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.

Monday, June 4th, 2018

Men safe after boat overturns

By Tom Stankard

Photo by Tom Stankard/The Daily Standard

Celina firefighters work with Celina police officers to pull in a boat Sunday evening. The boat capsized while two Celina men were angling for catfish on Grand Lake.

GRAND LAKE - Two Celina men made it to shore unharmed after their boat had capsized on Sunday evening.

Shandy Mullins, 37, and his friend, Nick Neace, 18, were angling for catfish when a strong eastward wind reportedly forced their boat to drift across the lake toward the Wright State University-Lake Campus area.

A large wave hit the boat, causing it to take on water, Mullins recalled standing on a dock by the campus. The two started bailing using buckets, but then another big wave splashed them and flooded their boat.

They realized more water was in the boat than it could handle so the two men put on their lifejackets, Mullins said. Their boat capsized, and the two hung onto it for at least 20 minutes before someone saw them and called for help, Mullins said. Celina firefighters and Mercer County Sheriff's deputies responded at about 7:30 p.m.

Once they were close to shore, Mullins and Neace were able to walk out of the lake under their own power, fire chief Doug Wolters said.

The firefighters were able to pull the boat to shore and they later dropped Mullins and Neace off at the West Bank boat docks, from where they had set off.

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Minster wins state team title

2018 State Track and Field Championships

COLUMBUS - Minster added another state championship to the collection on Saturday.

Junior Emma Watcke repeated as 1,600-meter champion and also won silver in the 3,200 as Minster totaled 57 points to win the Division III state track and field title at Jesse Owens Stadium. [More]

Raiders hold off Cavaliers for state title

Division III State Baseball Championship Game

COLUMBUS - Coldwater came back once against South Range, but the Raiders repelled every other comeback chance to defeat the Cavaliers 3-2 and win their first-ever Division III state baseball title on Saturday afternoon at Huntington Park. [More]

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Hope pervades relay

Cancer event in Celina draws survivors, others

CELINA - Survivors, caregivers and supporters, many wearing purple T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Hope" and "Defeet Cancer," gathered on Friday night for the annual Mercer County Relay for Life at Lakeshore Park.

Spectator hurt at Fort tractor pull

Transmission blows up, sends parts flying

FORT RECOVERY - An Ohio State Benefit Pull spectator was transported to Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater Saturday night after having been struck by loose tractor parts.

EPA can use local lake water data

Lake Campus' agriculture and water quality center gains certification

CELINA - Environmental Protection Agency officials may now directly access sampling data taken from Grand Lake and analyzed by Wright State University-Lake Campus' Agriculture and Water Quality Center.

Woman jailed on warrant faces additional charges

WAPAKONETA - An Auglaize County jail inmate faces additional felony charges after officers found 100 grams of suspected heroin that she reportedly had thrown away.

Nine vendors offer taste of Coldwater

COLDWATER - Local foodies can please their palates when the Taste of the Town returns Tuesday for its sixth year of celebrating local eateries and brewers.