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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Friday, July 13th, 2018
By Tom Stankard
Hackers continue to find ways around security features as technology improves, and vehicles are their latest target.
Technologically savvy people wanting to gain access to others' cars have learned how to copy signals emitted between key fobs and their vehicles. However, car owners can prevent this type of theft by using a common kitchen item, Holly Hubert, a former FBI special agent and CEO of Global SecurityIQ, told the newspaper. [More]
By Ed Gebert
BLACKCREEK TOWNSHIP - A pilot spraying fungicide on a soybean field Thursday afternoon was unharmed after his plane experienced engine failure, causing him to make an emergency landing in a northwestern Mercer County field.
According to a news release from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the 1979 Cessna A188B was piloted by Roger Trump, 61, Greenville. [More]
Obituaries on July 13th, 2018
Michael H. Coats, 60, Ohio City and formerly of Rockford, died on July 11, 2018, at Lima Memorial Hospital. [More]
Othmar J. Fullenkamp, 89, Maria Stein, died on July 12, 2018, in Coldwater.
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Shirley Knight Gunyou passed away on May 18, 2018, in Minnetonka, MN, just shy of her 97th birthday. [More]
William D. "Bill" Zink, 64, Saint Marys, died suddenly at 9:40 A.M. Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at OSU Medical Center in Columbus. [More]
Doris Severns, 85, Mendon, died on July 12, 2018, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, [More]
Local pictures on July 13th, 2018
Subscriber stories on July 13th, 2018
Area watersheds would be affected
County soil and water officials are concerned about new fertilizer regulations to combat toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie that could result from an executive order Gov. John Kasich signed on Wednesday.
CELINA - Wright State University-Lake Campus' ongoing efforts to study Grand Lake's water quality influenced an executive order issued this week to further reduce algal bloom across Ohio, a Lake Campus news release states.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday took action needed to get two levies on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
Commissioners Greg Hom
CELINA - Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board members during a required hearing on Thursday unanimously approved a $182,060 agricultural drainage tile replacement project on Hoenie Road south of Morrow Road.
Local native pens book about belief in God
SIDNEY - A new understanding of the grace of God changed a Celina native, making her a better wife, mother and person, she said.
Martha Reineke, w
Jordan Thompson's football career has provided him with several opportunities.
One of those opportunities presented itself recently when Thompson
Mariners fall to Copperheads 10-8
CELINA - The Southern Ohio Copperheads and the Grand Lake Mariners had a lot of zeros on the scoreboard through the first five innings of Thursday's game.
ROSSBURG - Shane Stewart survived a mid-race tangle with David Gravel and went on to capture the Joker's Wild on Thursday night on the opening night of Kings Royal weekend at Eldora Speedway.
Former Minster High School golf standout Ben Hogenkamp made the third-round cut in the 2018 Ohio Men's Amateur Golf Tournament being held at Wedgewood Golf and Country Club in Powell.