Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:23PM 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 Darke County in west central Ohio... Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 822 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Monroe to Redkey, moving east at 50 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... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Osgood, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, North Star, Montezuma, New Weston, Yorkshire, Chattanooga, Kossuth, Tama, North Dayton, and Maria Stein.
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 8:26PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 826 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ada to near Lakeview, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
Locations impacted include... Kenton, Ada, Forest, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Blanchard, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Ridgeway, Patterson, Dola, Huntersville, Pfeiffer, Big Springs, and State Route 195 at State Route 235.
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Friday, April 12th, 2019
By Tom Stankard
CELINA - A Celina High School alumnus has been named a Fulbright Scholar and will spend a year in the Netherlands working as a teacher's assistant as part of the scholarship program.
David Giesige, 25, will graduate with honors in May from The Ohio State University and will spend the 2019-2020 school year abroad, assisting with high school classes and studying the Dutch high school education system. Giesige said he hopes the experience will make him a better teacher. [More]
Pitching dominates in St. Henry; Redskins beat Cardinals 3-0
By Colin Foster
ST. HENRY - Both St. Henry's Marc Siefring and New Bremen's Spencer Alig had efficient efforts on the mound Thursday.
As is usually the case in pitchers' duels like this one, the winning team made fewer mistakes.
St. Henry took advantage of two Bremen errors in the second inning to score all three of its runs, and Siefring later finished his 85-pitch complete game with a 1-2-3 seventh for a 3-0 victory at the Wally Post Athletic Complex. [More]
Obituaries on April 12th, 2019
Robert A. Heitkamp, age 58, of Celina, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Merilda Hoying, 96, St. Henry, died on April 11, 2019, at The Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Naomi F. Lankford, 85, of New Knoxville, and formerly of Las Vegas, died 12:07 P.M. Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at her daughter's residence in New Knoxville. [More]
Hazel A. McMillen, 90, of Paulding, Ohio and former longtime resident of Willsh [More]
Local pictures on April 12th, 2019
Subscriber stories on April 12th, 2019
WAPAKONETA - The tourism industry saw a terrific, record-setting year in 2018 in Auglaize and Mercer counties, Greater Grand Lake Visitors Region Executive Director Donna Grube said.
Designed to attract foreign investment
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County has become the first certified Foreign Direct Investment-Qualified Community in Ohio, which officials say should help make the county more attractive to foreign companies and bring high-paying jobs to the area.
Establishing income tax or increasing millage discussed
CHICKASAW - Village council members may attempt to increase the millage of the town's operating levy or establish a village income tax to better maintain roads.
WAPAKONETA - Area residents were told to be on alert for food stamp trafficking and fraud and other scams during a program on Wednesday hosted by Auglaize County Department of Job and Family Services and Area Agency on Aging 3.
By MIKE ERNST
Standard Correspondent
MINSTER - Coldwater and Minster entered Thursday night's MAC baseball battle heading in opposite directions
MARIA STEIN - Although his team scored four in the third inning, Parkway softball coach Mark Esselstein thought his team just couldn't come up with the hits that would have broken the game wide open
But the way Macy Henkle was pitching, the Panthers didn't need to.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster
The Minster softball team remained unbeaten on Thursday with a 9-1 victory over Coldwater at Lady Cav Diamond.
Minster is now 10-0 and 2-0 in MAC play.