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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Wednesday, December 17th, 2014
Director, board commissioner leaving amid financial strain
By Amy Kronenberger
WAPAKONETA - Funding for 2015 was slashed by more than half for the Heritage Trails Park District.
The bleak financial news at the group's year-end meeting Tuesday was accompanied by an announcement that part-time executive director Allison Brady and board commissioner Jim Heinrich plan to retire. [More]
By William Kincaid
FORT RECOVERY - Fort Recovery High School Principal Jeff Hobbs has instituted new penalties to curb out-of-control cellphone use by students.
Violators will have their phones confiscated and must serve a Saturday school. The seized phones can be retrieved only by parents, he added. [More]
Obituaries on December 17th, 2014
Jeff G. Muhlenkamp, 53, Fredericktown and formerly of Rockford, died unexpectedly at his home Dec. 13, 2014. [More]
Local pictures on December 17th, 2014
Subscriber stories on December 17th, 2014
ROCKFORD - The school board welcomed a new member at its meeting Tuesday night.
Matt Swygart, a village resident for the last 21 years, was approve
Owner says business should open this spring
CELINA - The owner of a new restaurant opening in the city this spring said he loves the site's history of good, family fun.
The Happy Daz restaurant is being constructed on property along East Wayne Street where a roller rink once operated.
MINSTER - Village councilors are considering the addition of a battery storage system for a proposed solar field project.
Dave Dwyer of American Re
ST. MARYS - The city's planning commission on Tuesday tabled a request by a local factory to rezone 2.3 acres of its land from residential to industrial.
ST. MARYS - One year ago, Shelby Patterson was determined to fit into a size 6 wedding dress when she got married.
The 25-year-old not only lost the 30 pounds by her wedding day but also has opened a business in St. Marys to help others reach their desired weight and improve health habits.
NEW BREMEN - James F. Dicke II, chairman and CEO of Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, has been selected for membership in the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc., a nonprofit educational organization.
COLDWATER - The game was on the line.
And although the Coldwater girls basketball team hadn't shot particularly well at the free throw stripe the entire night against Celina, Hannah Bruns made two big ones to put the game away.
MINSTER - Erica Oldiges and Lauren Roetgerman don't hesitate to acknowledge that they have been best friends for as long as either of them can remember.
Tuesday's Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Fort Recovery outscored Waynesfield-Goshen 20-11 in the second quarter to take a 10-point halftime lead and held on to beat the Tigers 63-55 in Tuesday night boys basketball action in Auglaize County.