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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Friday, February 20th, 2015
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - A new group met for the first time Thursday morning with a mission to prevent elder abuse in Mercer County.
The Elder Abuse Interdisciplinary Team consisting of nearly a dozen members was organized by the local Job and Family Services department at the recommendation of the state to fill gaps in the system for adults 60 and over. [More]
St. John Builders to break ground in Celina for 12th home
By Jared Mauch
CELINA - A local church's ministry will celebrate its 25th anniversary by breaking ground on its 12th home for those in need.
Members of St. John Builders, a Celina-based home building and maintenance ministry of St. John Lutheran Church (the Purple Door Church), hope to begin construction of the new home in April. A small lot next to Grace Missionary Church, Celina, has been selected as the site. [More]
Marion's Thobe scores 1000th career point
By Gary R. Rasberry
ROCKFORD - An 18-0 run by Marion Local in the second quarter put plenty of distance between them and Parkway as the Flyers sewed up the school's 10th Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball title with a 69-45 win over the Panthers in Rockford on Thursday night. [More]
Obituaries on February 20th, 2015
Twyla Pifer Dudley, 89, Columbus, Ga., died on Feb. 15, 2015, at her residence. [More]
Jerome J. "Jerry" Fisher, 72, Wapakoneta, died at 11:59 a.m., Feb. 18, 2015, at his home with his family at his side. [More]
Dewain Alexander, 74, Celina, died Feb. 20, 2015, in the emergency department a [More]
Norma Hall-D'Addurnio, 80, St. Marys, died on Feb. 16, 2015, at University Hosp [More]
Virginia Wood, 85, Celina, passed away at 5:05 p.m. Feb. 19, 2015, at Otterbein [More]
Ruth Schoenlein, St. Henry, died on Feb. 19, 2015.
Arrangements are pending a [More]
Local pictures on February 20th, 2015
Subscriber stories on February 20th, 2015
Extreme cold makes it tough on firefighters
ROCKFORD - Four house fires have hit the area during the coldest week of the year.
An increase in fires is typical this time of year, local American Red Cross director Bill Steinbrunner said.
CELINA - U.S. Rep Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, on Thursday expressed frustration with President Barack Obama's overall lack of leadership on issues such as the Keystone XL oil pipeline and the growing menace of the Islamic State.
Manure management, septic systems, stream restoration top agenda
A watershed official plans to focus this year on three projects related to manure management, septic systems and stream restoration.
Abbey Tobe, coordinator of the Grand Lake/Wabash Watershed Alliance, explained the projects to the group's board of supervisors during their meeting Thursday.
MARIA STEIN - Marion Local Schools Board of Education members approved buying scoreboards for the high school softball and baseball diamonds during a special meeting Thursday night.
COLDWATER - It took an overtime period for either team to take control of the game Thursday evening at the Palace.
After seven ties and 16 lead cha
FORT RECOVERY - For the first time this year, the injured Caley Schoenherr was in the starting lineup for the Fort Recovery Indians in their regular season finale against St. Henry Thursday night.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina dominated the second half against Kenton to close out the regular season with a 62-47 win over the Wildcats to end Western Buckeye League play at 4-5.