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.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 16 at 1:20AM EDT until March 16 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 61 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
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 29 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 GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MIAMI MONTGOMERY SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BROOKSVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMP DIX, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENFIELD, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LEBANON, 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, RIPLEY, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
33° 33° Mon 36° Mon 36° chance 18° 18° chance Tue 28° Tue 28°
Friday, January 12th, 2018
Illness 'widespread' in 46 states, health official says
By Ed Gebert
WAPAKONETA - Flu season is hitting the area and the nation hard this year.
Nationally the flu is at its most serious classification, "widespread," in 46 states, Auglaize County Health Department Director of Nursing Brenda Eiting said at Thursday's regular meeting. Many areas report three to four times as many cases as they did last year. [More]
By Colin Foster
ST. HENRY - Minster was ranked the top team in the first Associated Press Division IV state poll.
Wendi Moorman and St. Henry won't argue with the pollsters after Thursday.
Courtney Prenger led a quartet of Minster players in double figures with a game-high 20 points, and the Wildcats' pressure defense forced the Redskins into 34 turnovers in a 65-25 victory at Redskin Gymnasium. [More]
Obituaries on January 12th, 2018
Lester Alfred Balster, age 82, passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 27, 2017 with his family by his side. [More]
Madgealine Edna Denney, 100, of St. Marys, OH died at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday January 10, 2018 at JTDM Hospital in St. Marys surrounded by her family. [More]
Lela Mae Williams, age 95, of Celina, Ohio passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 at the Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Doris M. Hoffman, age 88, of Celina, Ohio, passed away at 3:50 pm on Wednesday, [More]
Cletus Hemmelgarn, 94, Burkettsville, died Dec. 11, 2018, at Briarwood Village, [More]
Local pictures on January 12th, 2018
Subscriber stories on January 12th, 2018
A manure application found to have violated the Grand Lake Watershed's distressed watershed rules has been turned over to the state for possible enforcement action.
CELINA - Rapidly changing conditions left weather forecasters grasping at straws while they tried to predict the impact of today's storm.
Snow total predictions ranged from 20 inches earlier in the week to 1-3 inches more recently.
ST. MARYS - Auglaize County Sheriff's deputies reportedly found drugs in a St. Marys home on Wednesday while executing a domestic-violence arrest warrant for a Coldwater man.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday transferred money from the general fund into accounts for the Soil and Water Conservation District, the Emergency Management Agency and community development department.
NEW BREMEN - A couple spurts of long range offense was all Fort Recovery needed to dominate New Bremen in defensive battle Thursday night at the Cardinal Gymnasium.
CELINA - In the record book, Celina's 42-36 decision over Bath in wrestling will go down as a win.
The win will also go down as a Western Buckeye League victory for the Bulldogs, moving them to 4-0 in league duals.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina was shut out by Bath 3-0 in the third quarter and scored just eight points in the fourth quarter as the Wildkittens picked up the 45-23 win at the Tub in Bath Township in Thursday night WBL girls' basketball. The Bulldogs drop to 1-13 with the loss.
ST. ANTHONY - Modern newlyweds are putting their own spin onto some wedding traditions, and that trend can appear in surprising ways - even in how th