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, April 21st, 2014
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Phil Long of Celina has been appointed to the Mercer County Board of Elections to complete the unexpired four-year term of Mark Giesige.
The Mercer County Democrats' executive committee recently recommended Long to fill the vacancy left by Giesige, who resigned at the end of March to focus on his work with the Missionaries of Precious Blood. [More]
Minster Memorial Track Meet
By Bruce Monnin
MINSTER - While a strong headwind along the finishing straight provided a little extra challenge to the athletes, the Minster boys and girls swept both titles at the 38th Annual Minster Memorial Invitational track meet Saturday. Both home teams dominated their competition, as the Wildcat boys more than doubled the points of all their competitors, while the girls handily outpaced second place Marion Local. [More]
Obituaries on April 21st, 2014
Eugene A. "Buck" Lange, 83, St. Henry, died April 20, 2014, at the Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Lenora Mae Wade, 91, formerly of Celina, passed away at 4:15 a.m. April 19, 2014, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Gwendolyn Burd, 90, St. Marys, died April 20, 2014, at her residence.
Arrange [More]
Nancy Koeper, 68, St. Marys, died April 20, 2014, at Lima Memorial Health Syste [More]
Effie Varvel, 74, Coldwater, died April 20, 2014, at Briarwood Village, Coldwat [More]
Local pictures on April 21st, 2014
Subscriber stories on April 21st, 2014
GRAND LAKE AREA - Medicaid expansion under Obamacare has in recent month's swamped local Job and Family Services agencies with more than 1,700 new cases.
Pair of suspicious trash fires also under investigation
ST. MARYS - A fire Friday night ousted a local family and caused heavy damage to a two-story home in the city.
No injuries were reported to the two
COLDWATER - Two brothers were charged with drug offenses after police executed a search warrant at their home Saturday night.
Aaron Rutschilling, 1
CELINA - City firefighters battled a house blaze early Sunday morning in the 400 block of South Walnut Street.
Flames were showing from a rear bedr
USAC Sprint Cars at Eldora
ROSSBURG - Lincoln, Ind.'s Dave Darland passed Chase Stockon on lap 12 of Saturday night's 30-lap United States Auto Club (USAC) AMSOIL National Sprint Car event at Eldora Speedway and cruised the rest of the way to pick up his fifth career win at the high-banked, 1/2-mile oval.
Weekend Local Sports Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina earned a split in its two games as part a four-team round robin featuring Fort Recovery, Crestview and Lincolnview on Saturday at Eastview Park.