Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM 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 800 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - 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.
ROCKFORD - Parkway teacher Kimberly McConnell is busy at her desk during her free period working one-on-one with a student. The conversation is lively, quick and almost musical. Actually it's Japanese.
McConnell is fluent in that language and is determined that this first year of teaching at Parkway also will bring her students to an appreciation of the Japanese culture. [More]
COLDWATER - A hot shooting start for Fort Recovery allowed the Indians to keep Coldwater at bay to pick up a 53-44 win in a rescheduled Midwest Athletic Conference contest at The Palace on Tuesday night.
The Indians improve to 12-3 on the season and 5-1 in MAC action while the Cavaliers drop to 3-12 overall and 1-5 in conference play. [More]
Diane Rose Lewis, 62, of Rockville, Ind., died at 2:32 p.m. Feb. 2, 2009, at St. Vincent Clay Hospital, Brazil, Ind. Death was due to heart failure. [More]
Local watershed officials are part of an Ohio/Indiana group studying how Midwestern states can help decrease hypoxic (oxygen deficient) dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.
MINSTER - Financial officer John Stechschulte unveiled 2009 appropriations totaling nearly $18.6 million which village councilors approved Tuesday night after a line-by-line presentation. Several projects will remain tabled for the time being and the likelihood of decreasing income tax revenue.
MINSTER - Minster Community Improvement Corporation believes the time has come to bite the bullet and shell out money to make the new, 11.5-acre Minster Machine West Industrial Park site ready.
Versailles used a big second quarter to get the lead and pull away from St. Henry for a 46-41 win in a rescheduled Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball contest on Tuesday night at Tiger Gymnasium.