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.
Today 78° Today 78° slight chance 59° 59° chance Tomorrow 80° Tomorrow 80° 58° 58°
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
By William Kincaid
NEW BREMEN - A consultant recommends that village council members raise water and sewer utility rates to generate enough revenue to cover all costs associated with providing the services.
Councilors at Monday night's regular meeting also gave first reading of an ordinance that would authorize a 3% wage increase for all village employees and second reading of a $24.86 million 2022 budget. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
The postseason honors stacked up for Siena Heights junior linebacker Kole Murlin.
The Celina High School graduate, who earned the Mid-States Football Association's Mideast League Defensive Player of the Year in November, was named a second team All-American in NAIA by the American Football Coaches Association on Monday afternoon. [More]
Obituaries on December 14th, 2021
Mary Lou Klenke, 91, of Coldwater, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at her home. [More]
Donald C. Ramsey, 88 of Otterbein-St. Marys  died Saturday December 4, 2021 at his residence. [More]
Sandra Joan (Paul) Thieman, age 54, of New Bremen, passed away of natural cause [More]
Local pictures on December 14th, 2021
Subscriber stories on December 14th, 2021
District's contract with teachers expired June 30
ROCKFORD - The Parkway Local Schools board of education and Parkway Education Association have yet to reach a new contract agreement after eight months of negotiating.
Council gives 3% lodging tax first read
ST MARYS - City council members on Monday night gave first reading of the city's roughly $46 million budget, a reduction of about $86,000 since last week's committee review. City officials noted more revisions might occur.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials on Monday reported 54 new cases of COVID-19 since their last report on Thursday, raising the county's cumulative number of cases to 5,479.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local school board members helped dedicate the new $1.67 million elementary school addition during a board meeting held Monday night in one of four new classrooms.
Residents living on county and township roadways are reminded not to leave snow plowed from private driveways on the roadway, according to a news release from the Mercer County Engineer's Office.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Riley Rismiller's bucket with six seconds remaining gave Coldwater the lead and Becca Wenning's block of Ottoville's potential winning basket lifted the Cavaliers past the Big Green 51-49 in Monday night girls basketball action at L.W. Heckman Gymnasium in Ottoville.