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.
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Grant used to buy 3-D printers, router and table saw
By William Kincaid
COLDWATER - A Coldwater Middle School teacher was able to modernize her wood shop with state-of-the-art 3-D printers, a router, table saw and other equipment thanks to a $15,000 grant.
Coldwater Middle School was one of seven Ohio schools to receive an America's Farmers Grow Rural Education grant. The program aims to help enhance science, technology, engineering and math curricula at public schools. [More]
Panthers pull away to beat Tigers
By Tom Haines
ROCKFORD - Up 17-7 on Waynesfield Goshen late in the first quarter, Parkway girls basketball coach Dan Williamson called timeout, worried that the team was starting to lose focus.
The Panthers didn't lose focus, instead building that early advantage into a 44-13 halftime lead and a decisive 67-32 win at Panther Gymnasium on Tuesday night. [More]
Obituaries on December 16th, 2020
Craig L. Leclair, 68, of Celina, Ohio, died 1:25 A.M. Saturday, December 12, 20 [More]
Dean French, 83, passed away December 12, 2020 at Bluffton Hospital.
Dean was [More]
Shirley Lou (Seaman) May, age 85, formerly of Port Charlotte, Florida died on F [More]
Todd James Huckemeyer, age 39, of Celina, Ohio passed away on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 at his residence in Celina. [More]
Alberta "Bert" Eckstein, age 90, of Celina, Ohio, entered into God's eternal rest on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 8:40 am at her daughter's home in Greenville. [More]
Bernice E. Goettemoeller, of Upper Arlington, Oh. and North Fort Myers, Fl., passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at Hope Hospice House, North Fort Myers. [More]
Rita M. Kittle, age 93, of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 2:30 am in the Gardens of Celina. [More]
Local pictures on December 16th, 2020
Subscriber stories on December 16th, 2020
CELINA - Mercer County Ag Solutions Coordinator Theresa Dirksen has landed a nearly $135,000 state grant to continue researching technology that removes nutrients from manure, this time on a much larger scale.
MENDON - Two village council members got into a heated exchange over junk ordinances after Tuesday evening's meeting.
Earlier in the evening, counc
MINSTER - Council members on Tuesday night granted 2% pay raises to village employees and appointed Travis Wilges to replace retiring member Rick Schwartz.
CELINA - One new death and 15 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Mercer County on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 57 and total number of cases to 3,083.
ROCKFORD - Parkway School board members thanked retiring longtime elementary school principal Mark Esselstein during Monday's board meeting.
Superi
ROCKFORD - Village council members on Tuesday tabled until April a measure to rescind a tax credit due to uncertainty surrounding efforts to build a new water tower.
MINSTER - A little more than 72 hours removed from their first setback of the 2021 season, Minster shook off Saturday's loss to Fort Loramie by defeating Celina in a 67-18 non-league girls basketball contest at Wildcat Gymnasium.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Fort Loramie outscored St. Henry 16-8 in the third quarter to pull away and win the battle of Redskins 47-33 in a boys basketball contest on Tuesday night in Fort Loramie.