Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 7:26PM EDT until August 11 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 560 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
WAYNE
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, GREENVILLE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST JEFFERSON, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 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 morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
69° 69° chance Tue 82° Tue 82° likely 66° 66° likely Wed 82° Wed 82° chance
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Area players, coaches react to high court's decision on compensation
By Tom Haines
It will likely be years before Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision has ramifications for sports in Mercer County, if it ever does. But as change looms in college sports, coaches and athletes at all levels are taking notice.
The decision, which ruled that an NCAA restriction on "education-related benefits" such as laptops and study abroad trips given to college athletes violated antitrust laws, is widely seen as the first step toward paying college athletes. [More]
By William Kincaid
CELINA - The iconic Celina High School Fieldhouse is undergoing a nearly $100,000 facelift ahead of an eventual $126.8 million school building project.
Contractors will replace lights, revamp the floor and put a new coat of paint on the ceiling of the building, superintendent Ken Schmiesing said this week. [More]
Obituaries on June 23rd, 2021
Ronald P. Knapke, 54, of Coldwater, passed away at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, 2021 surrounded by his family. [More]
Darlene Alma Thees, age 76 of Celina, passed away at the Gardens at Celina on June 21, 2021 at 9:46 pm. [More]
Charlene Gayle Smith "Charlie," 65, formerly of Tehachapi, California, and recently of Mendon, died June 20, 2021, at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. [More]
Martha (Fry) Wisener died April 2, 2020, in Galloway.
A celebration of life will be held Friday at Celina's Lakeshore Park shelter house. [More]
Todd Oberlitner, 61, Mendon, died June 22, 2021, at Lima Memorial Health System [More]
Local pictures on June 23rd, 2021
Subscriber stories on June 23rd, 2021
COLDWATER - Local funding has surpassed state foundation funding as a source of revenue for the school district, making up roughly 51% of revenue, according to district treasurer Jenn McCoy.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday accepted a $360,000 Midwest Electric loan for the now completed Marion Township Industrial Park infrastructure project.
CELINA - Development of the Burntwood-Langenkamp Wetland project will be advertised starting July 6, with sealed bids to be opened July 22 at the Mercer County Commissioner's Office.
WAPAKONETA - Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Auglaize County, raising the county's cumulative case count to 3,697, according to a news release from county health department officials.
Mercer County's unemployment rate for May was 2.9%, up slightly from April's rate of 2.8%.
However, the county maintained its status as second lowest for joblessness among Ohio's 88 counties, according to an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services news release.
ST. MARYS - The West Beach has been placed under a contamination advisory due to high E. coli bacteria levels, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
CELINA - After Royal Oak took the lead twice in the first five innings, it was Grand Lake that struck the decisive blow.
Aided by some defensive mi
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Lima Junior Golf Association took its summer tour to Colonial Golfers Club in Harrod for the Reinke Ford Open.