Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 6 at 3:45PM EDT until June 6 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 279 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
FRANKLIN
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING MADISON PICKAWAY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BUTLER CLINTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BLANCHESTER, BROOKVILLE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FRANKLIN, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HILLSBORO, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILMINGTON, AND XENIA.
Today 82° Today 82° likely 67° 67° slight chance Tomorrow 81° Tomorrow 81° slight chance 67° 67° slight chance
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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