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
Thursday, April 21st, 2022
Obituaries on April 21st, 2022
Clarissa Josephine (Aselage) Barhorst, age 93, of Russia, Ohio, passed away peacefully of natural causes at her residence Tuesday morning, April 19, 2022. [More]
Henry "Hank" C. Billerman, 75, of Celina, OH died unexpectedly at 9:29 a.m. Tue [More]
Harriet Ann Stith, 81, Greenville, died April 18, 2022, at her home.
Services will be held at the convenience of the family. [More]
Robert E. Crider, 71, of Delphos, died Saturday, April 16, 2022, at his residence in Delphos, OH. [More]
Rosemary Link, 95, Celina, died April 19, 2022, at Divine Rehabilitation and Nu [More]
Stories on April 21st, 2022
Board OKs $63K in scoreboard donations
ST. HENRY - School board members accepted more than $60,000 in donations during their regular board meeting Wednesday evening and took no action after an executive session to discuss teacher contract negotiations. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners awarded a $314,542.62 contract to an Aurora firm to apply center, edge and auxiliary line pavement markings on county roads this year.
Vote '22
Martin Heberling III of Amherst is facing off against Craig Swartz of Upper Sandusky in the May 3 Democratic primary election for the 5th Congressional District seat.
NEW BREMEN - School board members Wednesday night renewed certified, classified and supplemental contracts for several district employees.
They also renewed district treasurer Jill Ahler's contract for five years.
MONTEZUMA - Councilors during their Wednesday meeting approved a plan to use leftover grant funds from the current drainage project to do maintenance work on tiles installed 15 years ago as part of a similar project.
Burkettsville-St. Henry Road between State Route 119 and Carthagena Road in Granville Township will close tentatively on April 25 for bridge replacem
Coldwater senior looking to build on individual state title
The 2020-21 season was a banner year for Coldwater's Tyler Schwieterman, who played a key role for the Cavaliers' Division VI state champion football team and won the school's first individual boys track state title in the 300-meter hurdles. [More]
ROCKFORD - For four innings, Parkway's Braxton Ford looked sharp and in control. With two outs in the fifth, he came apart.
South Adams scored six runs in a two-out fifth-inning rally to put the game out of reach, sending the Panthers to a 9-2 loss at Don Black Field on Wednesday.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Carlee Rethman struck out 12 Mississinawa Valley batters in firing a two-hitter as the Redskins beat the Blackhawks 10-0 in six innings on Wednesday at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
Local pictures on April 21st, 2022