Flood Advisory issued August 12 at 10:55AM EDT until August 12 at 2:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Preble County in west central Ohio... Western Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 215 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1054 AM EDT, local law enforcement has reported minor flooding in the advisory area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Troy, Piqua, Greenville, Celina, Tipp City, St. Marys, West Milton, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, Covington, St. Henry, Arcanum, Newport, Bradford, Union City, Fort Loramie, Fort Recovery and Pleasant Hill.
Flood Watch issued August 12 at 9:17AM EDT until August 12 at 11:00PM 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, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, 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 this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional thunderstorms are expected into this evening. Locally heavy rainfall and the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same areas are possible. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
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Friday, November 14th, 2014
Residents evacated from apartments, nearby homes
By Kathy Thompson
COLDWATER - The Lima Bomb Squad on Thursday night safely detonated a pipe bomb found at a vacant apartment in the village.
Coldwater Police Chief Jason Miller said the owner of the two-story duplex went to clean out the apartment at 321 E. College St. when he found what appeared to be a homemade pipe bomb in the back of a kitchen drawer about 7:30 p.m. [More]
Members review four application complaints
By Nancy Allen
CELINA - Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors on Thursday reviewed two allegations of improper manure application and two pollution allegations.
All of the allegations were deemed invalid.
The first manure application complaint was reported Oct. 31 on Guadalupe Road east of Botkins Road in the Grand Lake Watershed. The caller was concerned that liquid dairy manure had not been applied without a setback from the road ditch. [More]
Obituaries on November 14th, 2014
Janet A. Barber, 72, St. Marys, died Nov. 12, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Patricia J. Rock Wright, 83, Huron, passed away Nov. 11, 2014, at the Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky. [More]
Local pictures on November 14th, 2014
Subscriber stories on November 14th, 2014
MONTEZUMA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday agreed to pay $140,000 for land contiguous to the county-owned airport.
Potential uses for the land include a possible future expansion of the Lakefield Airport in Montezuma, according to Mercer County Commissioner Jerry Laffin.
CELINA - Harbor Life Ministries failed to repay $56,132 to the city's revolving loan fund by the deadline Wednesday.
City council members likely
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners are seeking public input before extending a $100,000 loan to a company proposing to build a Happy Daz restaurant in the city.
FORT RECOVERY - Cassidy Rammel wants to be a nurse one day. When it comes to volleyball, she loves to hit.
The University of Saint Francis was a perfect fit.
FORT RECOVERY - Love and basketball were the deciding factors in Fort Recovery's Tori Lennartz taking her talents up north.
The Indian senior sign
Colin's Commentary
This is a lede (journalism term) about a lead - the only lead an opponent had on Marion Local this season.
The Fort Recovery Indians (7-4), ranked
All-Western Buckeye League Football
League champion Wapakoneta claimed several top awards as the Western Buckeye League released its all-league football team Thursday night.
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