Wind Advisory issued December 18 at 11:35AM EST until December 18 at 10:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM EST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
By Shelley Grieshop
A 51-year-old Celina native was found frozen in a ditch beneath his pickup truck on Sunday at a dumpsite not far from his home in Ohio City.
A cause of death of Richard R. "Jose" Berlanga is pending an autopsy. Officials believe he was dead for two days before his body - partly submerged in a frozen creek - was discovered beneath the 2004 Ford Ranger pickup truck by a passing motorist. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
DEFIANCE - The Celina wrestling team took a step closer to wrapping up a perfect Western Buckeye League dual meet season with a 47-18 win over Defiance on Tuesday.
The win puts the MatDogs at 8-0 in league duals this season. Celina has its last league dual next Thursday at Ottawa-Glandorf, which had just one league win coming into last night. [More]
By Janie Southard
It's a what-kind-of-doodle? Labradoodle - the offspring of a Labrador retriever and standard poodle.
They're all the rage in the dog world along with other designer dogs like schnoodles, puggles, pompapoos, Jackatese, chugs - puppies from the union of two different purebred dogs. [More]
Obituaries on January 23rd, 2008
Rose Veronica Baltes, 84, of Versailles, died at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 22, 2008, at the Versailles Health Care Center. [More]
Celina native Richard R. "Bummer or Jose" Berlanga, 51, 406 W. Skinner St., Ohi [More]
Macie K. Evans, 65, of Rockford, died Jan. 19, 2008, at Colonial Nursing Center, Rockford. [More]
Allen L. "Pete" Grillot, 78, Decatur Road, Van Wert, formerly of Cardo Road, Fo [More]
Dorothy Grillot, 84, formerly of Fort Loramie, died at 4 p.m. Jan. 16, 2008, at the Van Crest Nursing Home, Van Wert. [More]
Alvira M. "Vera" Koester, 87, died at 1:15 p.m. Jan. 22, 2008, at the Versailles Health Care Center. [More]
Carl M. Perin, 87, 111A Liberty Way, Fort Loramie, died at 7:05 p.m. Jan. 22, 2008, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster. [More]
Wesley W. Wierwille, 58, died at 7:15 p.m. Jan. 18, 2008, at his home in Encinitas, Calif. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Local pictures on January 23rd, 2008
Subscriber stories on January 23rd, 2008
Bundle up for the next few days, but take heart, warmer weather is on the way for Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
Checking on th
Despite a significant cut in food from the regional food bank in Lima, local food pantries remain open.
However, food pantries in neighboring counties haven't been so lucky.
Some Celina utility customers were overcharged on their latest utility bill due to an error by the city's software provider.
Effective Jan. 1, a de
NEW BREMEN - Increasing the reliability of electrical power for residential and industrial customers comes with an estimated $1-1.2 million price tag, New Bremen village councilors learned Tuesday night.
A 2008 Harley-Davidson Low Rider motorcycle will be given away at the 2008 Celina Lake Festival.
Festival co-chairpersons Michelle Emerine and Bub
Board member Ralph Nietfeld was re-elected president of the St. Henry school board of education during the organizational meeting on Monday evening.
LIMA - Celina knew it had a big size advantage in the post against Lima Senior and the Bulldogs rode that advantage to their 12th straight win on Tuesday night.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Marion Local boys basketball team saw a two-game win streak snapped as Lehman outscored the Flyers 23-9 in the fourth quarter to come back and post a 57-46 win at Lehman on Tuesday night.
ST. MARYS - There are plenty of excuses for not exercising. But members of Snap Fitness should probably think of a better reason than not having enough time.