Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued April 27 at 8:39PM EDT until April 28 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 165 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY 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 10 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BUTLER CLERMONT HAMILTON
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
DARKE MERCER PREBLE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BELLEVUE, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, GREENDALE, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE, LAWRENCEBURG, LIBERTY, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, RICHMOND, RISING SUN, SUMMERSIDE, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WARSAW, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WILLIAMSTOWN, AND WITHAMSVILLE.
61° 61° Tue 72° Tue 72° chance 50° 50° likely Wed 60° Wed 60° likely
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Thursday, May 4th, 2017
Counselor parts with hair to aid battle against cancer
Students shave her locks
By Tom Stankard
CELINA - Celina Middle School Guidance Counselor Amy Spriggs on Wednesday afternoon bravely sat alone in the center of the school gymnasium, with students and staff members looking on, as she prepared to have her head shaved.
Spriggs, after learning principal Ann Esselstein had been diagnosed with cancer last year, announced that she would allow a select number of students to do the job. [More]
Deitsch delivers
Sophomore hits game-winner as St. Henry tops Parkway
By Colin Foster
ST. HENRY - Rylee Deitsch had a game-winning hit against Marion Local earlier this season.
Deitsch delivered again on Wednesday.
The St. Henry sophomore came through with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to score Ryan Luttmer, lifting the Redskins to a 3-2 victory over visiting Parkway on Senior Night at Wally Post Athletic Complex. [More]
Obituaries on May 4th, 2017
Brandi Duke
Brandi M. Duke, 30, Celina, Ohio, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in the emergency d [More]
Richard Middendorf
Richard A. Middendorf age 86 of Fort Loramie, Ohio died on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at his home. [More]
Esther Evers-Wuebker
Esther R. Evers-Wuebker, 91, Burkettsville, died on May 4, 2017, at The Gardens [More]
Local pictures on May 4th, 2017
Subscriber stories on May 4th, 2017
St. Marys board ponders financial options
ST. MARYS - The school district's financial forecast predicts deficit spending by 2020, but district officials will wait for final state funding numbers before deciding on the district's future direction.
Conservation practices to reduce phosphorous runoff demonstrated
An official said conservation practices aimed at curbing phosphorous runoff and toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie are being demonstrated at three farms near the Kenton and Findlay areas.
Business, nonprofit to receive BWC grant
Osgood Area Life Squad, business in Maria Stein, to share $65,222
A local business and a nonprofit agency will receive $65,222 in grant money from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.
Manco Manufacturing of Maria Stein will receive $25,222, and Osgood Area Life Squad will receive $40,000 from the Ohio BWC's Safety Intervention Grant program.
LIA president stepping down but will still support lake restoration
ST. MARYS - His responsibilities may be changing at the end of this year, but Tim Lovett pledges to keep up the fight to revive Grand Lake St. Marys.
  Lovett, the Lake Improvement Association president, spoke Wednesday to the St. Marys Rotary Club at a noon meeting.
Panthers hold on for win
ROCKFORD - Before his team went out to bat in the bottom of the fifth inning, Parkway softball coach Mark Esselstein told his team to have some fun.
Bulldogs fall to Indians
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina scored three runs in the top of the first, but Shawnee quickly tied the game and then pulled away in the third inning to hand the Bulldogs a 15-5 loss in five innings in Western Buckeye League play in Shawnee Township on Wednesday.
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