Flood Warning issued September 19 at 10:54AM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...From this afternoon to Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:40 AM EDT Saturday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this afternoon to a crest of 13.2 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° slight chance chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 78° Tomorrow 78° chance likely 59° 59° likely
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Last-minute plea deal reduces original 47 felony counts
By Margie Wuebker
CELINA - The trial of Christopher Summers, a former accounting teacher and coach accused of 47 sex-related charges involving one of his students, came to an abrupt end Wednesday afternoon when lunchtime negotiations resulted in a plea deal.
Summers, 33, who is married and the father of two children, pleaded guilty to eight counts of sexual battery, all third-degree felonies. [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County Fair organizers and country music fans alike are stoked about Friday night's concert featuring Joe Nichols and Angie Johnson, the first nationally-renowned performers to hit the grandstand stage in years.
The opening night c [More]
Obituaries on August 8th, 2013
Luella J. Franck, 92, St. Henry, passed away Aug. 6, 2013, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]
Local pictures on August 8th, 2013
Subscriber stories on August 8th, 2013
A slew of candidates for school boards and municipal councils submitted their petitions to the Mercer County Board of Elections office prior to Wednesday's filing deadline.
Many novice candidates in Auglaize County are seeking election in November. Several issues that also will appear on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. The deadline to file was 4 p.m. Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS - Fresh off of playing to tens of thousands of music fans at Lollapalooza 2013 in Chicago, critically acclaimed indie outfit The National delivered a captivating set of elegant, melancholy-suffused rock to a much smaller crowd at the Murat Theatre on Sunday night.
ST. MARYS ­- The 24th Annual Artfest at the St. Marys Community Public Library will be exhibited this weekend in conjunction with Summerfest.
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