Flood Watch issued August 15 at 2:16AM EDT until August 16 at 8:00AM 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, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Preble, Ross, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From noon EDT today through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected today and tonight. Heavy rainfall is possible, especially tonight, which may result in flash flooding.
67° 67° Sat 84° Sat 84° slight chance likely 72° 72° likely Sun 86° Sun 86° chance
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
Obituaries on July 2nd, 2013
Shirley Marie Hawkey, 69, Oshkosh, Wis., passed away at 10 p.m. Jan. 18, 2013, as the result of a lung disease. [More]
Jerry W. Henkaline, 67, of Minster, died at 11:49 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Ruth M. Binz, 62, wife of Michael Binz, passed away June 30, 2013.
She was born in Celina to Harold and Verna Sage Andrews. [More]
Rosemary R. Meinerding, 79, formerly of Mendon and St. Marys, died at 10:20 p.m [More]
Stories on July 2nd, 2013
Dead zone impedes police department's radio transmission
CELINA - Communication complications are hindering the move of the city's police department into the basement of the recently purchased building on Main Street.
More than 3 inches of rain fall near Fort Recovery
FORT RECOVERY - A heavy downpour of rain Monday morning along the western edge of Mercer County left a state highway flooded and closed to traffic for several hours. [More]
VERSAILLES - The body of an unidentified man was removed from a burning camper north of the village early Monday morning.
The Darke County Sheriff
The four children of former Celina residents Don and Betty Purdy, who passed away in June 2012, gathered Thursday in Celina to dedicate three pianos the family donated to Celina City Schools.
Mercer County
Ryan Kemper has been hired as the new district conservationist for Mercer County. He started the new post Monday.
Kemper is a familiar face in the
Auglaize County ACME Sectional Tournament
MINSTER - The top two seeds earned come-from-behind wins as the Auglaize County ACME baseball sectional tournament finally got underway on Monday after Sunday's rainouts.
Local pictures on July 2nd, 2013