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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.

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Photo by Shelley Grieshop/The Daily Standard

Alissa L. Townsend, 49, of St. Marys, is led away from court Friday morning after being sentenced to seven years in prison for driving drunk and killing a Wapakoneta woman in November. Townsend had a blood-alcohol level four times above the legal limit when she rammed her car into an SUV on U.S. 33, killing the driver, 40-year-old Heather Schaub, and injuring Schaub's 3-year-old son.

Related online story:

'Most likely to succeed' sent to prison

WAPAKONETA - It was an emotional scene in the packed Auglaize County courtroom on Friday as a St. Marys woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for killing another woman while driving drunk last fall. [More]

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