Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 2:44PM EDT until August 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 554 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
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 11 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
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, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 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 Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
Today 84° Today 84° chance 68° 68° chance likely Tomorrow 82° Tomorrow 82° likely chance 67° 67° chance
Friday, January 11th, 2013
By Nancy Allen
A Celina couple and the state disagree on how to calculate how much the state owes them for their flood-damaged land.
Wayne and Janet Doner are among 86 landowners who won a 2011 case in the Ohio Supreme Court that blamed Grand Lake's West Bank spillway, opened in 1997, for causing increased flooding on their farmland. The court's ruling cleared the way for 52 jury trials to determine compensation for landowners. [More]
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - This year's county fair is shaping up to be a barnyard-stomper with two country music concerts and a host of new activities.
Sony Nashville singer and Air National Guard member Angie Johnson is booked as the opening act Aug. 9. She will w [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - The first few minutes of the second half provided Coldwater's girls basketball team some momentum and the Cavaliers knocked off New Bremen 41-34 on Thursday night at The Palace.
Coldwater was leading 17-14 at halftime, but the Cavaliers then went on a 5-0 run to start the second half as the Cardinals, who shot just 30 percent on the night, went scoreless for the first 4:20 of the third quarter. [More]
Obituaries on January 11th, 2013
Wilna Orr, 87, Coldwater, at 2:14 p.m. Jan. 9, 2013, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. [More]
Glenn R. Cluckey Sr., 75, of Toledo, passed away Jan. 9, 2013, at St. Luke's Hospital, Toledo. [More]
Local pictures on January 11th, 2013
Subscriber stories on January 11th, 2013
CELINA - The county's general fund budget this year is $9.6 million - 6.8 percent more than in 2012 but 5.3 percent less than in 2008, the start of America's recession.
ST. MARYS - School and city officials are addressing travel safety in an effort to encourage a more healthy lifestyle by walking and bicycling to school.
Coldwater school board officers selected for year
COLDWATER - School board members on Wednesday night held an unplanned discussion on student safety.
Board member Todd Bills, who asked that the topic be added to the agenda, said a school should protect its campuses like a workplace.
Chickasaw
CHICKASAW - The Chickasaw Community Mutual Fire Company will receive $42,005 in federal funds earmarked for the purchase of extrication equipment.
WAPAKONETA - A project to clean up the Auglaize River is set to begin in March after about 10 years of planning.
The $250,000 Auglaize River Enhanc
After receiving some information about curious looking radishes growing in a Mercer County farm field last month, I made a point to check out these strange plants.
Horstman makes big plays down the stretch for New Knoxville
NEW KNOXVILLE - The last time the Marion Local Flyers and New Knoxville Rangers locked horns, the game came down to one big shot at the end.
On Thursday night at The Barn, both teams hit big shots near the end of the game but the end result was the same as last year's outcome.
CELINA - The Celina girls basketball team has shown an ability to beat their opponents in a number of different ways during their recent run of dominance.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Fort Recovery's girls basketball team pulled away from Parkway during the second half to stay unbeaten in Midwest Athletic Conference play after a 56-35 triumph over the Panthers on Thursday.
MINSTER - Powered by a suffocating defense, Minster's girls basketball team rolled to a 31-20 win over Delphos St. John's on Thursday night in Midwest Athletic Conference action.