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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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - John Hoge considers himself a rare duck in Hong Kong, where he travels four times a year selling bowling lanes and other sports floors, one of which will be a volleyball court in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The president of Hoge Lumber in New Knoxville has been making that 16-hour flight for 12 years. [More]
Redskins will face Ottawa-Glandorf for district title Saturday
By Ryan Hines
ELIDA - St. Henry pulled off the biggest upset of the Division III tournament on Wednesday night at the Elida Fieldhouse.
The Redskins used their size and strength to hand top-ranked and undefeated Liberty-Benton a 51-38 loss while Ottawa-Glandorf eliminated Parkway from the postseason, 72-59. [More]
By Margie Wuebker
Zumba - a fusion of Latin and international music with body sculpting movements and easy to follow steps - has people dancing all over the area.
It's the latest fitness craze, says Dianne Uhlenhake, fitness coordinator at the Auglaize/Mercer Counties Family YMCA near Celina. She first bought a Zumba (pronounced zoom-bah) video back in 1999 because the combination of lively music and dance steps like salsa, merengue, cha-cha, hip hop and mambo looked downright enjoyable. [More]
Obituaries on February 28th, 2008
Kathleen A. "Kit" Desch, 83, 306 N. Elm St., Coldwater, died Feb. 28, 2008, at her residence. [More]
Amelia A. Heckman, 86, formerly of Osgood, died Feb. 27, 2008, at The Oakley Ho [More]
Former St. Marys resident Steven A. McMurray, 46, of Portland, Ind., died at 9:20 p.m. Feb. 25, 2008, at his home. Death was due to an apparent heart attack. [More]
Local pictures on February 28th, 2008
Subscriber stories on February 28th, 2008
A new software mapping program that would allow Mercer County dispatchers to pinpoint the exact location of cell phone users calling 911 is expected to be up and running in the next four to six months.
James Sayer has been named dean of Wright State University-Lake Campus, effective March 1.
Sayer, 61, has been serving as interim dean at the Lake Campus for the past six months. His appointment to dean was announced this week following a national search.
Voters in the Marion Local school district will decide the fate of two levies - one involving traditional millage and the other an income tax - at the polls Tuesday.
A cell phone mapping program would immensely improve communications between dispatchers, emergency services and those in need of help, Mercer County 911 Administrator Monte Diegel says.
COLDWATER - Mercer Health will implement a new, high-tech computerized information system with a price tag of nearly half a million dollars.
The bo
NEW BREMEN - Whether showing kindergartners how to log on to a computer or helping fifth-graders use a publisher software program to create a science project, Shannon Pence is bringing the technology to the students.
COLDWATER - Mercer Health's board of governors will not put additional funds into its malpractice insurance policy, which is now considered fully funded.
The Associated Press on Monday released its finalists for the 2007 AP awards contest.
Daily Standard photographer Mark Pummell of Celina has been n
VANDALIA - The Versailles girls got another big challenge as Hamilton Badin gave the undefeated Tigers all they could handle for most of the Division III regional semifinal contest.
WAPAKONETA - It will be an all-Midwest Athletic Conference Division IV District title game Friday night at Wapakoneta as a result of the action Wednesday night.