Flood Watch issued August 13 at 10:22PM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM 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, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional storms will move into the area after midnight, persisting through late Friday morning. Heavy rain can be expected with these storms, with the risk of flash flooding increasing with storms that repeatedly move over the same locations.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019

Fatal crash probed

From staff reports

CHICKASAW - The cause of a traffic crash that resulted in the death of a New Bremen teenager remained under investigation Monday, according to Mercer County Chief Deputy Gery Thobe.

Mercer County Central Dispatch reportedly received a call at 11:47 p.m. Sunday from a passerby who noticed a truck had crashed off State Route 274 east of St. Johns Road. Deputies determined the 2002 Ford pickup truck had been heading east on State Route 274 when it crossed the roadway and went off the north side of the road for an unknown reason and had struck a power pole.

The driver, Zoe A. Lane, 17, was reportedly ejected from her vehicle upon impact and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Mercer County Sheriff's deputies were assisted at the scene by personnel from the Chickasaw Fire Department, St. Henry squad and Mercer County Emergency Response Volunteers.

The crash remains under investigation.

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