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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Thursday, December 31st, 2020
Health, safety workers get first COVID vaccine
By Leslie Gartrell
CELINA - Recipients described their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as quick, easy and painless during the county's first vaccination clinic for Phase 1A groups on Wednesday morning.
Mercer County Health District officials were enthusiastic and emotional when asked for their thoughts on the long-anticipated clinic. Director of nursing Julia Shaffer stifled tears as she expressed her excitement. [More]
Obituaries on December 31st, 2020
Pauline J. Axe (nee Muhlenkamp) 95, formerly of St. Marys, Ohio died at 9:00 pm [More]
Florentine S. Moeller, age 93, of Chickasaw, died Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
Mildred L. Shellenberger, age 99 of New Knoxville, died on Tuesday, December 22 [More]
Marcella (Sally) Fahncke Werner died on December 27, 2020, at Manchester Commons, an assisted living facility in Erie PA. She was 96. [More]
Fr. Ernest Krantz, C.PP.S., died on December 29, 2020, in the Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, Columbus, after a brief illness. He was 78. [More]
Sandra K. Collett, age 51, of Coldwater, died Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton. [More]
Local pictures on December 31st, 2020
Subscriber stories on December 31st, 2020
Year-end move covers expenses
ST. MARYS - City officials passed an ordinance on Wednesday to close out the city's books for the year and discussed some changes to the city's proposed budget for 2021.
Tells officials to release records
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Supreme Court has denied a motion to reconsider the case of Charles Summers against the Mercer County Prosecutor's and Sheriff's offices, maintaining that county officials must release certain documents as a matter of public record.
CELINA - Six new COVID-19 deaths were reported in Mercer and Auglaize counties.
Three deaths and 24 new cases of COVID-19 raised Mercer County's death toll to 65 and the total number of cases to 3,354 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Ninth Annual Asset Allocation Associates Holiday Classic
Marion Local defeats Coldwater for first championship since 2016
COLDWATER - For the first three quarters, it was a back-and-forth game, but in the fourth Marion Local put the game on ice.
The Flyers took a five-point lead into the fourth and turned it into a 41-29 victory over Coldwater to win the Asset Allocation Associates Holiday Classic.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Minster kept up its winning ways with a 52-34 win over Valley View in a recently scheduled girls basketball contest at Wildcat Gymnasium on Wednesday.