Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 9:27PM EDT until March 22 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
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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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
By Nancy Allen
Production agriculture is under attack, State Rep. Jim Zehringer, R-Fort Recovery, told a large group attending an agriculture breakfast meeting in Celina on Thursday.
In particular, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has promised to put on a ballot initiative that would outlaw battery cages for chickens, gestation crates for pregnant sows and veal crates for calves. [More]
By Ryan Hines
The Grand Lake Mariners got off to a strong start, but then had to sweat it out in the final inning against last-place Hamilton.
Grand Lake jumped in front 6-1 and later escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning for an 8-6 win over the Hamilton Joes on Thursday night in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action at Jim Hoess Field. [More]
Obituaries on July 3rd, 2009
Jeanette A. Beckman, 89, 05001 N. Corporation Road, Minster, died at 3:55 a.m. July 2, 2009, at her residence. [More]
Leo E. Finnen, 77, 140 N. Garfield St., Minster, died at 9:39 p.m. July 1, 2009, at the home of a daughter. [More]
Richard J. Fischer, 83, of Rossburg, died at 12:45 a.m. July 2, 2009, at Versailles Health Care Center. [More]
Fort Recovery native Harold J. Fullenkamp, 73, of Sellersburg, Ind., died July 1, 2009, at his daughter's residence in New Albany, Ind. [More]
Jeffrey A. "Turk" Kremer, 50, 312 South St., Coldwater, died at 5:30 a.m. July [More]
Celina native Dyne L. Pfeffenberger, 71, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died at 1:55 p.m. July 1, 2009, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind., after an accident. [More]
Former Wendelin resident Alvin H. Post, 78, 312 Kenneth Drive, St. Henry, died at 11:15 a.m. July 2, 2009, at The Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Vernon E. Raymond Jr., 61, 127 Marbello Court, St. Marys, died at 8 p.m. July 1 [More]
Rosemary T. Turckes Umstead, 76, of Coldwater, died July 2, 2009, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Local pictures on July 3rd, 2009
Subscriber stories on July 3rd, 2009
Owner said he was cash-strapped from repairing facility damaged by flooding, awaiting settlement of lawsuit
"Closed until further notice" is how the sign reads on the main doors to the Breakaway RecPlex, located along U.S. 127, Celina.
The posting was placed sometime Thursday afternoon, with the closing effective at 4 p.m. that same day.
Workshop allows students to explore exotic, green world
What do you call a flying primate?
"A hot air baboon," replies Christian Aukerman, 8, of Celina, as he addresses classmates Thursday during a weeklong summer program at Celina West Elementary School.
Nancy Otis may be off the new Celina Design Review Commission as quickly as she was put on it.
During the second official meeting of the new group
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) has issued renewal permits to 10 farms in Mercer County to continue to operate, a news release from ODA states.
A Celina native and St. Marys resident died Wednesday from injuries he sustained in a bicycle-car crash eight days earlier near Bowling Green.
Vernon E. Raymond Jr., 61, 127 Marbellow Court, died at 8 p.m. at the Toledo Hospital, where he had been a patient since the accident.
Of the 110 sophomores at Coldwater High School taking the Ohio Graduation Test last school year, 89 percent passed all five sections.
"That's very good - we're very pleased with those (results)," high school Principal Steve Keller said.
• Celina's Freedom Days will have a fireworks show over Grand Lake on Saturday from 10 to 10:30 p.m., observable from Lake Shore Drive and the West
MINSTER - The second-seeded New Knoxville Rangers became the first area team to qualify for next week's ACME district tournament as they routed first