Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - 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.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
Schools, libraries adapting to various electronic devices
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Technology is changing the way people consume books and other media.
Downloads of digital books - both e-books and audiobooks - have increased from about 20 a month to as much as 150 a month at the Mercer County Library in the last few years, librarian Elizabeth Muether said. [More]
COLUMBUS - Fort Recovery's quest for its first state championship in 20 years came to an end on Friday in the Division III state semifinals.
Anna hit all the timely shots and forced the Indians into many mistakes as the Rockets advanced to the Division III girls basketball state championship game with a 57-40 win over the Indians at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. [More]
CELINA - The look and feel of books is changing but libraries are mainstays, according to a local librarian.
Elizabeth Muether, from the Mercer County Public Library, said librarians must embrace and encourage the type of technology and services requested by its patrons.
The man in the moon will get a closer view of us tonight.
As it rises tonight, a full moon will reach its nearest proximity to Earth in 18 years: a mere 221,565 miles. According to NASA, it will appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than usual.
NEW BREMEN - There will be no body mass index (BMI) screenings taken and recorded for designated classes next year as a result of action taken by New Bremen Board of Education members this week.
COLUMBUS - There might have been a few raised eyebrows in some parts of the state when Fort Recovery's girls fought their way to be one of the state's final four teams in Division III.
COLUMBUS - Fran Guilbault is no stranger to seeing March basketball in Columbus.
As a member of the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame as a winner of over 600 games and three state titles at St. Henry, Guilbault has tickets to the boys state tournament every year.
