Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 2:44PM EDT until August 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 554 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
Today 84° Today 84° chance 68° 68° chance likely Tomorrow 82° Tomorrow 82° likely chance 67° 67° chance
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
By Margie Wuebker
'Tis the season for New Year's resolutions with people vowing to get more healthy and lose some weight.
Fifteen members of the Mercer County Sheriff's Office started early by launching their own 14-week Biggest Loser competition Nov. 1. To date, the eight women and seven men have lost 91.5 pounds. [More]
Chatt Insurance Holiday Tournament
By Gary R. Rasberry
ROCKFORD - For the second straight year, the boys' championship of the Chatt Insurance Holiday Tournament came down to the host Parkway Panthers and St. Marys Roughriders.
And for the second straight year, the big trophy was put on a bus to Auglaize County as the Roughriders won their fourth straight game, 52-45 over the Panthers. [More]
Obituaries on December 30th, 2010
Virgil "Barney" S. Gudorf, 90, Minster, and Curtis, Mich., died Dec. 29, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Harry Thomas Wolfe, 85, Bluffton, Ind., died at 3:54 p.m. Dec. 20, 2010, at Meadowvale Nursing Home in Bluffton, Ind. [More]
Mason Edward Thomas Thobe, three months, Coldwater, died Dec. 28, 2010, at Children's Medical Center in Dayton. [More]
Local pictures on December 30th, 2010
Subscriber stories on December 30th, 2010
CELINA - Wright State University-Lake Campus officials hope to break ground for its first dormitory next month.
Tom Knapke, development director of
ST. MARYS - Council held second reading for the 2011 budget Wednesday with total appropriations set at $47.2 million.
The city will have a carryover of approximately $1 million from 2010. Auditor Doug Riesen this morning said he did not have projected revenue for 2011.
Rusty, a terrier mix and best friend of fourth-grader Nick Bruns from Marion Local Schools, became Mercer County's Top Dog on Wednesday.
The Top Do
ARCANUM - An area teen was killed Wednesday after his clothing became tangled in a manure spreader.
John M. Warner, 16, of Arcanum, was pronounced dead shortly after 2:30 p.m. in a field along Delisle-Fourman Road in Darke County.
VAN WERT - Area artist Kay Sluterbeck has a fun art project for kids and adults to try this winter season.
Sluterbeck, who works at Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, suggests making an imitation of an amate painting.
30th Annual HALLiday Shootout
CELINA - The Celina boys basketball team has won the annual HALLiday Shootout on 12 different occasions and the Bulldogs earned the chance to do so again tonight.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Minster outscored Liberty-Benton 24-13 in the first half and held off the Eagles to capture the Vicki Mauk Classic 43-39 on Wedneday at the Elida Fieldhouse.