayne Fisher, age 80, of Celina, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2025, at Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater, surrounded by his loving family. [More]
COLDWATER - The Coldwater Village Council Monday passed an ordinance making minor amendments to the village's Community Reinvestment Area. The CRA was expanded slightly to include more of the village's older homes as well as a few new commercial and industrial properties.
COLDWATER - A $1.5 million capital improvement project is expected to kick off in January with the replacement of two of four chillers, key components of Coldwater Exempted Village Schools' air conditioning system, school board members learned at Tuesday night's regular meeting.
