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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Monday, March 8th, 2010
By Margie Wuebker
GREENVILLE - Sunny days and cold nights. That's the ideal weather for maple sugaring at the Shawnee Prairie Preserve Nature Center, part of the Darke County Parks.
Visitors learned about the process during programs Saturday and Sunday at the 118-acre site located off state Route 502. Another 200 or so elementary school students from throughout the area will visit during the coming week. [More]
Mercer Country trio wraps up stellar seasons, careers
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - While getting a win in his final match was not to be, Alex Dues has plenty to be proud of.
Dues became the first Celina wrestler to place in the state wrestling tournament since 2003 as he took to the mats on Saturday in the Division II State Wrestling Championships at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. [More]
Mercer Country trio wraps up stellar seasons, careers
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - Codey Welker was in the perfect position for a storybook finish at the 2010 State Wrestling Championships.
The Celina grappler's opponent in the Division II 285-pound seventh-place match was the wrestler who beat him in his first match of the tournament, Ian Jones of Plainesville Harvey. [More]
Mercer Country trio wraps up stellar seasons, careers
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLUMBUS - Talk about the perfect pre-match workout.
Before his seventh-place match on Saturday at the State Wrestling Championships, Trevor Kunk got the workout from his father.
It worked as Kunk picked up a win in his final high school match, [More]
Obituaries on March 8th, 2010
Marlene E. Simon Borchers, 87, Althoff Road, Versailles, died March 5, 2010, at the Versailles Health Care Center. [More]
William E. "Bill" Borger, 52, 605 Sweitzer St., Greenville, died March 6, 2010, at his home. [More]
Wilbur H. Heiland, 92, 8181 state Route 274, Anna, died at 7:03 p.m. March 6, 2010, at Dorothy Love Retirement Community, Sidney. [More]
Richard A. "Dick" Martin, 80, 109 Wiggs St., Fort Recovery, died at 9:30 p.m. March 6, 2010, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Virgil Puthoff, 62, Chickasaw, died March 7, 2010, at the OSU Medical Center, C [More]
Donna M. Watkins, 84, 314 E. Plum St., New Bremen, died at 9:45 a.m. March 5, 2010, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home, Minster. [More]
Sharon White, 58, 769 Gordon Grove Dr., St. Marys, died at 7 a.m. March 8, 2010 [More]
Local pictures on March 8th, 2010
Subscriber stories on March 8th, 2010
Longtime Chickasaw mayor and village councilman Virgil H. Puthoff died Sunday morning at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, where he had been receiving treatment for heart problems.
A study will be conducted this spring on the most dangerous roadways in Mercer County, which includes an intersection where a 20-year-old Celina woman was killed 10 years ago today.
NEW KNOXVILLE - The president's wife visited this Auglaize County town over the weekend and entertained friends (circa mid-1800s) at the First Methodist Church.
So far, $161,100 has been raised toward the $500,000 needed to test sediment removal technology in Grand Lake, members of the nonprofit Lake Improvement Association (LIA) learned Saturday as they prepared to launch a "Save Grand Lake" marketing campaign.
Girls Basketball Division IV District Finals
LIMA - Two old tournament combatants renewed their postseason rivalry Saturday night at Lima Senior with a trip to the regional as the coveted prize.
Girls Basketball Division II District Finals
PAULDING - The Celina girls basketball team saw its season come to an end Saturday night, falling to the Wauseon Indians 57-47 in the Division II District final Saturday night at Paulding High School.
State Wrestling Notebook
COLUMBUS - After Codey Welker's last match on Saturday, the feeling didn't quite hit Celina wrestling coach Tim Doner.
It probably did Saturday night.
Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater girls bowling team finished seventh at the State Bowling Tournament held this past weekend at Shawnee Lanes in Chillicothe.