Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
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, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Today 73° Today 73° slight chance 32° 32° likely Tomorrow 46° Tomorrow 46° 30° 30°
Thursday, January 12th, 2017
School levy on May 2 ballot
By Jeff Elking
NEW BREMEN - Plans are proceeding to construct a new kindergarten-eighth-grade building.
School district treasurer Jill Ahlers detailed a resolution to school board members on Monday evening to issue $14.4 million in bonds to pay for the new building. The bonds would be dated approximately June 1 and bear an estimated 5.1 percent rate to be paid over 30 years. Board members want to place the proposed 7.46-mill construction levy and 1-mill permanent improvement levy on the May 2 ballot. [More]
By Tom Stankard
CELINA - Local farmers are seeing a "concerning increase" in waterhemp in area soybean fields, Ohio State Extension Educator Jeff Stachler said during a weed-management presentation Wednesday afternoon at Wright State University-Lake Campus.
Sightings of pigweed varieties, including waterhemp, have increased in soybean fields across the state, he said. [More]
Obituaries on January 12th, 2017
Robert L. Petri age 72 passed away Monday January 9, 2017.
He was a long-time [More]
James Bonifas, 92, Coldwater, died on Jan. 11, 2017, at the Laurels of Shane Hi [More]
Elizabeth "Betty" Bruns, 67, St. Henry, died on Jan. 11, 2017, in Cincinnati. [More]
Robert Schamp, 69, rural St. Marys, died on Jan. 11, 2017, at St. Rita's Medica [More]
Local pictures on January 12th, 2017
Subscriber stories on January 12th, 2017
CELINA - Area school officials and first responders are working to get on the same page to handle emergency situations.
Mercer County school officials and representatives from the sheriff's office met on Wednesday at the Mercer County Courthouse in Celina to discuss more efficient collaboration.
Local farmers can apply for U.S. Department of Agriculture funds from two programs aimed at reducing nutrient runoff that contributes to toxic algal blooms in the Western Lake Erie Basin.
Six students make Ohio All-State Children's Choir
ST. MARYS - School district officials recognized the achievements of several students to start the new year.
Members approved a resolution recogni
CELINA - A Celina woman has pleaded not guilty to five drug-related counts from multiple incidents in April in Mercer County.
Amanda Vogan, 31, 221
COLDWATER - School board members Wednesday night elected a new president.
With the passing of the baton, outgoing board president Mike Hoying handed over control to Gary Hoying. The board then unanimously elected Dan Rose as vice president.
CHICKASAW - Village Council members are still looking for a person or two to handle supervisory duties at the water and/or wastewater treatment facilities.
Friday Night Spotlight
Close, but no cigar.
That's been a reoccurring theme for both Coldwater and Parkway early in this boys' basketball season.
Being competitive hasn't been a problem for either team, but pulling out victories sometimes has.
Hoops Highlights
The Minster girls have looked the part of the No. 1 team in Division IV this season.
It won't be an easy task for the Wildcats to earn the No. 1 spot in the MAC, though.