Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 15 at 11:57PM EDT until March 16 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 61 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
LEWIS
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL GRANT KENTON MASON PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Wind Advisory issued March 15 at 9:34PM EDT until March 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph becoming west southwest.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
33° 33° Mon 36° Mon 36° chance 18° 18° chance Tue 28° Tue 28°
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
Obituaries on June 22nd, 2016
Maria A. Droesch, 17, of Kirklin, Indiana, and St. Henry, OH, died in an automobile accident Monday, June 20, 2016 in Clinton County, IN. [More]
Brenda Kay Schemmel, age 54, Ft. Loramie, Ohio, passed away Monday evening, June 20, 2016, at her residence following a courageous battle with cancer. [More]
Jodie Hatfield, 57, St. Marys, died on June 15, 2016, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Tenn. [More]
Stories on June 22nd, 2016
Rockford council moves forward on subdivision
ROCKFORD - Village officials have decided to bid on a mobile home park for sale in town and are leaning toward proceeding with a proposed subdivision west of the village.
Officials withholding man's name until family is notified
CELINA - The body of a crash victim and a motorcycle were discovered Tuesday along a Mercer County highway, but Celina police officials are unsure how long the man's body had lain there. [More]
KIRKLIN, Ind. - A girl with family ties to Mercer County died in a two-vehicle accident on Monday evening in Clinton County, Ind.
Maria Droesch, 17
FORT RECOVERY - School board members at Tuesday's meeting hired a St. Henry teacher to be the new middle school principal.
Tony Stahl will take over for Matt Triplett, who resigned in May to become the Parkway Local Schools athletic director.
Increase covers all staff except administrators
COLDWATER - All teachers, staff and other school district workers will receive a 2 percent pay raise for the upcoming school year.
School board mem
Panels would be installed around senior living center
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County commissioners may join the solar energy scene.
They met on Tuesday with Palmer Energy Co. analyst Melissa Webne, Kim S
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved a request by maintenance supervisor Dave Dorsten to replace the outside courthouse light fixtures with LED lighting.
COLDWATER - A new business has rolled into the area.
Hunger Struck is a new food truck owned by Chad Fleck and Russ Fortener of Coldwater, along with business partner Jay Miller.
Meyer's squeeze bunt helps Coldwater beat Celina in 14 innings
CELINA - Coldwater's Sam Broering bolted for home as Celina's Seth Lonsway delivered. Preston Meyer dropped down the perfect squeeze bunt.
What ha [More]
ROCKFORD - Parkway countered Fort Recovery's four-run burst in the top of the third inning with a seven-run effort in the bottom of the third to rally and beat the Indians 10-6 in Mercer County ACME baseball action at Don Black Field in Rockford.
Tuesday's Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Marion Local scored four runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 6-6 and then plated a run in the top of the seventh to pick up a 7-6 win over St. Henry at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
Local pictures on June 22nd, 2016