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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Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
Trevin Sanders Roark charged in Fort Recovery area murders
By Margie Wuebker
Trevin Sanders Roark, a 19-year-old Union City man charged with murder in the November 2011 shootings of Robert and Colleen Grube, pleaded not guilty to 27 charges Tuesday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
Sanders Roark also waived hi [More]
$2.1M in budget to pay for plan to help Grand Lake
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - The state's new two-year budget includes $2.1 million for the development of a treatment train at Coldwater Creek.
The funds to create littoral wetlands and improve the lake's water quality are nearly double the $1.1 million allocated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the first treatment train project at Prairie Creek on the south side of the lake. [More]
Mercer County ACME Sectional Tournament
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - After two days of rainouts, action finally got underway at the Mercer County ACME sectional tournament on Tuesday at Veterans Field in Coldwater.
Celina, which had already lost twice to Fort Recovery during the regular season, scored three runs in the top of the first and then blew the game open with seven more in the sixth en route to a 12-3 win. The Bulldogs will now take on second-seeded Coldwater tonight at 6 p.m. [More]
Obituaries on July 3rd, 2013
Juanita Gagle, 83, Celina, passed away at 10:25 a.m. July 2, 2013, at her residence. [More]
Michael Carroll, 36, Wapakoneta, died at 2:58 p.m. June 29, 2013, in a motorcycle accident on state Route 198 in Wapakoneta. [More]
Thomas Paul Henry, 55, Versailles, passed away at 3:47 a.m. on July 2, 2013, at his residence. [More]
Local pictures on July 3rd, 2013
Subscriber stories on July 3rd, 2013
$500,000 will pay for sheriff's office dispatch items, service through 2027
CELINA - Mercer County officials on Tuesday approved a request from the sheriff's office to purchase radio dispatch equipment and service through 2027 for nearly $500,000.
ST. MARYS - A sixth-grade social studies teacher and former varsity football and track coach at St. Marys was hired Tuesday as the new athletic director.
ROCKFORD - The village may purchase property on North Street to use as park space.
Mayor Amy Joseph said the owner of the two lots - one with a house trailer and the other empty - approached her with the proposal to sell the two parcels each for $7,500.
MINSTER - Improvements are continuing at Minster Machine Centennial Park, village council members learned Tuesday night.
Village administrator Don
Business under new ownership; amenities include sandwich shop, dry cleaner
NEW BREMEN - Construction on the newest location for a longstanding area grocer is underway at the Amsterdam Plaza in New Bremen.
The former Howell
CELINA - Tuesday's late afternoon storm provided too much rain for Montgomery Field and the Grand Lake Mariners matchup against the Hamilton Joes was cancelled.
Auglaize County ACME Sectional Tournament
MINSTER - The Minster Wildcats became the first team from Auglaize County's sectional to qualify for the District 4 ACME tournament after scoring four times in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Wapakoneta 5-3 in the winner's bracket championship game on Tuesday night at Hanover Street Park.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Henry's Junior ACME team held off a late New Bremen charge to pick up a 7-4 win in the sectional tournament to earn a spot in the district tournament that begins on Saturday in Rockford.
Hank Williams Jr. joins forces with Gregg Allman at Kettering concert
KETTERING - Concert-goers got hearty helpings of Southern musical styles and Dixie pride with the pairing of Gregg Allman and Hank Williams Jr. on Saturday night at the Fraze Pavilion.