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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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - There's no texting or chatting with friends on the cell phones several hundred students carry every day, but the devices are vital to the third- through sixth-graders who have them. The handheld mobile computers are an intricate part of the school's curriculum and they are drawing national notice. [More]
One More Curtain Call Flashback
By Robb Hemmelgarn
The local hoops scene at the start of the new decade was sizzling as always in 1960 as 50 years ago this week, the St. Henry Redskins bettered the Celina Immaculate Conception Spartans to claim a share of the top spot in the Mercer County League standings. [More]
Obituaries on January 21st, 2010
Erma Jane Eichenauer, 87, 6921 state Route 703, Celina, died at 9:45 p.m. Jan. 19, 2010 at her daughter's home in Celina. [More]
Harold "Butch" Fry, 88, of St. Marys, died Jan. 20, at Otterbein St. Marys Reti [More]
Mary Virginia Phillips, 80, 637 Cumberland Drive, Celina, died at 7 a.m. Jan. 19, 2010, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Local pictures on January 21st, 2010
Subscriber stories on January 21st, 2010
House bill may make smallmouth bass an Ohio symbol
ST. MARYS - The fifth-graders at Holy Rosary Catholic School are as feisty as the fish they've asked legislators to choose as Ohio's newest state symbol.
St. Marys School
ST. MARYS - Smartboards, clogged sinks, downtown office and 350 kids for lunch every day were a few of the local school superintendent's topics at this week's Rotary meeting.
Board of Elections
Mercer County Board of Elections members Owen Hall and Mark Uhlenhake have been re-appointed to another term by their political parties.
The four-year appointments of Uhlenhake, a Democrat, and board chairman Owen Hall, a Republican, were set to expire at the end of February.
Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members were updated on two ongoing tile replacement projects during their regular meeting recently, technician Matt Heckler reported.
In response to the decrease in patients with flu-like symptoms, Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys, has rescinded the visitation restriction for children younger than 14.
For the second straight Friday night, the Celina boys basketball team will play a Western Buckeye League opponent that plays the opposite style of the Bulldogs.
Tonight
Girls Basketball
Delphos St. John's (11-0, 3-0 MAC) vs. Marion Local (9-3, 4-0 MAC)
Two of the three teams holding first place in the M
A ride of a lifetime
Love makes the world go around and it certainly leads to some interesting proposals in the process.
Ashley Forsthoefel of Co