Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 2:44PM EDT until August 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 554 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, 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.
Today 84° Today 84° chance 68° 68° chance likely Tomorrow 82° Tomorrow 82° likely chance 67° 67° chance
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
Obituaries on February 15th, 2022
Madonna M. Vehorn, 95, of Botkins, Ohio, died 11:50 a.m., Sunday, February 6, 2022, at Otterbein-Cridersville, surrounded by her family. [More]
Alice M. Hellwarth, age 95, passed away December 24, 2021, in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, where she had lived since 2017. [More]
Maurice Carl Backs, 92, of St. Joe, Ohio, passed away on Monday, February 14, 2022, at The Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Joseph "Joe" A. Fiely, 63, of Chicago, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at his home. [More]
Hilda F. Niekamp, age 95, of New Bremen, passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 9:45 P.M. at her residence outside of New Bremen. [More]
Richard Clair "Cowboy" Stein Sr., age 70 of Rockford, Ohio passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at the Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Stories on February 15th, 2022
CELINA - Area superintendents have asked Tri Star director Tim Buschur to explore establishing a different Tri Star governing structure that would offer them more say in decision making, Celina school board members learned at their meeting Monday. [More]
ROCKFORD - Parkway Local Schools board of education members on Monday night approved creating a capital projects fund for three proposed projects, including a $3.2 million athletic facility.
ST. MARYS - City police and utility staff will be getting raises after council approved new 3-year contracts for both unions during their meeting Monday night.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday passed on third reading water and sewer rates ordinances, which will increase water and sewer bills.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials in a news release Monday reported 31 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since their last report on Thursday, raising the cumulative number of cases to 7,366 since the pandemic began two years ago.
COLDWATER - Police chief Jason Miller during Monday's brief council meeting thanked Celina police for their help with a search warrant and the subsequent recovery of suspected drugs.
CELINA - City council members on Monday night passed emergency legislation authorizing the hiring of an additional human resource coordinator and moved to take ownership of a property through forfeiture.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school board members at their meeting Monday night approved added incentives for school bus drivers to create more interest in the positions as some drivers are expected to retire at the end of the year. [More]
The Daily Standard newspaper and six staff members have been named finalists for awards in the annual Ohio Associated Press Media Editor's 2021 newspaper contest.
Miracle to compete in state girls wrestling meet
Kenzie Miracle stopped wrestling for a while before getting back into the sport shortly after this past Christmas break.
In coming back to the sport, the Celina freshman did not have any aspirations of wrestling in a state tournament.
Local pictures on February 15th, 2022