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, September 24th, 2010
By Shelley Grieshop
ST. HENRY - A 10-year-old St. Henry boy died Thursday evening after becoming stuck inside a grain wagon full of corn on the family farm.
Nicholas "Nick" Franck was rushed to Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater, about 6 p.m. and pronounced dead shortly after his arrival. [More]
Wooden Shoe beer returns to Minster
By Margie Wuebker
MINSTER - Andy Phlipot listened to the gurgle of beer during the brewing process and grinned from ear to ear. The sound was music to his ears after five years of planning and working to turn a dream into reality.
The Wooden Shoe Brewing Company is once more part of this Auglaize County community with an open house scheduled the first weekend in October. [More]
By Mark Ruschau
MARIA STEIN - A sign of a good team is how it responds in a pressure situation.
On Thursday night, the Marion Local Flyers found themselves not playing well and in a struggle with the Parkway Panthers. However Marion Local was able to right the ship and pull away for a 25-23, 25-16, 25-14 Midwest Athletic Conference win at Marion Local High School. [More]
Obituaries on September 24th, 2010
Coldwater native Victor J. Gerlach Sr., 86, Piqua, died at 10:54 a.m. Sept. 15, 2010, at Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy. [More]
Corabelle "Corky" Akens, 83, Celina, and formerly of Greenville, died at 12:55 a.m. Sept. 23, 2010, at the Van Wert Hospice and Patient Center in Van Wert. [More]
Norman J. Marchal, 82, Minster and formerly of St. Patrick, died at 3:45 p.m. Sept. 22, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Bertha Selhorst, 87, of Coldwater, died Sept. 23, 2010, at Briarwood Village, C [More]
Local pictures on September 24th, 2010
Subscriber stories on September 24th, 2010
Scott Will talks about work as physician assistant in Uganda
FORT RECOVERY - Scott Will has seen the ravages of pestilence and death in central Africa.
But not even those forces could thwart his faith in God as he found hope among the indigenous people and a calling in medical ministry.
School board meets Monday to discuss hiring replacement
MINSTER - Superintendent Gayl Ray has announced plans to retire from the Minster Local Schools effective July 31.
Ray made the announcement Thursda
CELINA - She's a student-grandmother who beat the odds to return to school after an absence of more than three decades. And she's the first to say she's had a lot of encouragement along the way from friends, family and a new support group at Wright State University-Lake Campus.
Mercer County commissioners this week gave the green light to proceed with a nearly $100,000 ditch project in northern Mercer County.
The venture -
MARIA STEIN - Infrastructure projects - part of the Safe Routes to School program - have been completed, according to reports presented during the Marion Community Development Organization's (MCDO) September meeting.
More than 100 breweries operated
NEW BREMEN - More than 100 breweries once existed along the Miami and Erie Canal, Jim Kent of Wapakoneta told the audience at the Lockkeeper's House
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Celina girls tennis team wrapped up the Western Buckeye League dual match season in style, shutting out Defiance 5-0 in action on Thursday afternoon.
VAN WERT - The Celina volleyball team took their perfect Western Buckeye League record on the road Thursday night and the Bulldogs were never threatened by undermanned Van Wert.
CELINA - The Celina boys soccer team knew that it was facing a big challenge on Thursday as the Bulldogs faced Western Buckeye League leader Shawnee, a team that has given up just one goal the whole season.
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St. Marys brought home the Western Buckeye League boys golf tournament title, but Shawnee captured the overall league title as the WBL teams met at Veteran's Memorial Park Country Club in Kenton for the league meet.