Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 2:44PM EDT until August 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 554 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
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 11 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
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, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, 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, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
Today 84° Today 84° chance 68° 68° chance likely Tomorrow 82° Tomorrow 82° likely chance 67° 67° chance
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
By Sydney Albert
ST. HENRY - The St. Henry Booster Club so far has raised about $1 million for a proposed new athletic building and members expect more donations to help reach the $1.5 million goal.
Booster Club member Eric Huelskamp said the current building design by Garmann Miller & Associates would place the facility in the lot east of the high school. The roughly 19,400-square-foot building is designed for athletic, school and community use and includes a weight room and two basketball courts. [More]
Council members learn about savings on sledding hill
By Jeff Elking
NEW BREMEN - Village street improvements are set to start this spring.
Council members approved awarding the Front Street and Eastmoor Drive project to Shinn Brothers Inc. of Celina, one of nine bidders. Work on the $1.56 million reconstruction job is tentatively set to start in late April and be completed in October. [More]
Obituaries on January 9th, 2018
William F. Doseck, 99, formerly of Botkins, died 3:32 A.M. Friday, January 5, 2 [More]
Kenneth E. Krauss, 94, Saint Marys, died 8:47 P.M. Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Otterbein Saint Marys Retirement Community. [More]
Mary Dedrick, 84, St. Marys, died on Jan. 6, 2018, in Fort Pierce, Florida.
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Francis J. Winget, 85, Celina, died at 7 p.m. Jan. 8, 2018. He was a resident a [More]
Eileen Hess, 86, Osgood, died on Jan. 9, 2018, at the Gardens at St. Henry.
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Local pictures on January 9th, 2018
Subscriber stories on January 9th, 2018
Walkway project payment OK'd
CELINA - City council members will again pay off a portion of debt on the West Bank walkway project and refinance the rest.
Mayor Jeff Hazel called the move standard procedure, saying it was a way for the city to help reduce the debt each year.
COLDWATER - Village council members on Monday passed under suspension of rules an emergency ordinance authorizing village administrator/engineer Eric Thomas to apply for a grant through the Clean Ohio Fund.
ST. MARYS - The city received the Auditor of State Award on Monday from James Darden, liaison of State Auditor Dave Yost's office, for being one of very few entities audited by the state to have a clean audit report.
Water, wastewater plant study planned
ST. HENRY - Village council members on Monday welcomed two new members.
Allan Bruns, an engineer with Celina Tent, and Troy Flenar, a manufacturing unit manager with Crown Equipment Corp., were sworn in by mayor Steve Koesters.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local High School students will be required to take a course focusing on future careers.
Superintendent Mike Pohlman said he and high school principal Tim Goodwin had met previously with guidance counselor Jenny Dippold to discuss the possibility.
CELINA - School board members at Monday's organizational meeting elected Matt Gilmore as board president and Bill Sell as vice president for 2018, superintendent Ken Schmiesing said this morning.