Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 11 at 11:46PM EDT until June 12 at 3:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY 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 16 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
MADISON UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BUTLER WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BROOKVILLE, CAMDEN, CELINA, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FRANKLIN, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, KENTON, KETTERING, LANDEN, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, OXFORD, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, AND XENIA.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 12 at 12:22AM EDT until June 12 at 12:45AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 1222 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bluffton to near Belle Center to near Troy, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include... Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Bellefontaine, Tipp City, Kenton, Ada, West Milton, St. Paris, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Union, and Northwood.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 66 and 96.
68° 68° slight chance likely Fri 80° Fri 80° chance 61° 61° Sat 85° Sat 85°
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
Wright State gains $700K in funds for medical program
By Claire Giesige
CELINA - Wright State University's plan to improve rural health care recently was boosted by grants and donations totaling $700,000.
University officials on Monday announced the receipt of a $400,000 gift from the Mercer County Civic Foundation for the growing Lake Campus medical program, and a $300,000 grant for the college's Wright Rural Health Initiative from HealthPath Foundation of Ohio, a Cincinnati organization dedicated to improving Ohioans' access to health care. [More]
Obituaries on December 22nd, 2015
Donald E. Bohman, age 86, of Minster, died on Saturday December 19, 2015 at Heritage Manor in Minster. [More]
Winifred "Winnie" O'Connor, 97, of Saint Marys, died 4:30 P.M. Sunday, December 20, 2015, at Otterbein Saint Marys Retirement Community. [More]
June J. Charles, 85, Union City, died at 8:14 p.m. Dec. 16, 2015, at Celina Manor nursing home. [More]
Gerald A. Long, 86, Wapakoneta died at 10:20 a.m. Dec. 21, 2015, at Heritage Ma [More]
Luella M. Smith, 85, Celina, died at 5:15 a.m. Dec. 21, 2015, at Joint Township [More]
James H. Sampson, 87, Saint Marys, Ohio, died 2:23 P.M. Monday, December 21, 2015, at the Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
William D. "Bill" Pontius, 83, of Rockford, Ohio, died on Monday, December 21, 2015, at McLaren Macomb Hospital in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. [More]
Local pictures on December 22nd, 2015
Subscriber stories on December 22nd, 2015
Funds would be used to build facilities for people with special needs
FORT RECOVERY - Village officials are seeking funds from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to construct a $230,000 basketball and tennis court facility for people with special needs.
Mercer County
Mercer County's jobless rate this morning was bumped to the second lowest in the state as two other counties tied for the bottom spot.
The unemploy
WAPAKONETA - Filings by candidates for the March 15 primary election in Auglaize County were deemed valid Monday.
The formal action was taken during a meeting with the board of elections.
MARIA STEIN - Two evenly-matched teams wearing Blue and Gold uniforms met at the Hangar on Monday night.
One of those teams was slightly better in crunch time.
ST. HENRY - After playing Wapakoneta tough for the first half, St. Henry struggled with its shooting in the second half, allowing Wapak to pull away for a 35-22 girls basketball win in a battle of Redskins at St. Henry's Redskin Gymnasium on Monday.
Compiled by Colin Foster
The Fort Recovery girls basketball team jumped out to a 25-4 first-quarter lead on Greenville and cruised to a 63-33 victory to improve to 6-1 on the season.