Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:23PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
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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Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
Governor calls for limited government
By William Kincaid
COLDWATER - Gov. John Kasich on Monday afternoon said a limited but caring government can empower all Ohioans by putting more money in their pockets and helping them develop God-given talents through lifelong education.
Kasich - joined by Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, State Rep. Jim Buchy, R-Greenville, and State Sen. Keith Faber, R-Celina - spoke at Coldwater Machine Co. to local politicians and community leaders as part of a Get Out the Vote campaign. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - Wapakoneta needed a win on Monday to claim the Western Buckeye League boys soccer title.
Celina was ready to play the role of spoiler.
The Bulldogs led 2-1 at the half before Wapak scored with 25 minutes left in the match to tie the match. The Celina defense held against a furious Redskins' attack in the final minutes to preserve a 2-2 tie at the soccer stadium. [More]
By Colin Foster
ST. MARYS - The phrase "Go, Celina" isn't typically uttered by those in St. Marys.
It was okay to say that if you were a St. Marys soccer fan on Monday night.
Roughly an hour after St. Marys posted a 4-0 win over Kenton to open Division II sectional tournament play, the Roughriders got some help from their neighbors to the west - as Celina's 2-2 draw against Wapakoneta gave St. Marys the outright Western Buckeye League championship for the second consecutive season. [More]
Obituaries on October 14th, 2014
Lorys O. Bohman, 69, Osgood, died at 1:48 a.m. Oct. 13, 2014, at Versailles Health Care Center. [More]
Lindsay Kay Homan, 33, Minster, passed away at 10:43 a.m. Oct. 12, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Robert G. Riesley, 78, Celina, died at 2:35 p.m. Oct. 11, 2014, at State of the Heart Hospice Care Center, Greenville. [More]
Max Roebuck, 94, Rockford, died at 5:47 p.m. Oct. 12, 2014, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
Brother Adrian Barga, C.PP.S., 91, died Oct. 13, 2014, at St. Charles Living Ce [More]
Ida Mary Kendrick, 94, a resident of Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community, died Oct. 13, 2014, at Otterbein. [More]
Barbara A. Skorepa-Castlen, 75, Celina, passed away at 4 a.m. Oct. 12, 2014, at her residence. [More]
Local pictures on October 14th, 2014
Subscriber stories on October 14th, 2014
Grossology theme of library program
NEW BREMEN - The thought of bloody blisters, Q-tips dripping with earwax and a bucket of slimy worms lured Ryland Busse to the library Monday night.
CELINA - City council members Monday night unanimously approved a new three-year contract with the city's largest union representing 43 employees of the utility, engineering and public works departments.
ST. MARYS - City council may change the chime schedule for the Memorial Park clock tower after receiving complaints about late-night noise.
Resident Richard Miller told council members Monday night the bells were very distracting and the time on the clocks is wrong.
ST. HENRY - Council members on Monday discussed steps to ensure drones do not become a problem in the village.
St. Henry council president Doug Rin
COLDWATER - Village officials plan to keep a close eye on the budget after getting some bad financial news at Monday's council meeting.
Coldwater c
MARIA STEIN - The most recent five-year forecast at Marion Local Schools shows expenditures exceeding revenues in fiscal year 2017.
Treasurer Heath
NEW BREMEN - Village council members Monday night set a plan in motion to cover the costs of improving Circle Drive.
Officials agreed to apply for a zero-percent interest loan from the Ohio Public Works Commission to pay the $637,000 cost for the project.
CELINA - The Celina girls soccer team started a busy week of action on Monday by beating Elida 4-1 in a rescheduled Western Buckeye League matchup at the soccer stadium.
Computer Points Roundup
With the seventh week of the high school football regular season now in the books, we will use this article to show the effects of last weekend's results and then another article later in the week to project in greater depth what might happen by the end of the season.
Several members of the Coldwater girls soccer team received honors as the Western Ohio Soccer League released its inaugural All-League selections on Monday.