Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 9:27PM EDT until March 22 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Shelby County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Champaign County in west central Ohio... Western Logan County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Southern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Southeastern Mercer County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1015 PM EDT.
* At 927 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near New Bremen to near Fountain City, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Law enforcement.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Bellefontaine, Greenville, Tipp City, West Milton, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, Covington, Arcanum, Newport, Bradford, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, and Pleasant Hill.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 67 and 106.
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, March 16th, 2022
By Tom Millhouse
MINSTER - The village has been approved for a $500,000 federal grant to help fund a $1.03 million playground project in town, council members learned at their meeting Tuesday.
Village administrator Don Harrod said state officials advised him the grant is from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. [More]
Firm receives award for water treatment tech
By William Kincaid
CELINA - A Cincinnati firm has won a national award for its contributions to a new process that filters water from Grand Lake to provide drinking water for the city's 10,000-plus residents.
The new process went online last year at Celina's water treatment plant on U.S. 127. The 13,500-acre lake is Celina's sole source of drinking water. [More]
Obituaries on March 16th, 2022
Guillermo "Willie" Luna, Jr., age 69, formerly of Celina, died on March 14, 2022 at his residence in Marion, Ohio. [More]
David "Whitey" Hogrefe, 86, of St. Marys, OH died Sunday February 27, 2022 at his residence. [More]
Constance A. Good, age 68, of St. Henry, died on Monday, March 14, 2022, at Van Wert Manor in Van Wert. [More]
Michael Albert Selby, age 75, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, passed away on March 10, 2022 at his home in Wapakoneta. [More]
Paul L. Poeppelman, 92, Fort Loramie, died March 12, 2022, at Elmwood Assisted [More]
Local pictures on March 16th, 2022
Subscriber stories on March 16th, 2022
ROCKFORD - Rockford village council hired a part-time parks manager but tabled a resolution on new park rental rates at their Tuesday night meeting.
Council also approved an ordinance barring vehicles from parking on residential lawns and public sidewalks.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved sheriff Jeff Grey's request to replace a finger printing system in the jail that reportedly was damaged when an inmate passed out on the machine.
ST. HENRY - St. Henry Local Schools board of education members earlier this week discussed but took no action on preparations for teacher contract negotiations following an hour-long executive session.
Mercer County's unemployment rate worsened to 3% in January, an increase from December's rate of 2.1%.
However, the county kept its status as secon
CELINA - Celina High School Assistant Principal Derek Wenning was promoted to athletic director at Monday night's regular school board member.
Al
ST. HENRY - A local development company has plans to develop about 37 resident lots on the north side of town.
Village administrator Stan Sutter said Tuesday a developer from RND Development LLC, St. Henry, spoke about the proposed project during Monday's village council meeting.
COLDWATER - Coldwater school board members heard from Tri Star Director Tim Buschor during their meeting Tuesday.
Buschor discussed ongoing research into TriStar possibly becoming a stand-alone school, responsible for its own funding, programs and employee hiring.