Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 9:27PM EDT until March 22 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
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The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Shelby County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Champaign County in west central Ohio... Western Logan County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Southern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Southeastern Mercer County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1015 PM EDT.
* At 927 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near New Bremen to near Fountain City, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Law enforcement.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Bellefontaine, Greenville, Tipp City, West Milton, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, Covington, Arcanum, Newport, Bradford, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, and Pleasant Hill.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 67 and 106.
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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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Hits made during drug searches at area schools
By William Kincaid
Area law enforcement with their canine units conducted a narcotics sweep of Celina and Coldwater schools on Wednesday.
Marijuana was found at Celina High School, resulting in possible misdemeanor charges and disciplinary action from the school against two students. [More]
Sentence called cruel in fatal accident appeal
Schwieterman files appeal to conviction
By Margie Wuebker
A former Chickasaw resident, convicted in the March 2007 traffic deaths of four area residents, is appealing his 24-year prison sentence claiming it violates his constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
Nicholas Schwieterman's attorneys John Poppe and Eric Allen filed a 19-page brief packet Wednesday afternoon at the Mercer County Clerk of Courts office asking the Third District Court of Appeals in Lima to review the sentencing of the case and rule on alleged errors. [More]
Obituaries on March 5th, 2009
David Cabell
David Cabell, 58, died March 1, 2009 at The Hadlow Center for Caring, Jacksonville, Fla. Death was due to cancer. [More]
Rosemary Flint
Rosemary Flint, 87, of 813 W. Oliver Street, St. Marys, died March 4, 2009, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Fran Grover
Former Wapakoneta resident Frances W. "Fran" Grover, 54, of Devils Lake, N.D., [More]
Alvera Massonne
Alvera T. Massonne, 82, of Decatur, Ind., died March 3, 2009, at Visiting Nurses & Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, Ind. [More]
Julia Rothwell
Julia Wimmers Rothwell, 76, of Minster, died March 4, 2009, at Heritage Manor Nursing Center, Minster. [More]
Local pictures on March 5th, 2009
Subscriber stories on March 5th, 2009
Mobile home park owner dances around rules
Local health officials aren't happy with the owner of a Rockford mobile home park who they say found a loop-hole to skirt terms of a current license suspension.
Both sides seek monetary change in flooding lawsuit
Both the state and Case Leasing & Rental of Celina have filed objections to an Ohio Court of Claims decision recommending the business be awarded $4.2 million in damages from the state for its fitness facility, Breakaway RecPlex, being damaged by historic flooding in July 2003.
Suspect requests a continuance
Thirty people - eight of them law enforcement officers - came to Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday afternoon expecting to see 26-year-old Jason Thomas enter a plea to charges stemming from the death of his stepson.
Fees could climb to pay for clerk
Higher fees would still be lower than at most departments
Several local health department fees may climb substantially next year in order to pay for a much-needed clerk position.
But administrators say
Last two suspects are arrested after drug raid
The last two suspects indicted on drug charges in the wake of a Grand Lake Task Force investigation are now in custody after turning themselves in to authorities.
Grant to help town join new communication system
Rockford will join the new county digital communication radio system, thanks to grant funding.
Council members agreed to join the Multi-Agency Radio Communication System at this week's village council meeting.
Roughriders finish season with one win
LIMA - A 17-3 advantage in the second quarter set the tone as Elida dominated its second meeting with St. Marys in less than a week, ending the Roughriders' season with a 63-24 win at the Division II Sectional at Lima Senior High School.
Love of the game was always there
It was a pedigree that Kelly Penhorwood was born with.
Her grandfather, Don, had coached basketball at Lima Senior High School, while her father, Steve, was formally the head boys coach at Ottoville and Celina High Schools, and played college hoops at both Xavier and the University of Kentucky.
Trio of Bulldogs named first team
The Celina boys and girls basketball teams finished just behind the leaders in the Western Buckeye League this year and the two Bulldog teams were rewarded with several players earning all-league honors.
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