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.
WAPAKONETA - A 16-year-old St. Marys girl was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Monday afternoon.
Kennedy Schreiber was northbound on Townline-Kossuth Road in a 1997 Toyota sedan when she reportedly failed to stop the vehicle at a stop sign at U.S. 33, according to a news release from the Wapakoneta Ohio State Highway Patrol Post. [More]
ST. MARYS - City officials plan to remove nine downtown traffic lights since Memorial High School is no longer in the area and the Spring Street reconstruction is nearing.
City council's Streets and Sidewalks Committee on Monday approved the plan [More]
CELINA - Celina City Schools board members on Monday approved a tax abatement on three parcels of land along West Bank Road and South Main Street for the construction of a 28-unit condominium.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In honor of National Volunteer Week, The Daily Standard is running a series of stories saluting the efforts of local volunteers of all stripes.
WILLSHIRE - Parkway Local Schools teachers received a new three-year contract, effective July 1, giving them raises each year of 2.5 percent, 2 percent and 1 percent.
CELINA - A Van Wert woman has been sentenced to 60 days of house arrest for a charge stemming from a July traffic accident that claimed the life of Charles W. Ward, 57, St. Marys.
NEW BREMEN - New Bremen's Ezra Ferguson plans to follow in his parents' footsteps.
Ezra Ferguson will attend Malone University - the collegiate alma mater of his parents, Patrick and Julie Ferguson - and be a member of the swimming team.
