(TNS) — The water crisis unfolding in Jackson, Mississippi, was decades in the making: the culmination of crumbling infrastructure, systemic racism and more extreme weather. It’s also a stark warning of trouble to come as…

Torrential downpours claimed the lives of more than 1,000 in Pakistan, where almost half a million people are in relief camps. A massive deluge crashed across Mississippi in the past week, leaving the roughly 150,000…

Tuesday’s cooler weather was a welcome relief for area farmers, with highs barely reaching the 80-degree barrier. But with only a trace of precipitation, fall crops are in danger if nothing of significance falls in…

As blistering temperatures continue, the Allen County Fair is making a few changes to protect both people and animals. The fair board is canceling the Dry Land Turtle Race and the Best Dressed Pet contest.…

LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to…

Mark Mueller sleeps anxiously this time of year. Except when it rains. The northeast Iowa farmer said the corn on his farm near Waverly is slightly shorter than normal for this time of year, but…

An excessive heat advisory is in effect in Allen County until Thursday evening, prompting emergency and health officials to urge residents to take precautions. Temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees through Thursday, with the…

While it might be a gardener’s bane, this hot and dry weather is tailor-made for a successful wheat harvest.  “We could use another 10 days just like this,” said Keven Day, manager of the Piqua…

An overnight storm that swept through Allen County caused property damage and a power outage north of Moran near the JV Wagner and Bob Sager farmsteads along U.S. 59. On top of the ferocious wind,…

It takes a little more than a massive windstorm to keep people away from a Friday night seafood buffet. Gena Clounch was working as a waitress at The Greenery restaurant on Aug. 1, 1986, when…