Flood Advisory issued August 12 at 8:10AM EDT until August 12 at 11:15AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...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... Northeastern Preble County in west central Ohio... Western Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 810 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Troy, Piqua, Greenville, Celina, Tipp City, St. Marys, West Milton, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, Covington, St. Henry, Arcanum, Newport, Bradford, Union City, Fort Loramie, Fort Recovery and Pleasant Hill.
Flood Watch issued August 11 at 11:33PM 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 Wednesday 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 through Wednesday. 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, June 8th, 2018
Brewery, pet business gain funding
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Revolving loan funds totaling $200,000 were issued to two established businesses looking to expand their operations.
Mercer County commissioners Greg Homan, Rick Muhlenkamp and Jerry Laffin on Thursday morning passed resolutions to issue revolving loan funds in the amounts of $175,000 to Moeller Brew Barn/Wright Moeller Investments LLC of Maria Stein and $25,000 to K-9 Clubhouse LLC of Coldwater. [More]
Obituaries on June 8th, 2018
James "Jim" Hart, 71, Celina, died at 1:11 a.m. June 7, 2018, at Lutheran Hospi [More]
Ronald W. Roby, 68, of Saint Marys, died 11:45 A.M. Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Van Wert. [More]
Mark J. Shelby, 58, rural New Knoxville, died at 2:13 p.m. June 6 at his residence. [More]
Local pictures on June 8th, 2018
Subscriber stories on June 8th, 2018
CELINA - A new coffee franchise is coming to town.
Jonathan Sell, who with his mother, Constance, owns and operates Biggby Coffee in St. Marys, aims to open a second store in the Grand Lake Road building that had housed Padrone's Pizza.
ST. MARYS - World War I erased Americans' belief that "the oceans would protect from things going on in Europe," curator Susan Talbot-Stanaway told more than 20 curious area residents at the St. Marys community Public Library.
Local group tours operation
FORT RECOVERY - About 20 people toured the CW Egg facility on Thursday in Fort Recovery. The egg-breaking plant owned by Cooper Farms and Weaver Brothers opened in 2014 and employs 35 people.
ST. MARYS - Residents in some areas of the city will be affected Sunday morning by a scheduled power outage from about 7-9 a.m.
This outage will af
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Minster ACME team opened its annual trip to Tennessee with two wins in games played at Smokes Stadium in Kodak, home of the Chicago Cubs' Double-A affiliate the Tennessee Smokies.