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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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
$43,767 state grant will help sheriff's office buy 29 units
By William Kincaid
CELINA - Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey will use a mix of state grant dollars and other funds to finish the job of equipping all officers who deal with inmates or have arresting powers with body cameras.
Grey plans to purchase 29 body cameras, 20 of which will be issued by corrections officers in the jail and nine by detectives assigned to the courthouse or prison transport. [More]
By Tom Haines
NEW BREMEN - Reece Busse wasn't getting any help from the New Bremen bats and defense, so when Lincolnview started to square him up, the Cardinals didn't offer much response.
The Lancers pushed two runs across in the fifth and broke through for four more in the sixth as New Bremen took a 6-0 loss in a home baseball game on Friday. [More]
Obituaries on April 23rd, 2022
Urban L. Clune, age 79 of St. Henry, passed away surrounded by his family at 5: [More]
Nancy E. (Peggs) Fowler, age 63 of Celina, Ohio, passed away on Friday, April 22, 2022 at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Bradley Goodwin, age 52 of Celina, Ohio, passed away on April 21, 2022 at Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Duane Allen Shellabarger, age 54, of Mendon, passed away at 4:48 P.M., Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. [More]
Local pictures on April 23rd, 2022
Subscriber stories on April 23rd, 2022
CELINA - School officials may cut teaching positions and pursue a higher income tax levy at the ballot box to ward off projected deficit spending in fiscal year 2026.
CELINA - School board members met in a nearly hourlong executive session Friday morning to investigate charges/complaints involving a school employee and consider other matters.
Dedicated pickleball players say it's more than just a sport - it's a community.
Pickleball, which combines elements of tennis, pingpong and badminton, has surged in popularity due in large part to its basic, relaxing-yet-challenging nature.
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Health Department officials reported seven cases of COVID-19 since their last report on April 15, raising the county's cumulative case count to 7,438, according to a Friday health department news release.
Feister shines as Celina shuts out Elida
CELINA - The way Dylan Feister was pitching on Friday, Celina didn't need a lot of offense.
Which was good, because Elida wasn't giving Celina many chances.
ST. MARYS - A 6-2 loss to Van Wert Friday at K.C. Geiger Park was summed up by St. Marys baseball coach Adam Graves as "another frustrating outing."
The Roughriders fell to 0-6 in the Western Buckeye League (2-9 overall), having not lost a game this season by more than four runs.
Area Roundup
Compiled By Tom Haines and Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater's Madison Wendel allowed just one baserunner to reach, via a sixth-inning walk, for a no-hitter in a 3-0 softball victory over Lima Central Catholic at Lady Cav Diamond on Friday.
ROCKFORD - After a successful basketball run during his high school days at Parkway, Caden Slusher will look to continue his career as he committed to attend NCAA Division III Bluffton University and play basketball for the Beavers next season.