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Flood Advisory issued July 11 at 12:53AM EDT until July 11 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...The following county, in west central Ohio, Mercer.
* WHEN...Until 400 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1253 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Tama and Neptune.

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Photo by Shelley Grieshop/The Daily Standard

Alissa L. Townsend, 49, of St. Marys, is led away from court Friday morning after being sentenced to seven years in prison for driving drunk and killing a Wapakoneta woman in November. Townsend had a blood-alcohol level four times above the legal limit when she rammed her car into an SUV on U.S. 33, killing the driver, 40-year-old Heather Schaub, and injuring Schaub's 3-year-old son.

Related online story:

'Most likely to succeed' sent to prison

WAPAKONETA - It was an emotional scene in the packed Auglaize County courtroom on Friday as a St. Marys woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for killing another woman while driving drunk last fall. [More]

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