Friday, April 27th, 2018 | The Daily Standard

Flood Warning issued August 12 at 2:07PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...East Central Union County in east central Indiana... East Central Wayne County in east central Indiana... Northern Butler County in southwestern Ohio... Northwestern Warren County in southwestern Ohio... Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio... Montgomery County in west central Ohio... Preble County in west central Ohio... Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 800 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 207 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported ongoing flooding in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Dayton, Kettering, Huber Heights, Troy, Trotwood, Sidney, Piqua, Miamisburg, Springboro, Vandalia, Englewood, Greenville, Franklin, Celina, Tipp City, Eaton, St. Marys and Moraine.

Flood Watch issued August 12 at 9:17AM EDT until August 12 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, 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 this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional thunderstorms are expected into this evening. Locally heavy rainfall and the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same areas are possible. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.

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Friday, April 27th, 2018

West Beach project to kick off soon

Aim to allow swimming in Grand Lake

By William Kincaid

CELINA - State and local officials this summer will launch an ambitious, half-million dollar endeavor to improve water quality at West Beach near Villa Nova to the point where people can once again swim there.

If successful, the project could be replicated at other local beaches and, perhaps more importantly, dispel widely held notions that all 13,500 acres of Grand Lake are potentially too dangerous for contact, officials say. [More]

Grinding out a victory

Wendel's single lifts Indians past Cavaliers

By Gary R. Rasberry

FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery had no signs of panic during the middle of the seventh inning after Coldwater had tied the game at 3-all in the top of the inning.

The Indians just simply went to work to prevent extra innings.

Cade Wendel singled down the right field line with no outs in the bottom of the seventh to score Ethan Schoen as the Indians beat the Cavaliers 4-3 in a battle of state-ranked MAC baseball co-leaders. [More]

Obituaries on April 27th, 2018

Scott Humbert

Scott L. Humbert, 60, Celina, died at 7:32 p.m. April 25, 2018, at Joint Townsh [More]

Arnold Pax

Arnold Pax, 66, of rural Mendon died on April 25, 2018, at Lima Memorial Health [More]

Local pictures on April 27th, 2018

Subscriber stories on April 27th, 2018

Local man raises funds by running marathon

CELINA - Rod Carpenter spent years life thinking he would never run again, but this summer he'll run a marathon to help raise money for two local nonprofit agencies.

St. Marys plant bids well under estimate

ST. MARYS - Construction of the city's planned new water treatment plant will be less costly than anticipated.

The winning bids totaled $14.675 million from Peterson Construction Co., Wapakoneta, a savings of more than $2 million from the engineer's estimate of $16.8 million.

Truck-wash plan gets boost with county loan

CELINA - Two men involved in the poultry trucking industry are joining forces to build a $1 million bio-secure truck wash in the Marion Township Industrial Park that will create 10 full-time jobs.

Celina board launches search for new member

CELINA - The search for a new school board member continued with an hourlong executive session on Thursday and will include another session next week, district superintendent Ken Schmiesing said.

Fire investigation continues

ST. HENRY - The cause of a home fire that started in the upstairs rooms at 141 W. Main St. is still under investigation, fire chief Matt Lefeld said this morning.

Coldwater water advisory lifted

COLDWATER - The boil advisory stemming from four water main breaks in the village has been lifted.

Village manager/engineer Eric Thomas said test results on Thursday had detected no bacteria.

Cardinals take down Panthers 8-4

Tenkman tosses second complete game in victory

NEW BREMEN - New Bremen pitcher Justin Tenkman was unbeaten in Midwest Athletic Conference baseball play entering Thursday's game with Parkway.

It stayed that way.

Flyers top Bulldogs in non-conference play

Compiled by Colin Foster

Marion Local trailed Celina 3-2 after four innings before the Flyers three runs in the fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh to pull away for an 8-4 non-conference softball win over the Bulldogs at Jim Hoess Field.

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