Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - 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.
65° 65° chance Fri 77° Fri 77° 60° 60° Sat 78° Sat 78° likely
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Rex Laffin
Former St. Marys resident Rex Alan Laffin, 60, Naples, Fla., died July 14, 2012.
He was born Nov. 1, 1951, in Celina, to Orville and Maxine Goodwin Laffin.
Surviving are two children, Kelly (Dave) Kiefer and Erik Laffin, all of St. Marys; five siblings, Connie (Harold) Nance, Cincinnati, Bill (Beverly) Laffin, Wapakoneta, Karen (Billy) Smith and Rebecca Matthews, all of Naples, and Kim Laffin, Lima; and four grandchildren.
A 1970 graduate of Memorial High School in St. Marys and a graduate of Good Samaritan Hospital School of Radiology in Cincinnati, he had worked in orthopedic surgery in Naples. He later worked as lead mechanic at Royal Poinciana Golf Course, Naples.
Local memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are pending at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys.
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