Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 26 at 7:44PM EDT until March 26 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... Northern Darke County in west central Ohio... Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 743 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Geneva, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, St. Henry, Newport, Fort Loramie, Fort Recovery, Ansonia, New Knoxville, Webster, Wabash, Russia, Osgood, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, North Star, and Rossburg.
Tornado Watch issued March 26 at 7:37PM EDT until March 26 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
TORNADO WATCH 75 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO DELAWARE LICKING UNION OH IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO AUGLAIZE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER SHELBY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BELLEFONTAINE, CELINA, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, KENTON, MARYSVILLE, NEWARK, SIDNEY, ST. MARYS, AND WAPAKONETA.
Schools officials list options for possible improvements
By Tom Millhouse
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Schools District officials want residents' opinions on plans to upgrade its facilities.
Garman Miller & Associates recently prepared a master plan after assessing the school's facilities, superintendent Mike Pohlman said. The feasibility study identified six possible improvements, ranging from a concession/restroom building at the football stadium to a new high school. [More]
CELINA - The city was without power for about an hour on Tuesday morning/afternoon.
Mayor Jeff Hazel this morning said the outage likely was the result a bird striking a 69-kilovolt power line within 3.9 miles of the Sugar Street substation.
Electricity went out about 11:30 a.m. in an area reportedly stretching from at least Staeger Road to the Mercer County Sheriff's Office, west of Celina. [More]
ST. MARYS - A Lima court this week upheld a local court's ruling that dismissed an appeal by a former area optometrist convicted in 2013 of sexual imposition.
ROCKFORD - Village council members at Tuesday night's meeting discussed the need for an effective disaster recovery plan.
With no plan in place, council members agreed if a disaster such as a fire or tornado should damage village hall, they could convene at the Rockford Community Building Hall.
ROCKFORD - Parkway High School business teacher Kevin Browning at Tuesday's meeting excitedly told board of eduction members about his students' participation in the Believe in Ohio competition.
