Friday, June 9th, 2023 | The Daily Standard

Winter Weather Advisory issued February 5 at 4:04PM EST until February 6 at 6:00PM EST by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to two inches with locally higher amounts.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...From 6 AM to 6 PM EST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the Friday morning and evening commutes.

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Friday, June 9th, 2023

Guitar Hero

Coldwater kid makes a 'Van Halen' guitar

By Erin Gardner

COLDWATER - Students taking Coldwater High School's material processing class were tasked with a simple yet broad assignment: build something. While incoming senior Ethan Ebbing had free reign to build almost anything, he decided to tackle a more daring project - an electric guitar. [More]

Heartbreaker

Russia scores in eighth inning to end St. Henry's season

By Tom Haines

AKRON - For eight innings on Thursday, St. Henry's Devin Delzeith and Russia's Xavier Phlipot were locked in a scoreless duel.

In the end, Phlipot ended it with his bat.

Phlipot lined a two-out single to right to score Jude Counts and give Russia a 1-0, eight-inning win in the Division IV baseball state semifinals at Canal Park in Akron. [More]

Local pictures on June 9th, 2023

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Most of Ohio under moderate drought conditions

CELINA - Most of Ohio is now experiencing a moderate drought, according to a map released on Thursday by U.S. Drought Monitor.

While 62% of the sta

SWCD adds new supervisor

CELINA - Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors on Thursday welcomed Pete Hinders as he was sworn into office.

Hinders fi

Mercer maintains lowest unemployment rate

Mercer County once again had the lowest joblessness in Ohio in April.

Mercer County's unemployment rate decreased significantly to 1.9% in April, down from 2.5% in March, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services news release.

Area Roundup

Joes run-rule Mariners

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Hamilton scored nine runs in the top of the sixth inning and handed Grand Lake its second straight defeat in a run-rule 15-5 contest in seven innings on Thursday night at Montgomery Field.

McCreadie, Thornton open Dream Week with wins

ROSSBURG - Tim McCreadie and Ricky Thornton Jr., who are both looking for their first Dream main event win, kicked off the DLM Dream weekend by winning the 25-lap preliminary feature events and each collected $12,000 in the process.

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