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.
32° 32° Mon 47° Mon 47° 29° 29° Tue 53° Tue 53°
Saturday, March 7th, 2015
Parents decide their children shouldn't take PARCC tests
By David Giesige
While most area students sat down this week to take standardized tests, many others refused to take the exams.
Even though local school officials consider passing the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers or PARCC tests to be the easiest of three paths to graduation, some parents have opted their children out of taking the tests. [More]
Division II Girls State Bowling Tournament
By Gary R. Rasberry
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
After losing six seniors from a team that won two state titles and a runner-up trophy the past three seasons, some thought the Coldwater girls bowling team would be a little down.
The Lady Cavaliers set out to prove the naysayers wrong and did so on Friday, winning the school's third state girls bowling title at the Division II state tournament at Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl. [More]
Obituaries on March 7th, 2015
Dorothy A. Meyer, 92, formerly of Fort Loramie, passed away of natural causes March 5, 2015, at Lane Park, Sidney. [More]
Amelia Alice "Amy" (Hudson), Singleton 76, Franklin, died March 5, 2015.
She [More]
Marilyn Sue Thobe, 52, Celina, passed away peacefully in her home with her family March 6, 2015. [More]
Local pictures on March 7th, 2015
Subscriber stories on March 7th, 2015
Thirty-nine blighted or unsafe residential structures were razed in the last few years in Mercer and Auglaize counties with funds from attorney general Mike DeWine's Moving Ohio Forward program.
Division IV Boys Basketball Sectional at Coldwater
COLDWATER - The Marion Local Flyers and New Bremen Cardinals each found themselves cutting down the nets in celebration after winning Division IV sectional titles Friday night at the Palace.
Division II Boys Basketball Sectional at Lima Senior
LIMA - One thing coach Chris Bihn noticed when he looked at the postgame stats was that Celina's rebounding numbers were down, especially on the offensive end.
Division III Boys Basketball Sectional at St. Marys
ST. MARYS - Coldwater put the clamps on one of the area's leading scorers and picked up a Division III sectional title Friday night at Murotech Court in St. Marys.
Division IV Boys Basketball Sectional at Bath
BATH TOWNSHIP - The tournament run for Minster and New Knoxville ended Friday night at Bath High School.
The Wildcats came up short in their bid fo
Tournament Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys rallied in the fourth quarter to force overtime and then outscored Shawnee 11-2 in the extra session to claim the Division II sectional title at Riverdale with a 65-56 win over the Indians on Friday.