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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Friday, January 15th, 2010
By Daily Standard Staff
By JANIE SOUTHARD and WILLIAM KINCAID
newsdept@dailystandard.com

Parkway, Fort Recovery, Celina and New Knoxville are the only school districts in the area to seek a new federal grant called "Race To The Top" (RTTT) that one superintendent said could bring in up to $90,000 over a 4-year period. [More]
Assistant prosecutor reviews video matter, says it would be illegal
By Shelley Grieshop
Mercer County commissioners on Thursday decided to nix the creation of a video for their Web site after discovering it would violate state law.
The proposed contract for the service - which commissioners thought would help promote the local area - was recently reviewed by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Amy Ikerd, who determined it would violate a section of the Ohio Revised Code dealing with counties and commercial advertising. [More]
By Ryan Hines
A pair of Grand Lake rivals met on Thursday night with a share of the Western Buckeye League lead hanging in the balance.
Celina kept its unblemished league record intact with a 55-39 victory over St. Marys in their annual Battle of Grand Lake at the Fieldhouse. [More]
Obituaries on January 15th, 2010
Leo J. Hess, 91, Carthagena, died at 1 p.m. Jan. 14, 2010 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Mary Lou Higgins, 58, of Union City, Ind., died at 6:12 a.m. Jan. 2, 2010, at her sister's home in Ansonia, following a six-month battle with liver cancer. [More]
Henrietta Mowery, 89, of Celina, died on Jan. 14, 2010 at Celina Manor Nursing [More]
Lorma M. Wiehe, 92, 28 Circle Drive, New Bremen, died at 1:10 p.m. Jan. 14, 2010, at Heritage Manor Nursing Center, Minster. [More]
Local pictures on January 15th, 2010
Subscriber stories on January 15th, 2010
Retiring Lake Campus dean calls his time in Celina his most enjoyable
His dream as a young boy was to replace Mickey Mantle in the Yankees' center field. Didn't happen. However there are many career fields and he spent his in higher education. Lake Campus Dean Jim Sayer is heading for home plate with his retirement announcement for late June.
FORT RECOVERY - The school district's finances are holding steady for now and board members may be able to avert placing an operating levy on the ballot this year, Interim Superintendent Pat Niekamp says.
ROCKFORD - School board members approved the job description for a talent show advisor. Formerly a volunteer service, it is now a supplemental position, which may have adverse effects on the annual talent show at the school.
Celina and Maria Stein
The Ohio Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments on draft Permits to Operate (PTOs) for two local farms whose existing 5-year permits are set to expire.
FORT RECOVERY - In a game that featured plenty of turnovers and missed baskets, Fort Recovery stayed perfect in Midwest Athletic Conference play, using a scoring burst to start the third quarter to pull away from Coldwater, 44-28, on Thursday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
ROCKFORD - The Minster Wildcats used a pair of huge scoring spurts to push their overall record to .500 again, as they defeated the Parkway Panthers, 57-41, on Thursday night at Panther Gymnasium.
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Flyers used a gigantic first half and then survived a rough second half to hold on and defeat the Versailles Tigers, 58-51, on Thursday night in Midwest Athletic Conference action at Marion Local High School.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
A cold spell spanning the third and fourth quarters by St. Henry allowed Division IV top-ranked St. John's to go to
Several local parishes are building relationships with other parishes across the world in a practice called "twinning."
Twinning - which is support