Flood Advisory issued September 5 at 7:14AM EDT until September 5 at 10:15AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... North Central Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1015 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 714 AM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 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... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, St. Henry, Rockford, New Knoxville, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, Maria Stein, State Route 116 at State Route 197 and Chattanooga.
CELINA - The generosity of Christmas was on full display Sunday afternoon at the Mercer County Fairgrounds as a group of local families distributed several items to people in need.
Toys, clothes, hygiene products and enough food to make a holiday meal were provided to 43 families and 110 children. Santa Claus also appeared. [More]
ST. HENRY - After a sluggish start to Saturday's game, St. Henry's girls basketball team did nearly everything they needed to do to rally and beat Lima Central Catholic.
However, LCC's Stacia Allen canned a pair of free throws with 16.8 seconds left in the game to put the visitors on top 51-50 and teammate Ty Taylor's free throws with three seconds on the clock helped the T-Birds escape Redskin Gymnasium with a 53-50 win. [More]
Ryan Dean Berg, 7-month-old son of Jamie Berg and Stephanie Gillingham, New Bremen, died at 3:32 p.m. Dec. 9, 2011, at Children's Hospital, Cincinnati. [More]
County commissioners for the third straight year are requesting wage freezes for county workers, even though previous pleas were ignored by several agencies - including themselves.
COLDWATER - Coldwater Police are investigating a second burglary in less than a week - this one involving a residence.
The owners of a home in the 1000 block of Terrace Avenue arrived home shortly after 7:30 p.m. to discover someone had broken a back door and entered the premises.
VAN WERT - The Coldwater boys basketball team had a seven-point lead in the third quarter during Saturday's season opener, but Van Wert's extra weeks of conditioning and two-game experience helped the Cougars rally for a 59-43 victory over the Cavaliers.
Fort Recovery's 16-2 advantage in the third quarter put the game out of reach as the Indians improve to 4-0 on the season after a 65-42 blowout victory over Ansonia on Saturday night in Darke County.
