Flood Watch issued August 13 at 10:22PM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, 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 Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional storms will move into the area after midnight, persisting through late Friday morning. Heavy rain can be expected with these storms, with the risk of flash flooding increasing with storms that repeatedly move over the same locations.
66° 66° chance Fri 81° Fri 81° 65° 65° chance Sat 86° Sat 86° chance
Monday, May 14th, 2012
Civil Air Patrol trains in Montezuma
By William Kincaid
MONTEZUMA - Members of the Grand Lake Squadron Civil Air Patrol - a local force of cadets 12 to 21 years old - took the helms of airplanes on Saturday and practiced turns, climbs and descends.
Captain Joseph Mosher, an orientation flight officer, and other FAA-licensed pilots with Ohio Wing, the state Civil Air Patrol affiliate, flew airplanes from Lakefield Airport to airports in Defiance and Bucyrus, allowing the cadets to practice maneuverers on the way. [More]
Obituaries on May 14th, 2012
Richard Wellman, 84 , 6362 North 850 East, Bryant, Ind., died May 11, 2012, in Kindred Hospital in Lima. [More]
Victor Schneider, 95, St. Marys, died May 12, 2012, at Otterbein Senior Lifesty [More]
Margaret Emma Langenkamp, 92, Coldwater Creek Road, Celina, died May 13, 2012, [More]
Mary A. Hamblin, 62, of the Celina and Fort Recovery area, died May 13, 2012. [More]
Bernard C. Kruse, 86, St. Marys, died at 4:44 a.m. May 11, 2012, at the Golden Living Center, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on May 14th, 2012
Subscriber stories on May 14th, 2012
CELINA - Motorists along U.S. 127 may be wondering if the stench just south of the city is coming from the lake to the east or the sludge lagoons to the west.
CELINA - The city's drinking water continues to meet Ohio EPA standards.
The 2011 annual report shows detected contaminants in the city's drinking
Creek phosphorous will be removed before entering lake
GRAND LAKE - Construction of a treatment train meant to remove some of the phosphorous from Prairie Creek before it enters Grand Lake is progressing on the lake's south side.
Parkway scores three in sixth to break tie
NEW BREMEN - It took just under an hour, but Parkway's baseball team ended its season on a positive note while leaving New Bremen's fans to ponder what might have been.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys' and Celina's doubles teams will go to the district tennis tournament as the third and fourth seeds after the Division II boys sectional tournament wrapped up on Saturday at the University of Northwestern Ohio.