Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
By William Kincaid
CELINA - The city this morning was selected as one of 50 quarterfinalists in the America's Best Communities competition, which offers a $3 million grand prize.
City council will match today's $35,000 award with $15,000 to pay for an economic devel [More]
Fort Recovery gets first victory over Coldwater since 1981
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - Fans making the trek to Veterans Field Tuesday night got to see a classic Midwest Athletic Conference baseball game.
Coldwater led 2-1 after the first inning, but was shut down by Fort Recovery's Jackson Hobbs for the remainder of the game. The Indians came back and won the game in the top of the seventh to stay unbeaten with a 3-2 win over the defending Division III state champions. [More]
Obituaries on April 29th, 2015
Viola M. Schmidt age 89 of Yorkshire, Ohio died at 11:35 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at her home. [More]
Magdalene Sophia Vohs, 94, of New Knoxville, Ohio, was welcomed home at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, April 25, 2015, by her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. [More]
Former New Knoxville resident Audrey (Doey) M. Wietholter, age 93, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the St. Marys Living Center in St. Marys, Ohio. [More]
Virginia F. Weyandt, age 92 of Celina, Ohio passed away at 11:15 a.m. on Monday April 27, 2015 at home with her family by her side. [More]
Ralph F. Wuebker, 88, Fort Recovery, Ohio, died April 27, 2015 at Celina Manor, Celina, OH. [More]
Doris L. Cordier, 87, Celina, died at 12:30 p.m. April 28, 2015, at Briarwood V [More]
Local pictures on April 29th, 2015
Subscriber stories on April 29th, 2015
CELINA - City officials plan to pave the northern half of the parking lot behind the city administration building on Main Street after an employee was injured in a fall.
CELINA - The discovery of excess moisture in the subgrade of West Bank Road temporarily delayed the nearly $1 million reconstruction project.
Work
CELINA - Cost and time savings are the biggest reasons local board of elections officials support a continuing campaign to establish online voter registration.
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the annexation of more than 6 acres of land into the village of Fort Recovery.
It was the
CELINA - Five local owners are the first in the United States to offer a new fitness program.
The F45 Training center in Celina is the company's first U.S. franchise.
St. Marys now all alone atop WBL standings
ST. MARYS - St. Marys pitcher Nathan Wilker was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth inning to put his team in front 1-0 on Celina. Isaac Fitzgerald provided him with some additional run support on the next at-bat.
CELINA - The three R's are education's basic elements: reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic.
Softball has its own elements called the three P's: Patience, pitching, power.
Compiled by Colin Foster and
Gary R. Rasberry
Celina received solid contributions from their doubles teams and picked up the squad's fifth Western Buckeye League boys tennis dual match win by beating rival St.Marys 3-2 on Tuesday at the Booster Club Tennis Courts at the high school.
The Grand Lake Crappie Series held its first event last Saturday on the east side of Grand Lake.
P.H. Lincoln and Mike Freewalt took home first pla