Tornado Watch issued May 7 at 6:01PM EDT until May 8 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 197 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 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 12 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
LEWIS
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
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, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, 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, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
59° 59° likely Wed 80° Wed 80° 57° 57° Thu 64° Thu 64°
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
By Nancy Allen
Buoyed by recent donations totaling $75,000 from two area agricultural businesses, the Grand Lake Restoration Initiative has collected almost $450,000 to test sediment removal technology in the lake.
Fundraising chairman Milt Miller announced at Saturday's meeting of the nonprofit Lake Improvement Association (LIA) that Cooper Family Foundation, affiliated with Cooper Farms, donated $50,000, and Advanced Agri-Solutions Cooperative donated $25,000. [More]
Cardinal Invitational
By Gary R. Rasberry
NEW BREMEN - With conference track meets coming up in just over a week, area teams gathered at Cardinal Field in New Bremen for the 10th annual Cardinal Invitational.
While Northwest Conference power Spencerville picked up the first place trophies for both boys and girls, area teams fared well. Marion Local took second in the girls while the host Cardinals took runner-up to the Bearcats in the boys. St. Marys swept the third-place finishes in both boys and girls. [More]
Obituaries on May 3rd, 2010
Kenneth E. "Gene" Ford, 88, 3309 Wild Cherry Ave., Celina, died at 10:10 a.m. May 2, 2010, at Celina Manor. [More]
Robert A. Mertz, 82, 4050 North Star- Fort Loramie Road, New Weston, died at 11:50 a.m. May 2, 2010, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]
Dennis D. Schwieterman, 73, 380 Dull Road, St. Henry, died May 1, 2010, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton. [More]
Local pictures on May 3rd, 2010
Subscriber stories on May 3rd, 2010
Primary election
In Tuesday's primary election, those switching from Republican to Democrat or vice versa will be challenged by poll workers. To switch, the voter mus
It was a tough winter for Ohio's honeybees.
State agriculture officials estimate 50 to 70 percent of hives kept by beekeepers died. Some believe it is due to bees stressed from being overworked, overexposed to agricultural sprays and underfed.
Many questioned on apparent teacher drugging
The investigation into the apparent drugging of a Celina Alternative Learning Center teacher is continuing as police and school officials work to identify the person or persons responsible.
Pullman Bay Park
CELINA - Work on the new entrance to Celina's Pullman Bay Park should be completed sometime next month, Celina Safety Service Director Rick Bachelor said.
Celina Police continue to investigate the theft and subsequent recovery of high-tech equipment valued at approximately $17,000.
According to Chief
The Daily Standard
Daily Standard reporter Shelley Grieshop was recognized as one of the best news writers in Ohio at Sunday's annual Associated Press Society of Ohio newspaper competition in Columbus.
FORT RECOVERY - Mark Mattraw admitted that the University of Toledo really wasn't on his radar.
But his attendance at a Rocket camp put the UT coaching staff onto the Fort Recovery offensive lineman.
Weekend Sports Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Celina track team finished with a pair of fourth-place finishes at the Golden Bear Invitational in Bryan on Saturday.