Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
FORT RECOVERY - School board members hope to hire a new superintendent by the end of school year to replace Shelly Vaughn, who was recently chosen to head up the Mercer County Education Services Center.
ROCKFORD - Village Council at Tuesday night's meeting gave final approval to two permissive tax levies on vehicle registrations, which will generate about $10,000 per year for the village.
CELINA - A portion of Sycamore Street was shut down Tuesday afternoon after a 27-year-old man barricaded himself in his bathroom and told officers he had a gun. [More]
Division IV Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals at Kettering
KETTERING - The task of matching up with the Marion Local Flyers was literally too tall for Jackson Center in a rematch against them in the Division IV regional semifinal.
Marion Local's Allie Thobe was the only local athlete to earn a spot on the Associated Press Division IV All-Ohio girls basketball team when it was released on Tuesday night.
CELINA - People interested in joining the Marines will no longer need to travel to Lima to get information. The U.S. Marines Corps has opened a recruiting office in Celina at 1949 Havemann Road near the Dunham Sporting Goods Store.
