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.
New manager on the go preparing for opening of Mercer County Fair
By Margie Wuebker
Steve Schulte pauses to answer the latest in a string of cell phone calls amid the sound of hammers, voices and radios wafting across the Mercer County Fairgrounds on Wednesday - just two days before the fair opens.
Mary Jo Pearson entered Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday afternoon staring straight ahead without so much as a glance toward former customers she bilked out of nearly $56,000.
The 67-year-old Pearson, owner of Pearson Memorials of rural Celina, was placed on five years probation for her guilty plea to 24 counts of theft by deception - 12 of them fourth-degree felonies, 11 fifth-degree felonies and one misdemeanor. [More]
Celina City Council members agree something must be done to generate additional revenue to maintain and improve storm water infrastructure in the city.
ROCKFORD - The ticket window from the old train depot is back in town after several decades; and its journey back is another example of how sometimes everything comes together.
A local man charged in connection with the traffic-related death of a Celina High School junior pleaded not guilty during a Wednesday afternoon arraignment hearing in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Numerous law enforcement agencies and other emergency officials were summoned to a rural field along state Route 117 near Waynesfield where a 39-year-old man allegedly was trying to commit suicide on Wednesday evening.
