Thursday, March 7th, 2013 | The Daily Standard

Flood Watch issued August 15 at 10:25PM EDT until August 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms are possible tonight. Locally heavy rainfall may result in flash flooding.

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Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Local land to become Ohio nature preserve

Wilson family sells 69 acres to state

By Nancy Allen

ROCKFORD - Sixty-nine acres of land teeming with unusual bird species and rare plants along the St. Marys River is set to become an Ohio Nature Preserve this fall.

The state last year purchased the land off the east side of U.S. 127 north of U.S. 33 from the George Wilson family. Wilson, a local conservationist and tree farmer named the 1991 Ohio Tree Farmer of the Year, died Oct. 3, 2009, at the age of 89. [More]

Indians, Rangers played a classic in 1993 tourney

Last Curtain Call

By Robb Hemmelgarn

Twenty years ago, New Knoxville and Fort Recovery had two of the top boys basketball teams in Division IV.

After they both had slashed their way through the sectional tournament, they bumped into one another in district play at Wapakoneta for their second meeting of the year. [More]

Obituaries on March 7th, 2013

Ruth Littlefield

Ruth E. Littlefield, 102, formerly of St. Marys, died March 4, 2013, at Alden Towne Manor, Chicago, Ill. [More]

Jeanette Watercutter

Jeanette M. Watercutter, 74, Fort Loramie, passed away of natural causes March 6, 2013, at her home. [More]

Local pictures on March 7th, 2013

Subscriber stories on March 7th, 2013

Death penalty 'obscene'

Chaplain to death row inmates speaks to local audience

COLDWATER - Nothing good comes from the death penalty, a priest who attended to death row inmates in Ohio, including a man who was put to death Wednesday morning, told a large crowd at the United Steelworkers Hall on Wednesday night.

Settlement protects past labor practice

Three teachers settle charge with Coldwater schools

COLDWATER - An unfair labor practice charge recently was settled between Coldwater schools and three teachers.

Teachers Christopher Miller, Sophia

Man given more prison time for rapes

LIMA - Prison time keeps mounting for a Maria Stein-area man facing multiple charges of raping children in three counties.

Travis M. Quinter, 33, 1

Rematch between St. Henry, St. John's on Friday

After squaring off in a battle for first place in the Midwest Athletic Conference during the regular season in late January, conference co-champions St. Henry and St. John's will battle for a spot in the Kettering Regional on Friday night in the Division IV district final at the Elida Fieldhouse.

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