Special Weather Statement issued April 29 at 5:02PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 459 PM EDT, gusty showers were located along a line extending from near Ada to near Northridge, moving east at 25 mph. Some of these showers are capable of producing funnel clouds and isolated thunder. HAZARD...Funnel clouds and wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Marysville, Bellefontaine, Urbana, Kenton, Ada, Plain City, Richwood, St. Paris, West Liberty, Mechanicsburg, North Lewisburg, Forest, Russells Point, De Graff, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Belle Center, West Mansfield, and Chippewa Park. Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the National Weather Service. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. 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.
CELINA - At precisely 6 a.m. Friday, Menards Manager Donald Baumstark unlocked the front doors of the store on Havemann Road and stepped back to allow the crowd of anxious shoppers into the store.
The first through the entrance was Lynn Schweitzer, Wapakoneta, who admitted she was not the first into the parking lot when she arrived at 4 a.m. but was the first to get out of her car to get into line. [More]
"Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today. [More]
Helen Irene (Baumgartner) Snow, age 94, formerly of Coldwater, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. [More]
The Minster girls basketball team opened the season with a 49-30 win over Valley View in the opening game of the Journey to the Tourney showcase at Lakota West High School on Friday.
