Special Weather Statement issued August 13 at 6:14AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Fog has developed across the area. This is reducing visibility to 1 mile or less in some locations. Motorists should be prepared for rapid changes in visibility along their route. Slow down and only use your low beam headlights.
Flood Watch issued August 13 at 4:50AM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM 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 Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A lull in rainfall will continue for much of the day. However, additional storms will move into the area later this afternoon. The risk of heavy rainfall will be greatest tonight into early Friday morning. There is also the potential for storms to repeatedly move over the same locations, which increases flash flood risk.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 81° Tomorrow 81° chance likely 68° 68° chance
Friday, March 11th, 2022
By Tom Millhouse
CHICKASAW - Mayor Ben Kramer cast the tie-breaking vote Wednesday night on a resolution to sell the village hall to a local resident who submitted a $106,580 bid for the facility.
The bidder, Don Kemper, plans to relocate a Van Wert County business to the village. [More]
Obituaries on March 11th, 2022
Arlene Warner, 91, of rural Wapakoneta, passed away at 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Charles Benjamin Frye, 32, of Oceanside, California passed away unexpectedly on March 02, 2022. [More]
Stephen P. Dale, age 69 of Celina passed away at 9:04 pm on March 9, 2022 at the Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Betty Jean (Robertson) Vanover, age 75 of Celina, met her Lord and Savior face to face on March 8, 2022 at St. Ritas Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Edward D. Black, age 59, of Coldwater, Ohio, died on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at the James Cancer Center in Columbus. [More]
Deborah A. "Debbie" Klosterman, age 66 of Celina, died, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at the James in Columbus. [More]
Local pictures on March 11th, 2022
Subscriber stories on March 11th, 2022
A Minster woman was one of two people injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning in Shelby County, according to a news release from the Piqua Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday were asked to consider joining Ohio's Regional Transportation Planning Organization Program.
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CELINA - One of the goals of Mercer County Educational Service Center is to provide teachers and school administrators with support and resources to help them meet district and state initiatives and mandates.
ODH moving to weekly COVID data reporting
COLDWATER - Starting Monday, Mercer Health Community Hospital and all its corresponding locations will move toward pre-COVID-19 visitation protocols due to the low community prevalence of COVID-19 and other seasonal illnesses.
St. Marys wins defensive battle over Huron
BOWLING GREEN - For the first time since 1993, St. Marys is headed to the regional final.
The Roughriders took an early lead and stifled an explosi