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.
66° 66° chance Wed 83° Wed 83° chance 66° 66° chance Thu 82° Thu 82° likely
Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
By William Kincaid
CELINA - City officials on Monday night honored the memory of Paul Arnold, a Korean War veteran and pillar of public service who helped lead the city as mayor from 2000 to 2003 and its schools on the board of education from 1978 to 1981.
Mayor Jeff Hazel on Monday morning also ordered flags on city property to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Arnold, who died at 89 on Saturday afternoon at Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, according to his obituary. [More]
By Leslie Gartrell
  CELINA - Health officials warn the highly contagious delta variant is likely to blame for the increased COVID-19 activity in the area, as 38 new cases reported since Wednesday raised the county's cumulative case count to 4,305.
Mercer County Health District officials in a social media post Monday reported the new cases and said the active number of cases in the county is 69. [More]
Bulldogs score early and often in 12-0 victory over Greenville
By Gary R. Rasberry
By GARY R. RASBERRY
grasberry@dailystandard.com
CELINA - The first-game jitters from Saturday were swept out of the way on Monday night.
Celina scored three goals within a 3 1/2 minute span in the first half and never looked back, picking up its first win of the season in a 12-0 victory over Greenville in girls soccer action at the soccer stadium. [More]
Obituaries on August 24th, 2021
Yvonne V. Hartwig, 71, recently of Covington and formerly of New Bremen, died suddenly on Friday, August 20, 2021 at 9:11 A.M. at her residence. [More]
Local pictures on August 24th, 2021
Subscriber stories on August 24th, 2021
CELINA - City officials plan to install a new full-length basketball court in the Bryson Park District along Lake Shore Drive.
City council member
ST. MARYS - As temperatures are expected to reach well into the 90s in the next few days, St. Marys residents are asked to lower electricity usage between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, a time of peak usage, according to a news release from the city.
Contract crews will be starting to fog seal various rural local roads in Mercer County in mid-September, according to a news release from the Mercer County Engineer's Office.
COLDWATER - Council members at Monday's meeting learned village officials have followed up on complaints from residents about an unkempt abandoned house in the village.
ST. HENRY - Council members met briefly Monday evening to discuss project updates, including an upcoming street paving project and redoing two baseball diamonds.
NEW BREMEN -- Village council members during their Monday meeting approved a Community Reinvestment Agreement with Mescher Properties LLC. Under the agreement, Mescher Properties would receive a 45% tax abatement for eight years.
ST. HENRY - Among farmers, one family's tragedy can feel like every family's tragedy.  
On Aug. 10, three brothers died from the toxic fumes of a
Compiled By Tom Haines
Grace Romer was the only golfer to break 50 as the Celina girls golf team beat Western Buckeye League rivals Kenton and St. Marys at the Celina Lynx on Monday.