Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
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 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
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, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Today 73° Today 73° slight chance 32° 32° likely Tomorrow 46° Tomorrow 46° 30° 30°
Friday, October 28th, 2022

Vote '22

Board's renewal levy on ballot

By Erin Gardner
CELINA - Mercer County voters will decide if a current Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities operating tax levy will be renewed at the Nov. 8 general election.
The six-year, 2.42-mill tax levy was first passed in 2005 and has been renewed three times, according to information from the Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
The levy generates $1.97 million annually and costs the owner of a $100,000 home $48.04 per year, according to Laura Pease of the Mercer County Auditor's office.
Residents will continue to pay the same amount in taxes if the levy passes.
Funds generated by the levy are used to pay for basic daily operational expenses, according to Mercer DD. The number of children receiving services from the board has increased due to increased awareness on the part of doctors who can refer children with disabilities.     The number of adults receiving services has also increased due to medical advances that extend the lives of individuals with disabilities. Mercer DD serves 200 children ages 1-3, 100 school-aged children and 200 adults.

Correction:
Mercer County voters will decide if a current Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities operating tax levy will be renewed at the Nov. 8 general election. The error was due to reporting.
The original story only listed some areas of the county.
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Vote '22
CELINA - Republican Dave Buschur and Democrat Don Holtvoigt will face off in the Nov. 8 general election for a Mercer County commissioner seat.

Dave Buschur
Buschur, 39, said his background as a business owner makes him a qualified contender for the commissioner's seat. [More]
Vote '22
COLDWATER - Voters in the village's northeast precinct are being asked to approve a D-6 liquor permit for Mariachi's Mexican Bar and Grill on the Nov [More]
New Bremen sweeps Marion Local in rematch
WAPAKONETA - Marion Local handed New Bremen its only loss of the volleyball season in September, but in Thursday's rematch between the top two teams in Division IV, it was the Cardinals who came out on top. [More]
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Dumped dogs get 2nd chance
CELINA - A lot can change in a week, especially for 15 abandoned but soon-to-be-adopted doodles that were matted with fecal matter, urine, hay and dirt.
CELINA - Eager holiday shoppers will have an excuse on Saturday to bust out the holiday cheer.
From 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, 70 local vendors will camp out in the Cooper Farms Junior Fair Building and Multi-Purpose Building at the Mercer County Fairgrounds.
WAPAKONETA-Defense attorneys for suspended Wapakoneta mayor Tom Stinebaugh on Thursday attempted to knock down prosecution arguments in the fourth day of a public corruption trial.
ELIDA - St. Marys boys soccer coach Josh Hertenstein had no doubt heading into Division II district final that the Roughriders' hands would be full with Shawnee.
BLUFFTON - Playing for a district volleyball title for the first time in seven seasons, St. Marys was ready to give everything it could against top-seeded Liberty-Benton, the state champion in Division III a season ago.
All-MAC Football
Marion Local's Darren Meier and Coldwater's Marcel Blasingame earned top honors as the Midwest Athletic Conference announced its all-conference football teams on Thursday.
The Outsider
   A new edition of the well-known children's story "Bambi" by Austro-Hungarian author Felix Salten is out with a translation by acclaimed translator Damion Searls.