Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM 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 800 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - 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.
BOWLING GREEN - The American people will decide which fundamentally different path the country will follow this election - a policy of top-down economics that has never worked or a rebuilding of the middle class.
The Ohio Department of Education released partial state report cards to districts Wednesday after a month's delay.
The hold-up is due to a statewide investigation launched by state auditor Dave Yost after accusations of data tampering surfaced. The main issue appears to be whether low-performing students were removed from the rolls at some schools to improve those districts' performance rankings. [More]
Pieces came from the Smithsonian, other museums and private collections
By Eric Adams
SPRINGFIELD - An exhibit at the Springfield Museum of Art will highlight an Indian Lake ceramic artist and former New Bremen elementary teacher who achieved national acclaim but never abandoned his small-town roots.
Jack Earl: Modern Master - A Retrospective opened Saturday and will run for three and a half months. [More]
COLDWATER - More than 50 Mercer Health employees attended the hospital's monthly board meeting Wednesday night to express displeasure with CEO Paula Detterman and her administration.
Button batteries - those tiny devices that power games, musical greeting cards, remote control devices, hearing aids, calculators and even toys - can pose a health threat if they get in the wrong hands.
The excitement is back for the Backyard Battle as the Coldwater Cavaliers and St. Henry Redskins meet for the 41st time in a battle of state-ranked teams on Friday night at Cavalier Stadium.
When Celina's football team hosts Van Wert on Friday night for their annual Western Buckeye League encounter, it's a matchup that appears to be a mismatch.
As a high school junior in 1979, St. Henry's linebacker Don Post had won a lot of high school football games up to that point in his career.
There was a glaring hole in his resume however, and the fact that he had never tasted victory over Coldwater wasn't something that sat very well with him.
Marion Local's head football coach Tim Goodwin said after Saturday's loss to Versailles that the mistakes his team made early would have to end now that the Flyers are entering the tough part of their schedule.
