Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT 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 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
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, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:14PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Logan County in west central Ohio... Hardin County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Auglaize County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 813 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bluffton to near Wapakoneta, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, Kenton, Ada, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Forest, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Blanchard, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Ridgeway, Uniopolis, Patterson, and Dola.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 106 and 118.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:00PM EDT until March 22 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 759 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spencerville In Allen County, moving east at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Waynesfield, Buckland, Uniopolis, Kossuth, and State Route 116 at State Route 197.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 114 and 118.
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
By Laura Walker
U.S. 127 may be bumper to bumper traffic Aug. 3-6, due to the World's Longest Yard Sale.
Houses and businesses along U.S. 127 are invited to participate, says Mike Niekamp. For the 110 miles of Ohio Yard Sale to be a success he says individuals need to set up sales along the route and sale goers need to be convinced to cross the Ohio River from the highly successful southern U.S. 127 Yard Sale. [More]
By William Kincaid
Coldwater Exempted Village School Superintendent Rich Seas and Fort Recovery Local Schools Superintendent David Riel both want a more systematic method of adding or removing Tri Star programs.
Seas and the Coldwater board of education continue to criticize how Tri Star officials decide whether to keep or remove a program - based on both attendance and post high school placement in related jobs - during this weeks regular board meeting. [More]
St. Marys to face Crestview tonight in loser's bracket
By Gary R. Rasberry
MINSTER - The 19-hour weather delay did not cool off the Coldwater Cavaliers.
After their winners' bracket semifinal with St. Marys was stopped due to lightning and rain on Wednesday, the Cavaliers returned and picked up a 7-1 over the Roughriders at the ACME district tournament at Hanover Street Park in Minster. [More]
Obituaries on July 14th, 2006
Edith L. Briner, 98, 972 state Route 49, Fort Recovery, died at 12:05 a.m. July 13, 2006, at her home. [More]
Richard E. Day, 80, of Lima, died at 1:29 a.m. July 13, 2006, at his residence. [More]
Dorothy M. Hoenie, 70, 526 N. Buckeye St., Celina, died at 6:41 p.m. July 12, 2006, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Emmanuel Lewis Lammers, infant son of Kevin and Stacey Roby Lammers of 105 W. B [More]
William "Bill" Poppe, 83, of St. Marys, died July 13, 2006, at St. Marys Living [More]
Glenn O. Roller, 76, died July 13, 2006, at St. Marys Living Center.
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Former St. Marys resident Evelyn E. Schrolucke, 82, died July 9, 2006, at Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton, Fla. [More]
Local pictures on July 14th, 2006
Subscriber stories on July 14th, 2006
ST. MARYS - School board members voted unanimously following executive session at Wednesday's meeting to give raises to 16 district administrators for a total increase value of $1.13 million.
A Mercer County Jail inmate attempted to slash a corrections officer with an improvised weapon early today in an unsuccessful bid to escape.
Charges are pending against William F. Downey, 22, of Ansonia, in connection with the 5:24 a.m. incident.
A Celina man returned to Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon seeking to have his sexual predator classification changed. The decision now rests with Judge Jeffrey Ingraham.
The Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors on Thursday hired Theresa May to be the new Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed coordinator.
NEW BREMEN - Incoming freshman Spanish students may be learning the language by computer during the 2006-2007 school year if a part-time teacher is not hired soon.
The black raspberries have been picked and a five-pound bag of white sugar and a box of Sure Jell are sitting on my kitchen counter.  
I'm just so tickled to have had enough berries this year for jam, as last summer's drought caused a very meager crop in my small backyard patch.
It was scheduled as an exhibition game and the Grand Lake Mariners made it look like a preseason scrimmage.
The Geneva Cardinals invaded Jim Hoess Field on Thursday night and looked like the only team ready to play after handing the Mariners a 5-3 loss.