Special Weather Statement issued August 9 at 8:12PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 811 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Elida to near Celina to near Hartford City, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Celina, Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Ada, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, St. Henry, Cridersville, Union City, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Fort Recovery, Botkins, Lakeview, New Knoxville, Dunkirk, Alger, and Waynesfield. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 100 and 117. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for west central Ohio. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 9 at 7:22PM EDT until August 10 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 548 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO DELAWARE LICKING UNION IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO AUGLAIZE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER SHELBY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BELLEFONTAINE, CELINA, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, KENTON, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, SIDNEY, ST. MARYS, AND WAPAKONETA.
Special Weather Statement issued August 9 at 8:37PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 837 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Arlington to near Lakeview to near Fort Loramie, moving southeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Marysville, Sidney, Bellefontaine, Kenton, Richwood, Newport, West Liberty, Anna, North Lewisburg, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Forest, Russells Point, De Graff, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Belle Center, West Mansfield, Chippewa Park, and Hardin. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 89 and 101. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for central and west central Ohio. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
MINSTER - Mitchell Bihn believes his business vision of converting conventional motor engines to electric motors is an ideal proposal to get a chunk of Ohio's stimulus money.
Coupling his knowledge of batteries from working at Warehouse Energy in Minster with heavy research and an entrepreneurial spirit, Bihn wants to start the conversion business at his home garage at 341 E. Fourth St., Minster. [More]
COLDWATER - Friday night's Division IV sectional final doubleheader featured a pair of games that that were completely different but extremely entertaining nonetheless.
In the opener, the New Knoxville Rangers opened up a huge third-quarter lead over the Perry Commodores but fell into a funk thereafter. The Commodores made a valiant comeback effort but the Rangers held firm in the end to come away with a 56-41 victory. [More]
Why seek help from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, recently signed by President Obama? There are 787 billion reasons, and many local hopefuls are seeking a share of Ohio's $8.2 billion allotment.
LIMA - The Celina boys basketball team needed season-best performances by Michael Sommer and Jared Bader to capture the Bulldogs' first sectional title since the 2003-04 campaign.
WAPAKONETA - It appeared the teams from the Northwest Conference wanted to knock the Midwest Athletic Conference out completely from the Division III Wapakoneta sectional.
A pair of Fort Recovery players, and another one with Fort Recovery roots, earned the Midwest Athletic Conference's top honors as coaches selected All-Conference teams this week.
St. Marys senior Paul Lauth will compete for seventh place this morning after going 1-1 on Friday during the Division II State Wrestling Tournament at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State.
