Flood Advisory issued May 19 at 10:11PM EDT until May 20 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...The following counties, in west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami and Shelby. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1011 PM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Bellefontaine, Kenton, Ada, West Milton, Versailles, Covington, Newport, Bradford, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Forest, Russells Point, De Graff, Pleasant Hill, Botkins and Lakeview.
COLDWATER - Village council members at this week's regular meeting accepted police chief Jason Miller's resignation.
Councilors went into an executive session for 23 minutes to discuss land and personnel. Afterwards, they moved to accept Miller's resignation as head of the Coldwater Police Department, a position he's held for 11 years. [More]
CELINA - Although the idea of total sobriety may sound daunting to some, people can set a goal of living alcohol-free for a month or longer to see for themselves the health benefits gained by laying off the bottle.
WAPAKONETA - Several Auglaize County community fire departments will receive a total of $511,000 in state funds to upgrade radio communications systems.
CELINA - A 27-year-old woman and her two juvenile passengers were transported to Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater on Wednesday afternoon following a three-vehicle accident outside of Celina.
ST. MARYS - School board members at Wednesday night's regular meeting retroactively approved the emergency replacement of a failing boiler in Cook Gymnasium last month.
They took different paths to get there, but Coldwater and Fort Recovery each found themselves playing for a boys state basketball championship in 1999 with a unique family connection.
St. Marys junior Luke Hertenstein will compete next week at the Division II state boys diving competition after qualifying at the district championships on Wednesday at Bowling Green State University.
Because of modern medicine, it is difficult to comprehend the difficulties experienced by pioneer physicians. Laxatives, quinine, calomel, herbs and whiskey were used as cures and provided relief.
