Wind Advisory issued March 11 at 6:26AM EDT until March 11 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM EDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Tornado Watch issued March 11 at 6:24AM EDT until March 11 at 12:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 41 IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON OWEN PENDLETON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BUTLER CLERMONT HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE DARKE MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BELLEVUE, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GREENDALE, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE, KETTERING, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PIQUA, RICHMOND, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WILLIAMSTOWN, AND WITHAMSVILLE.
Today 69° Today 69° chance 28° 28° slight chance Tomorrow 45° Tomorrow 45° 36° 36°
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Father of Nicholas Schwieterman posts $200,000 bond
By Margie Wuebker
A 22-year-old Chickasaw man charged in connection with a March 15 crash that killed four young local men is home after his father posted a $200,000 bond.
Nicholas Schwieterman, 90 S. Maple St., left the Mercer County Jail at 11:30 a.m. Friday wearing street clothes and an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet to keep track of his whereabouts. He will be confined to the home of his parents, Bob "Buster" and Linda Schwieterman. [More]
Farmers unable to lock in high market prices any further out than current crop year
By Nancy Allen
Rising grain prices, increasing costs and the ongoing credit crunch are forcing elevators to shorten the amount of time they allow farmers to cash in on current high market prices.
In a normal year, farmers could enter into forward contracts with elevators to lock in a price for their grain for the next two to three years. That practice has changed with the current economic and market conditions. [More]
Obituaries on April 12th, 2008
Walter E. "Bud" Baney, 89, Lima, died at 4:17 a.m., on April 8, 2008, at Wyngate Assisted Living in Lima. [More]
Teddy L. "Snowball" Brinkerhoff, 54, 307 S. Wayne St., Fort Recovery, died of natural causes at 8:05 a.m. April 11, 2008, at his residence. [More]
Ellen E. Behrer Desch, 73, died April 10, 2008, at her residence in Butler Township near Dayton. [More]
Lynn Jackson, 65, 1100 Myers Road, Celina, died April 11, 2008, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Former Celina resident Clare Romack, died April 10, 2008, in Sarasota, Fla.
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Grayson Blye VanMeter was stillborn at Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo, at 12:06 p.m.on April 4, 2008. [More]
John D. Van Tilburg, 50, Kenosha, Wis. died of natural causes on April 10, 2008, at his residence. [More]
Local pictures on April 12th, 2008
Subscriber stories on April 12th, 2008
Dozens of stunning handbags of all sizes make a fashion statement in the corner of Mary Hoelscher's small sewing room.
They're not Prada or Gucci but they entice purse lovers just the same with their whimsical styles and patterns - each as unique as a fingerprint.
The Defiance baseball program always seems to have the pitching to contend in the Western Buckeye League and this year is no different.
Richie Kill
COLDWATER - The bats came to life in the fourth and fifth innings in Coldwater as the Cavaliers scored nine runs over that two-inning span to come back and beat Lima Central Catholic 11-5 at Veterans Field.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Minster improved to 6-0 on the season with a 18-2 five-inning run rule contest over Jackson Center on Friday at Hanover Street Park.
ROSSBURG - Craig Dollansky of Elk River, Minn., benefited from Joey Saldana's flat left rear tire to win the 30-lap World of Outlaws Sprint Series A-main at Eldora Speedway on Friday night.