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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Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mayor Jeff Hazel vowed to facilitate meetings between the owner of the former Breakaway RecPlex site and state officials to discuss ways to mitigate flooding allegedly caused by the spillway and Beaver Creek.
James Chilimigras of Mississippi came to city council's regular meeting on Monday night seeking help to deal with the conditions he believes are responsible for the flooding. [More]
Van Wert, St. Henry show support for Niekamp
By Colin Foster
ST. HENRY - Nate Niekamp stepped up to deliver a pitch Monday night at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
The right-handed sophomore from St. Henry had already received heavy run support.
On Monday, St. Henry hosted Van Wert in "DomiNATE" night - a game played in support of Niekamp, a St. Henry student who has been in an ongoing battle with a rare type of cancer known as sarcoma since March 2018. [More]
Obituaries on May 21st, 2019
Steven "Peach" Dietrich passed away May 13, 2019, in Cape Coral Fl. He was 62 years old. [More]
Bill L. Hey 89, of Willshire, Ohio, was received into the loving arms of his Savior at 4:05 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Adams Woodcrest in Decatur. [More]
William L. McDonald, 87, Celina, passed away at 4:35 a.m. May 19, 2019, at Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Richard M. "Zeke" "007" Zirkle, 72, of Celina and formerly of Venedocia, passed [More]
Local pictures on May 21st, 2019
Subscriber stories on May 21st, 2019
5-year district forecast predicts deficit spending
CELINA - Concerned parents at Monday's school board meeting spoke out against a book being read in a high school class that includes material they question.
FORT RECOVERY - Village council members on Monday learned the village had received $750,000 in Ohio Public Works Commission funding for the Broadway Street reconstruction project.
Teacher Austin Kaylor tapped for job
MINSTER - School board members approved hiring a current high school teacher as the new junior/senior high school principal.
Austin Kaylor, a Minst
ST. HENRY - Two of the area's best teams met Monday at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
The start couldn't have gone much worse for St. Henry.
Walks, errors and a lack of timely hitting throughout doomed the Redskins (No. 7 in Division IV) in an 8-5 loss to Van Wert (No. 8 in Division II).
FORT RECOVERY - Holly Stein Gann has returned home to Fort Recovery.
And Jim Melton will be making Fort Recovery home away from home.
Stein Gann and Melton have been hired to lead the Fort Recovery girls and boys basketball programs into the future.
Division IV Regional Softball Preview
After defeating the New Bremen Cardinals in Wapakoneta last Thursday to reach the regionals for the first time in four years, Minster will have to take on another set of Cardinals on its mission to reach the state final four.
All-WBL Baseball
Elida relief pitcher/shortstop Noah Adcock was named the 2019 Western Buckeye League Baseball Player of the Year by the league coaches as the All-League honors were released on Monday.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
New Bremen scored two runs in each of the first two innings and added insurance runs late to beat Fort Recovery 7-3 in a non-conference baseball tune-up game for the two tournament-bound teams.