Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
65° 65° chance Fri 77° Fri 77° 60° 60° Sat 78° Sat 78° likely
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
By Shelley Grieshop
A 25-year-old Celina man has been charged in the death of his 11-month-old stepchild who died early Friday morning at a Dayton hospital from injuries sustained Wednesday evening.
Jason Thomas was arrested by Celina Police on Thursday and charged with reckless homicide, a third-degree felony, and felonious assault, a second-degree felony, in the death of Kole Mathew Atkins of St. Marys. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
FORT RECOVERY - The last few years, the Coldwater-Fort Recovery series has been filled with some barnburners.
The last three games, the two meetings last season and this season's Mercer Health Classic final, were decided by a grand total of nine points, all won by the Indians. [More]
Obituaries on January 17th, 2009
Kole Mathew Atkins, 11-month-old son of Sydney Stienecker and James Mathew Atki [More]
Marilyn "Susie" Blair, 78, 257 Farnsworth Drive, St. Marys, died at 12:40 p.m. Jan. 14, 2009, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on January 17th, 2009
Subscriber stories on January 17th, 2009
This week's bitterly-cold Arctic weather has caused its share of headaches outdoors but many residents face a bigger mess inside their homes: frozen pipes.
Mercer County commissioners have agreed to pay an Arcanum-area contractor more than half a million dollars to replace a bridge on Frysinger Road, east of Rockford.
NEW BREMEN - Misty Kuck gently stirs the simmering contents of a tall kettle in the Fireside Pub kitchen.
The aroma of chicken tortellini soup seems to chase away chills even on the most frigid winter day.
NEW BREMEN - When local boys basketball coaches prepare to play the defending Division IV state champion New Knoxville Rangers, they know at least two things.
MARIA STEIN - It wasn't a thing of beauty by any stretch, but to the Marion Local Flyers, Friday night's overtime victory over the Versailles Tigers was just what the doctor ordered.