Flood Warning issued September 20 at 5:21PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 4:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 12.9 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 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, Ripley, Union and Wayne 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...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.
57° 57° Mon 67° Mon 67° likely 54° 54° slight chance Tue 67° Tue 67°
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
'Long Journey Home'
Civil War letters inspire play
By William Kincaid
ST. MARYS - The riveting tale of a St. Marys Union Army soldier who survived a deplorable prisoner of war camp only to die shortly after on the Sultana steamboat disaster will be brought to the stage by a cast of local actors.
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Cavs repeat as county champs
By Gary R. Rasberry
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater was paced by two sub-80 scores and four rounds of 91 or less to repeat as Mercer County boys golf champions, winning the county invitational at Celina Lynx on Tuesday.
The Cavaliers finished the tournament with a 328, 24 strokes ahead of runner-up Marion Local. St. Henry (363) edged Fort Recovery (365) for third place with host Celina (368) and Parkway (383) rounding out the varsity leaderboard. [More]
Obituaries on August 9th, 2023
Elaine Evans
Elaine L. Evans, 74, of St. Marys, OH died 8:07 a.m. Sunday August 6, 2023 at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, OH. [More]
Carolyn Hemmelgarn
Our beautiful and elegant Mother, Carolyn Hemmelgarn (81) of Fort Recovery, peacefully passed away on August 7, 2023. [More]
Local pictures on August 9th, 2023
Subscriber stories on August 9th, 2023
Ohio votes 'NO!' on Issue 1
Special election a November preview
Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state's constitution, s
County: Ag center meets fed regulations
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday heard concerns from U.S. Department of Agriculture officials about whether the Farm Service Agency office being built in the county's new ag center will meet federal requirements.
SummerFest jam-packed with events
ST. MARYS - St. Marys SummerFest will kick off its 40th year Thursday through Sunday at Skip Baughman Stadium.
This year's festival has upped the a
Coldwater adjusts office inventory value
COLDWATER - Coldwater school board members on Tuesday updated the monetary value of items in which the district central office tracks inventory.
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Rockford to sell lots near water tower
ROCKFORD - Village councilors on Tuesday moved to sell a handful of new lots near the north water tower.
Councilors approved an ordinance authorizi
Parkway sign nearly finished
ROCKFORD - Parkway school board members on Tuesday evening heard the high school main entrance sign project should be finished by the first day of school.
Credit the canal for St. Marys success
ST. MARYS - The origin of the city's industrial sector is directly tied to the emergence of the Miami-Erie Canal, the area's first mode of mass transportation beginning around the mid-19th century.
A great city no matter how it's spelled
St. Marys doesn't need an apostrophe
ST. MARYS - Once and for all, is it St. Marys, St. Mary's, Saint Marys or Saint Mary's? The answer is: it's complicated.
The sunny, bright city in Auglaize County has quite a few spellings, but they're all synonymous.
Imagine the Girty's Town SummerFest
ST. MARYS - Before Charles Murray founded St. Marys in 1823, James Girty established Girty's Town in 1782.
Nestled at the junction of the three branches of the St. Marys River and just south of Fort St. Marys, Girty opened a trading post for which the St. Marys area was known for nearly 40 years.
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