Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 3:09AM EDT until September 16 at 7:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
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The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 700 AM EDT.
* At 309 AM EDT, radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include... Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Carthagena, Neptune, Chattanooga and Maria Stein.
70° 70° slight chance chance Wed 86° Wed 86° chance 69° 69° slight chance chance Thu 84° Thu 84° likely
Saturday, June 23rd, 2018
Law enforcement trains for shooter
By William Kincaid
MERCER COUNTY - Law enforcement officials across the country have adopted much more aggressive ways to respond to active-school shootings since the infamous Columbine High School massacre that unfolded almost two decades ago.
Training for police officers and sheriff's deputies this week in St. Henry illustrated that shift in response by emphasizing that a quick response is essential to quell carnage and minimize the damage inside the school. [More]
Obituaries on June 23rd, 2018
Colette Dugan, 84, of St. Marys, OH died at 3:47 a.m. Thursday June 21, 2018 at Otterbein-St. Marys. [More]
Terry L. Kennedy, 74, of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, formerly of Medina, Ohio, died June 21, 2018, in Winchester, Virginia. [More]
Marcella Smerik, 97, of Celina, died June 22, 2018, at the Laurels of Shane Hil [More]
Local pictures on June 23rd, 2018
Subscriber stories on June 23rd, 2018
CELINA - Chad A. Ralston, 40, Rockford, has received his second 17-month prison sentence on charges involving juveniles.
Ralston was sentenced on Friday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on a charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, a fourth-degree felony.
Compiled by Colin Foster
The Grand Lake Mariners scored three runs in the top of the sixth to defeat the Hamilton Joes 4-3 in Friday's nightcap and salvage a doubleheader split at Foundation Field in Hamilton.