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.
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Friday, March 2nd, 2007
By Margie Wuebker
Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey looks through a stack of folders filled with pending bills regarding sex offenders and admits he is skeptical about the latest - a proposal that would require predators to have fluorescent green license plates on their vehicles. [More]
By Shelley Grieshop
MINSTER - Dusty manuscripts filled with ancient scribble attract Jan Wilson like a child to a candy store.
A part-time eye doctor and surgeon, Wilson's in-depth knowledge and training in ancient religious studies has given him the ability to translate some of the world's oldest literature into languages that can be read and studied by scholars around the world. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - What was looking like a tremendous day of potential for the Coldwater wrestling program at the 70th State Wrestling Tournament hit a big roadblock from the start.
The Cavalier trio - Tyler Kunk, Lucas Homan and Adam Grieshop, - lost their opening matches, two via pinfall, as the first day of wrestling got underway at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. [More]
By Ryan Hines
FINDLAY - It didn't take long for Ottawa-Glandorf to realize that Celina was a different team than it was on the first of February when the Titans prevailed by 22 points.
Celina controlled the first quarter of play with as much as a six-point lead, but Ottawa-Glandorf recovered with a great defensive effort over the final three quarters to defeat the Bulldogs, 47-39, in Division II district semifinals action at Findlay High School on Thursday night. [More]
Obituaries on March 2nd, 2007
Virgil A. Bey, 97, 623 S. Main St., Ansonia, died at 6:40 a.m. March 1, 2007, at Rest Haven Nursing Home, Greenville. [More]
Margaret G. Bushnell, 80, 6122 Burkettsville-St. Henry Road, Celina, died at 12:35 p.m. Feb. 26, 2007, at the Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
James W. Gast, 85, 521 Commercial Drive, St. Henry, died at 3:15 a.m. March 1, 2007, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater. [More]
Dorothy Marie Hole, 80, 1773 Mud Pike, Celina, died at 5:50 p.m. Feb. 28, 2007, at her residence. [More]
Laura M. Mosler, 85, 217 Villa Nova Blvd., St. Marys, died March 1, 2007, at St [More]
Anna Margaret Smith, 91, 217 Oak St., Celina, died at 5:41 a.m. March 2, 2007, [More]
Local pictures on March 2nd, 2007
Subscriber stories on March 2nd, 2007
A number of candidates have filed petitions to seek the three at-large seats on Celina City Council.
Other city officials, including Republican May
Two nesting pairs of American bald eagles are incubating an undetermined number of eggs, according to an Ohio Division of Wildlife official.
Sean F
Those attending Wildlife Summit ask if poor water quality is to blame
Ohio Division of Wildlife officials could offer no firm answers for why the crappie fishing on Grand Lake has been less than mediocre and why the state's walleye stocking program has shown lackluster results locally.
Betty Lawrence's column "Naturally Speaking" is among the finalists in the annual Associated Press contest for best column for Ohio daily newspapers with a circulation between 8,000 and 12,999.
A Coldwater woman who bit off nearly one-third of a man's tongue will learn her fate March 21 in Mercer County Common Pleas Court when she is sentenced.
COLUMBUS - For Josh Cisco, it was a short workday on Thursday.
The St. Marys senior needed just six minutes to beat West Holmes' Trey Jacobs via 6-
COLDWATER - When the tournament brackets were drawn a few weeks ago, the matchup most area basketball fans were looking forward to was a possible district final featuring a pair of state-ranked teams in Fort Recovery and New Knoxville.
Compiled by Ryan Hines
If Coldwater was going to upset 20-2 Swanton in Division III district semifinal action at Defiance on Thursday night, then the Cavaliers were going to need a big night from star Kendra Robbins.
NEW BREMEN - Sharon Fiely Anderson hadn't lifted an artist paint brush for a decade when she was inspired to share her talent with a church in El Salvador.