Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
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 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
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, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Today 73° Today 73° slight chance 32° 32° likely Tomorrow 46° Tomorrow 46° 30° 30°
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Obituaries on February 14th, 2012
Arthur A. Hemmelgarn, 83, Fort Recovery, died Feb. 12, 2012, at Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center, Sebring, Fla. [More]
Bernadette D. Hasenkamp, 87, died at 12:15 p.m. Feb. 12, 2012, in Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. [More]
Sarah Rebecca "Becky" Agler, 91, Van Wert, died at 11:07 p.m. Feb. 12, 2012, at Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center. [More]
Alice C. Evans, 82, Celina, died at 7:45 a.m. Feb. 13, 2012, at Celina Manor Nu [More]
Stories on February 14th, 2012
Cards change, but message of love still the same
MINSTER - Rita Hoying of Minster lays out Valentine's Day cards on her dining room table, smiling at designs dating back more than a century.
Many
Election
Note:
Scott Bruns withdrew his candidacy at a meet-the-candidates forum on February 26.
Long-entrenched Mercer County Commissioner Jerry Laffin is being challenged in the Republican primary on March 6 by political newcomer Scott Bruns.
Election
Mercer County Commissioner Bob Nuding is being opposed in the Republican primary by Rick Muhlenkamp.
The winner of the March 6 primary will face any independents who file by March 5 to run in the Nov. 6 general election. No Democrats filed for the position.
Election
Mercer County voters are being asked March 6 to approve a countywide property tax levy to support the Mercer County-Celina City Health Department.
Election
School district residents in New Bremen and Coldwater will see new levies on the March 6 primary election ballot - one to construct a new school and the other for operating expenses to offset a future deficit.
ST. HENRY - The village is increasing its police department with a new auxiliary force.
Council members on Monday night unanimously approved an ord [More]
CELINA - City council members on Monday unanimously approved the 2012 budget.
The ordinance sets aside $38.94 million for all city accounts and funds. Of the total, $6.53 million is designated for the city's general fund used for operating costs, including the police and fire departments. [More]
CELINA - Six teachers were awarded $100 mini-grants on Monday from the Celina Education Association for classroom supplies.
The grants, announced d
ST. MARYS - City council members on Monday gave first reading of an ordinance authorizing a payment plan for the $2.7 million the city owes for an unbuilt coal-fired plant.
Truck estimated to cost $540,000
CELINA - City administrators are reviewing the requirements of a $225,000 federal grant to make sure the fire department can purchase the vehicle it needs.
WAYNESFIELD - Parkway fended off all of Waynesfield-Goshen's chances to get the lead over the final quarter and a half to pick up their seventh win o
Monday's Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
It will be an All-Auglaize County final as Minster and New Bremen will play for the Midwest Athletic Conference's seventh-grade girls basketball championship on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Fort Recovery Middle School after semifinal action on Monday at the Fort.
Local pictures on February 14th, 2012