Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers... St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring. * WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHEN...Until this afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
CELINA - Christopher Summers made an emotional plea in Mercer County Common Pleas Court Thursday afternoon, apologizing to the former student with whom he had a 28-month relationship and requesting probation so he could spend time with his family.
Judge Jeffrey Ingraham listened to Summers' rambling discourse and then sentenced the former Fort Recovery High School accounting teacher and girls basketball coach to 20 years in prison on eight counts of sexual battery. [More]
Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members reviewed three invalid allegations of improper manure application during their regular meeting Thursday.
The first allegation was reported on Sept. 10 at the corner of Harrison and B [More]
ST. MARYS - If you heard deafening cheers and other celebratory commotion on the west end of St. Marys at around 9 p.m. on Thursday night, it was for good reason.
Following their 8-0 drubbing of the Van Wert Cougars, the Roughriders' boys soccer team and head coach Dave Ring secured the program's first Western Buckeye League title on the soccer field. [More]
Vonalee "Vonnie" G. (Finke) Martin, 70, St. Marys, was called home while surrounded by loved ones in the home of her daughter at 11:45 p.m. Oct. 9. [More]
WAPAKONETA - Changes in office alignment, pay wages, income and special elections were among topics discussed Thursday during a meeting with state and Auglaize County leaders.
MONTEZUMA - A Montezuma man charged in Auglaize County with photographing minors in the nude also faces nine counts of illegally possessing firearms in Mercer County.
A 27-year-old Coldwater man received serious injuries Thursday night when his bicycle was struck from behind by a vehicle along state Route 118 south of the village.
COLDWATER - For the last two years, Coldwater was only the second school in Midwest Athletic Conference history to win both the boys' and girls' cross country championships.
MARIA STEIN - The Marion Local Flyers captured the 2013 Midwest Athletic Conference volleyball championship outright on Thursday night with a 25-19, 25-14 and 25-10 victory over the Minster Wildcats on Senior Night at The Hangar.
Eldora Speedway puts the finishing touches on its 60th Anniversary season on Saturday night with the UNOH Sprintacular, an all-Sprint Car program featuring three different divisions of open wheel racing.
New Bremen completed its regular season by going over the .500 mark in Midwest Athletic Conference play with a three-set sweep over Parkway on Thursday night at Cardinal Gymnasium.
COLDWATER - After dominating the first two sets, Coldwater had to rebound after a sluggish third set to come back and wrap up their best regular season in school history with a four-set win over rival St. Henry on Thursday night at The Palace.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological Survey is sponsoring several fossil hikes during Earth Science Week in Ohio, Oct. 11-19.
