Flood Advisory issued July 27 at 9:30PM EDT until July 28 at 12:30AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...The following counties, in west central Ohio, Darke and Mercer. * WHEN...Until 1230 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 929 PM 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 of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Fort Recovery, Sharps Crossing, Greenville, Coldwater, Union City, St. Henry, Ansonia, Burkettsville, North Star, Rossburg, New Weston, Rose Hill, Brock, Cosmos, andPikeville.
Celina football coach starts community service program that puts players to work
By William Kincaid
In the scorching heat on Wednesday, a group of Celina football players took to the top of the utility garage at the Mercer County Fairgrounds to repaint the roof.
The work was part of a community service program started by Celina head football coach Jared Rolfes. [More]
COLDWATER - The new emergency department at Mercer County Community Hospital will officially open for business Wednesday.
The July 1 debut marks the end of phase 1 of the approximately $6 million expansion/renovation project at the Coldwater hospital. The second phase is expected to begin soon and will include the expansion of the partially completed new lobby area. A third phase also is planned for further interior renovations. [More]
Lynn Lorraine Powell Cattell, 54, 3311 St. Johns Road, New Bremen, died at 6:05 p.m. June 24, 2009, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind., due to a stroke. [More]
Riprap placed around Safety Island, other locations around the lake
More than a mile of shoreline on Grand Lake, including Safety Island, has been protected with riprap as part of a $695,000 state capital improvement project completed recently.
Mercer County commissioners on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution to reduce by 50 percent the cost to a landowner whose property lies within a planned ditch project.
Two men are in custody following an early Thursday morning accident near Burkettsville that resulted in a lengthy search before their apprehension in a cornfield.
St. Marys took advantage of early Celina walks and errors to jump out 8-3, then held off a furious Bulldogs rally in the bottom of the seventh to take an 8-7 win at the ACME Battle of Grand Lake at Montgomery Field.
