Special Weather Statement issued April 4 at 3:13PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 313 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Anna, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Anna, Jackson Center, Russells Point, Botkins, Lakeview, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Roundhead, Montra, Jumbo, Walton, Maplewood, Mccartyville, New Hampshire, Swanders, Bloom Center, State Route 195 at State Route 235, and Lewistown. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 95 and 104. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for west central Ohio. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued April 4 at 2:51PM EDT until April 4 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 97 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO DELAWARE FRANKLIN LICKING MADISON UNION IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK HARDIN LOGAN MIAMI SHELBY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BELLEFONTAINE, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, KENTON, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, SIDNEY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, AND WEST JEFFERSON.
Officials withholding man's name until family is notified
By Ed Gebert
CELINA - The body of a crash victim and a motorcycle were discovered Tuesday along a Mercer County highway, but Celina police officials are unsure how long the man's body had lain there.
Celina Police received a call just after noon from a person who had been riding a horse next to a wheat field along state Route 29 between Staeger and Havemann roads. The caller was riding in a field owned by Linus Braun north of the highway and saw a man and a motorcycle in the field, police said. [More]
Meyer's squeeze bunt helps Coldwater beat Celina in 14 innings
By Colin Foster
CELINA - Coldwater's Sam Broering bolted for home as Celina's Seth Lonsway delivered. Preston Meyer dropped down the perfect squeeze bunt.
What had seemed like an impossible task for the Cavaliers - somehow manufacturing a run against future Ohio State Buckeye Lonsway - was finally done, and soon the game was too. [More]
Brenda Kay Schemmel, age 54, Ft. Loramie, Ohio, passed away Monday evening, June 20, 2016, at her residence following a courageous battle with cancer. [More]
ROCKFORD - Village officials have decided to bid on a mobile home park for sale in town and are leaning toward proceeding with a proposed subdivision west of the village.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved a request by maintenance supervisor Dave Dorsten to replace the outside courthouse light fixtures with LED lighting.
ROCKFORD - Parkway countered Fort Recovery's four-run burst in the top of the third inning with a seven-run effort in the bottom of the third to rally and beat the Indians 10-6 in Mercer County ACME baseball action at Don Black Field in Rockford.
Marion Local scored four runs in the top of the fifth to tie the game at 6-6 and then plated a run in the top of the seventh to pick up a 7-6 win over St. Henry at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
