Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby.
* WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
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Friday, January 24th, 2020
Don't get caught in The App Trap
By Leslie Gartrell
CELINA - A former Internet Crimes Against Children task force investigator and internet safety expert wants to help empower teens and educate parents about current trends and online risks.
Scott Frank worked in law enforcement for 36 years, including time with the Ottawa and Wood counties sheriff's departments and as a DARE resource officer. He joined the ICAC in 2006 and was a "chatter," someone who would pose as a 15 year-old or younger to draw out predators. [More]
Hungry like a Wolf
Minster junior scores school-record 36 points in win over Cardinals
By Gary R. Rasberry
MINSTER - There's no other way to say it: Ivy Wolf was on fire Thursday night.
But it wasn't until after the third quarter that she realized how blazing hot she was.
The Minster junior set the school record for points in a game with 36 in three quarters as the Wildcats' tenaciousness defense wreaked havoc on New Bremen to the tune of a 66-27 rout in Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball play at Wildcat Gymnasium. [More]
Obituaries on January 24th, 2020
Meredith McCarter
Meredith Diann (Huss) McCarter, age 45 of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at home with her family. [More]
Kelli Schoen
Kelli Jo Schoen (McAfee), age 62, passed away peacefully on Monday January 20, [More]
James Huber
James P. Huber, age 68, longtime resident of Salt Lake City, formerly of Minste [More]
Vickie Wehrhahn
Vickie Lynn Fernung Wehrhahn, 61, St. Marys, died on Jan. 17, 2020, at Heritage [More]
Alvin Bills
Alvin Bills, 79, Maria Stein, died on Jan. 23, 2020.
Arrangements are pending [More]
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Subscriber stories on January 24th, 2020
Board fires coaches charged with murder
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery Local Schools Board of Education members fired high school head softball coach Esther Stephen and assistant coach Shelby Hiestand and hired a new head softball coach at a special meeting on Thursday evening.
Council considers electric policy
CELINA - City councilors will soon vote on legislation formalizing a decades-old practice of offering a discount on transformers installed as part of commercial and rural electricity extension projects.
County OKs sheriff's computer storage
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners this week signed off on sheriff Jeff Grey's request to spend nearly $30,000 for computer storage for his office.
Rangers throttle Redskins at the Barn
NEW KNOXVILLE - St. Henry at New Knoxville was supposed to be one of the Midwest Athletic Conference's most competitive games on Thursday night.
By halftime, however, people were probably wondering what the heck is happening.
Area Roundup
Cubberly wins diving title
Compiled by Colin Foster
Celina's Holden Cubberly is the back-to-back Western Buckeye League diving champion.
He won it this year with a perso
Celina will induct 5 into Hall
Five former Celina High School athletes will be inducted into the Celina Athletic Hall of Fame between the boys' junior varsity and varsity games aga
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