Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:23PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
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The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Darke County in west central Ohio... Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 822 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Monroe to Redkey, moving east at 50 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... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Osgood, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, North Star, Montezuma, New Weston, Yorkshire, Chattanooga, Kossuth, Tama, North Dayton, and Maria Stein.
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 8:26PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 826 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ada to near Lakeview, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
Locations impacted include... Kenton, Ada, Forest, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Blanchard, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Ridgeway, Patterson, Dola, Huntersville, Pfeiffer, Big Springs, and State Route 195 at State Route 235.
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Mercer County GOP votes in first round to fill commission vacancy
By Pat Royse
The local Republican Party's Central Committee pared down its applicants for the empty Mercer County Commission seat Tuesday to three finalists from a field of 10 hopefuls.
After brief presentations to and questions from the 24 committee members, [More]
By Margie Wuebker
Eight adults and two juveniles face charges after Celina Police responded to reports of a loud party on Ash Street early Saturday morning.
Jonathon R. Dulebohn, 26, 232 S. Ash St., was charged with permitting underage drinking at his home.
Police determined nine of the 15 people present at the party had been consuming alcohol. [More]
By Ryan Hines
OXFORD - Lockland had a chance to pull the biggest upset of the tournament in the Division IV regional semifinal contest on Tuesday night at Oxford.
The Panthers held a two-point lead entering the fourth quarter, but the top-ranked and undefeated New Knoxville Rangers rallied in a big way in the final eight minutes of play. [More]
Obituaries on March 14th, 2007
Hazel A. Hart, 83, of Fort Recovery, died at 6 p.m. March 13, 2007, at Briarwoo [More]
Former Minster resident Alvin Joseph Giere, 73, of Haines City, Fla., died March 11, 2007, in Winter Haven, Fla., due to heart failure. [More]
Alvina Heyne, 99, 5369 state Route 29, Celina, died at 3:05 p.m. March 13, 2007, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Anna Lora Seeger, 95, formerly of 319 N. Brandon Ave., Celina, died at 5:20 p.m. March 12, 2007, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Former Celina resident Frank Shindeldecker, 87, of Ohio City, died at 12:35 a.m. March 10, 2007, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind. [More]
Local pictures on March 14th, 2007
Subscriber stories on March 14th, 2007
WAPAKONETA - A newly-drafted Senate bill is seeking to delay for one year the controversial home septic system regulations that took effect in January.
The village of Rockford had always planned on taking care of a two-block area of piled-up dirt from a water pipe installation project started in December, according to Village Administrator Jeff Long.
WAPAKONETA - A Spencerville man accused of stabbing another man in a St. Marys bar has been placed on a $250,000 bond following a hearing Monday morning in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court.
Auglaize County cats soon may be staring down a big syringe if health department officials update a policy to include them in the rabies immunization regulations.
NEW BREMEN - New Bremen village councilors Tuesday night authorized the first step toward solving storm drainage problems in the Teton Subdivision.
The problems have been a source of concern for some time and residents have expressed frustration frequently in the past.
COLDWATER - School administrators do not need to add an increasingly popular engineering initiative to the high school curriculum, according to high school math department Chairman Mike Bruns.
Tough challenges are nothing new to Versailles.
So, Thursday's Division III state semifinal against Cleveland Central Catholic is just another stop
Tradition is all around at Delphos St. John's.
Already at the Vatican - Robert A. Arnzen Gymnasium - there are five state title banners for the Lady Blue Jays.
Compiled by Ryan Hines
The Grand Lake area had four girls receive All-Ohio distinction after the Associated Press announced its Division III-IV all-state teams on Tuesday.
A Celina man was indicted by an Auglaize County grand jury for allegedly breaking into a home in St. Marys and assaulting a man in January.
Mark C.