Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers... St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring. * WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHEN...Until this afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
A 59-year-old St. Marys man died Monday night after trying to escape his burning home.
Thomas H. Nuesmeyer, 14075 state Route 116, was pronounced dead at 8:39 p.m. in the emergency department of Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, about 30 minutes after firefighters found him unconscious on the floor near his front door. [More]
Former Celina resident Carl Thomas Combs, 62, of Fort Worth, Texas, died at 6 p.m. Jan. 27, 2007, in Fort Worth. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Leticia Sharpe, 48, 104 Woodward Ave., Celina, died at 2:04 p.m. Jan. 27, 2007, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
WAPAKONETA - A Huntington, Ind., man was sentenced to a year in prison and could get five more years behind bars for causing the traffic death of a Minster woman in May.
MINSTER - Minster Local Schools board of education Monday night discussed priorities for the 2007-2008 school year, including bringing back several positions eliminated during cost-cutting measures made last year.
MINSTER - With a technology committee in place and eager to begin planning much-needed updates, the Minster Local Schools board of education Monday night drafted a tentative goal.
Some alert readers spotted the flipped flag on the right shoulder of National Guardsman Cory Mescher's uniform featured on the front page of Monday's Daily Standard, and took exception to the explanation of why the flag is backwards.
