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.
The sagging national economy may be helping spur local sales.
Mercer County sales tax collections this year are up 5.74 percent compared with the same time period last year. Approximately $2.6 million in sales tax has been collected through purchases since January - nearly $140,000 more than last year at this time. [More]
The Mercer County Elks hosted three Midwest Athletic Conference golf matchups on Monday, with the undefeated St. Henry girls team looking to go to 5-0 on the season in facing Parkway.
The Redskins rolled to victory in knocking three strokes off their school record for nine holes, shooting a 186 - having broken the record two weeks ago at The Elks - with the Panthers coming in with a 214. [More]
Shirley "Shirt" Byerley, 73, 231 Jack Oak Point Road, St. Marys, died at 8 p.m. Sept. 7, 2008, at her home of complications from Lou Gehrig's Disease. [More]
Now is the time to lobby the state for more money to help clean up Grand Lake, said a member of the private Lake Development Corporation (LDC) on Monday.
Celina City Council members on Monday night unanimously approved accepting $420,000 from the Mercer County Budget Commission, which is $50,000 less than last year, Celina Safety Service Director Jeff Hazel said.
COLDWATER - The dry weather that has had Mercer County by the throat the past few weeks has caused a few headaches for village crews.
"Things are just dry and have caused a few water breaks. We've had our share," Village Manager-Engineer Eric Thomas reported at Monday's village council meeting.
MINSTER - Action taken by the Minster Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) on Monday night clears the way for construction of a warehouse/storage facility in the Minster Industrial Park.
