Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 9:49PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Shelby County in west central Ohio... Southern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Central Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1030 PM EDT.
* At 948 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. Marys, moving southeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include... Celina, Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Anna, Jackson Center, Botkins, New Knoxville, Moulton, Wabash, Port Jefferson, Kettlersville, Montezuma, Fryburg, Montra, Tama, Neptune, and Maplewood.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 96 and 112.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 9:29PM EDT until August 10 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Northern Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1015 PM EDT.
* At 929 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ohio City, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Rockford, Mendon, Buckland, Uniopolis, Chattanooga, Kossuth, Tama, St. Johns, Neptune, and State Route 116 at State Route 197.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 111 and 118.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 7:26PM EDT until August 11 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 560 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
WAYNE
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, GREENVILLE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST JEFFERSON, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 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 Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
69° 69° chance Tue 82° Tue 82° likely 66° 66° likely Wed 82° Wed 82° chance
Friday, May 1st, 2015
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Sidewalk and parking spaces remain barricaded in front of the former Illusions Nite Club on Main Street - much to the chagrin of downtown merchants - as the building's ownership continues to be investigated.
The section has been closed for at least three weeks to prevent injuries if buckling bricks fall to the ground. City officials have deemed the building dangerous due to exterior structural problems. [More]
Obituaries on May 1st, 2015
Stanley A. Ahlers, 93, Fort Recovery, Ohio, died April 29, 2015 at The Gardens at St. Henry, St. Henry, Ohio. [More]
Lillian Martha Holtzapple, 93, of St. Marys, OH died 8:55 p.m. Wednesday April 29, 2015 at Otterbein Retirement Community in St. Marys, OH. [More]
Local pictures on May 1st, 2015
Subscriber stories on May 1st, 2015
Decision 2015
ST. MARYS - City officials on Tuesday will ask residents to renew a 0.5 percent income tax levy that was first approved 30 years ago to fund capital improvement projects.
Decision 2015
NEW BREMEN - School officials on Tuesday will ask district voters to renew a permanent improvement levy that has been in effect for 45 years.
The c
CELINA - It's no surprise to local law enforcement that Ohio in 2013 had a record number of heroin-related overdoses.  
"Maybe the state's finally paying attention to the issue," chief deputy Gery Thobe of the Mercer County Sheriff's Office said this morning.
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday approved hiring a Coldwater company to demolish and fill a vacant underground coal bin north of the courthouse.
ST. MARYS - St. Marys scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning to beat Coldwater 2-1 Thursday at K.C. Geiger Park.
The Roughrider
CELINA - After losing in Western Buckeye League action for the first time on Tuesday, Celina bounced back with a strong pitching performance from Jimmy Luebke in beating Van Wert 9-3 Thursday at Montgomery Field.
MARIA STEIN - Every story has two sides.
And in Thursday night's Midwest Athletic Conference tilt between Marion Local and Minster, the story of the first inning was perfection for the Flyers but disastrous for the visiting Wildcats.
Thursday's Local Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster and
Gary R. Rasberry
The MAC-leading Versailles Tigers scored six runs in the first two innings and busted the game wide open with a seven-run fourth to stay unbeaten in league play with a 13-5 win over St.Henry.