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.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:14PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
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The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Logan County in west central Ohio... Hardin County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Auglaize County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 813 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bluffton to near Wapakoneta, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, Kenton, Ada, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Forest, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Blanchard, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Ridgeway, Uniopolis, Patterson, and Dola.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 106 and 118.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:00PM EDT until March 22 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 759 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spencerville In Allen County, moving east at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Waynesfield, Buckland, Uniopolis, Kossuth, and State Route 116 at State Route 197.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 114 and 118.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
Veteran's Day
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Paul Meeds was a 24-year-old young man, working on the family farm in Versailles, when World War II took him across the globe to the heart of deadly battle in the South Pacific.
Now 98, Meeds, the oldest of six siblings born to Elva and M [More]
By Shelley Grieshop
CELINA - Officials on Tuesday verbally agreed to lease a tract of county-owned land west of the city where a home for men recovering from substance abuse is planned.
The proposed second Mercer County House of Hope would be built between the sheriff's office and Foundations Behavioral Health Services along state Route 29 - about a half mile from the first home of its kind for women on Mud Pike. [More]
Obituaries on November 11th, 2015
Leo H. Koesters, 79, Celina, passed away at Celina Manor, on November 9, 2015 at 5:45 pm. [More]
Mary Ellen Winkeljohn, formerly of Celina, age 91 died October 28, 2015 in her home at Cottonwood Village, Cottonwood, AZ. [More]
George Hill, 85, died on Nov. 7, 2015.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at [More]
Earl W. Wuebbeling, 84, Celina, died on Nov. 10, 2015, at Mercer County Communi [More]
Local pictures on November 11th, 2015
Subscriber stories on November 11th, 2015
FORT RECOVERY - A committee plans to create a memorial plaza in Monument Park to honor living and past veterans with ties to the village.
The idea
Plan would affect Auglaize health staff
WAPAKONETA - A proposal to increase county employees' copayment costs by 5 percent to subsidize a 12 percent hike in insurance premiums was tabled Tuesday by the health board.
COLDWATER - Surrounded by dozens of model fighter planes and vintage military magazines, area historian Ralph Schwieterman honored America's veterans with a recent World War II presentation at the Coldwater Public Library.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County engineer Doug Reinhart requested an increase of about $1.7 million for road repaving in 2016 due to high material costs.
Reinhart expressed his concerns about road repaving to county commissioners during an annual budget hearing.
Division II Girls Soccer State Semifinal
TIFFIN - After the postgame handshakes, Celina girls soccer coach Cal Freeman looked over at the Archbishop Hoban sideline and said "That's a good t
All-Ohio Volleyball
Area players and coaches reaped the honors as the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association announced its All-Ohio teams this week.
In Divisi
ST. MARYS - Erika Angstmann made a living spiking the volleyball for the St. Marys Roughriders.
She will be expected to do the same thing when she arrives on the campus of Owens Community College next fall.