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, March 6th, 2015
Debra Eschmeyer to head First Lady's Let's Move! program
By Jared Mauch
WASHINGTON D.C. - An Auglaize County farmer is taking a leading national role in raising awareness about children's health and nutrition.
Debra Eschmeyer, 35, New Knoxville, recently was named executive director of first lady Michelle Obama's Let' [More]
By Kathy Thompson
CELINA - The Celina-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night honored the people who make the area a better place to live during its annual awards banquet.
Receiving the Citizen of the Year Award was Ivan Knapp, who said the award was really about all the people he's interviewed over the last 10 years. [More]
Division III Girls Basketball District at Elida
By Gary R. Rasberry
ELIDA - Coldwater girls basketball coach Connie May said that sometimes teams that like to press don't like being pressed themselves.
The Cavaliers forced Ottawa-Glandorf into 24 turnovers, but the Titans returned the favor by forcing 24 Coldwater turnovers en route to ending the Cavaliers' season with a 52-33 win in the Division III district semifinals on Thursday at the Elida Fieldhouse. [More]
Obituaries on March 6th, 2015
Thomas S. Howe, 60, Fort Wayne, Ind., and formerly of St. Marys, died March 4, 2015, at his residence following an extended illness. [More]
Donald E. Johnson, 72, died peacefully on Feb. 26, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospice, where he was surrounded by close family, friends and loving hospice staff. [More]
James C. Wagner, 70, Celina, died March 5, 2015, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Vernon Warner, 89, St. Marys, died March 5, 2015, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Local pictures on March 6th, 2015
Subscriber stories on March 6th, 2015
By KATHY THOMPSON
and DAVID GIESIGE
of The Daily Standard
CELINA - The State Fire Marshal's Office and local fire officials remind people to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms this weekend when they move their clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time.
State seeking public comments
MARIA STEIN - Owners of a local layer hen operation are seeking renewal of a permit to operate from the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
As part of
CELINA - Per the 2014 Farm Bill, Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday signed forms to update crop yields on county-owned properties leased to area farmers.
CELINA - Three local residents entered not guilty pleas Wednesday to charges they tried to sneak tobacco into the Mercer County Detention Facility last month.
Division IV Girls Basketball District at Wapakoneta
WAPAKONETA - Top-seeded Marion Local got contributions from top to bottom and rolled into the Division IV Wapakoneta District Title game with a 59-47 victory over Ada Tuesday night.
Western Buckeye League Basketball Honors
Celina senior Ryan Hoyng capped off a memorable regular season by being named the Western Buckeye League Boys Basketball Player of the Year in voting by the league coaches released Thursday.