Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
Today 84° Today 84° chance 68° 68° chance likely Tomorrow 82° Tomorrow 82° likely chance 67° 67° chance
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Saturday, August 19th, 2006
A mother's love
By Shelley Grieshop
FORT RECOVERY - Ruth Matchett says she couldn't help hugging and cuddling the little infant as he lay alone in a hospital nursery in the northern region of South Africa.
It was 1974, and Matchett, a medical missionary and nurse/midwife on assignment, already had a reputation for taking in babies no one else wanted. [More]
Obituaries on August 19th, 2006
Mary Irvin
Mary Evalena Irvin, 59, 412 E. Main St., St. Henry, died Aug. 18, 2006, at her residence of natural causes. [More]
Cecile Wurster
Cecile M. Wurster, 90, 7389 Bogart Road, Celina, died Aug. 18, 2006, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Local pictures on August 19th, 2006
Subscriber stories on August 19th, 2006
Metal is hot item for local thieves
Metal thefts in the area continue to escalate right along with the price of copper, aluminum, brass, steel and tin.
Area law enforcement agencies have investigated a rash of thefts in recent months, ranging from plastic-coated copper wiring to aluminum downspouts to a 30-foot flagpole.
Ohio candidates agree school funding in need of change
COLUMBUS - Ohio gubernatorial candidates Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and U.S. Congressman Ted Strickland both admit public school funding in Ohio is dysfunctional and just isn't working anymore.
Felony charges filed for theft of wire
Seven people - six men and a woman - have been indicted on felony charges stemming from a rash of wire thefts in recent months.
Brothers Joseph D
Inmate heads back to mental health facility
A Mercer County Jail inmate has been returned to a Toledo mental health facility after another unsuccessful suicide attempt and several scuffles with authorities.
Man in jail for firing handgun
A Celina-area man was arrested Friday night after he allegedly fired a handgun during an altercation at the home of his son.
Jerry Stanfill, 51, 6740 Wabash Road, faces charges of domestic violence and aggravated menacing. He remains incarcerated at the Mercer County Jail on a $350,000 bond.
WBL teams shine at Celina Invite
Low scores were in abundance on Friday as Celina hosted its annual invitational at The Fox's Den.
Western Buckeye League schools swept the top thre
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