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, June 16th, 2022
State park open to public today
By William Kincaid
ST. MARYS - The swimming pool at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park campground will be open to the public free of charge today.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that indoor and outdoor pools at several state park lodges and campgrounds will waive daily pool fees Wednesday and Thursday. That includes St. Marys State Park campground, located at 834 Edgewater Dr., St. Marys, according to a news release from DeWine's office. [More]
Celina plates three in seventh to beat Fort Recovery
By Gary R. Rasberry
FORT RECOVERY - The key to winning baseball can be summed in the following phrase: "Get 'em on, get 'em over and get 'em in."
For six innings, Celina got 'em on and got 'em over, but getting 'em in was a challenge as the Bulldogs stranded 14 and scored just twice. [More]
Obituaries on June 16th, 2022
Floyd Elden Houts, age 91, of Celina, transitioned to eternity with the Lord Jesus Christ, on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at Briarwood Village in Coldwater, Ohio. [More]
Kyle P. Olding, formerly of Celina, was called home to be with the Lord on June 10, 2022 at the age of 38, at his residence in Dayton. [More]
Local pictures on June 16th, 2022
Subscriber stories on June 16th, 2022
CELINA - Mercer County board of health members on Wednesday morning approved an order compelling a Celina rental property owner to contact the Mercer County Health District and allow staff to conduct testing in relation to an ongoing sewage nuisance.
NEW BREMEN - Work is expected to begin next week on a new bus garage, school board members learned at Wednesday night's regular meeting.
Construction should wrap up on Sept. 23, superintendent Jason Schrader said.
The summer festival season is now in full swing with two more community shindigs unfolding this weekend in Mercer County - Rockford Community Days and Zuma Days.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Wednesday passed legislation to award a nearly $600,000 contract for the wastewater treatment plant lagoon sludge removal project.
WAPAKONETA - The number of confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 reported in Auglaize County in May were four times higher than April, Auglaize County board of health members learned Tuesday.
ST. HENRY - After Coldwater approached the run-rule margin in the first three innings, St. Henry seized the momentum and cut the lead to 8-6 heading into the seventh.
Area Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Grand Lake plated six runs in the fourth inning and scored four in the bottom of the eighth to trigger the run rule and defeat Southern Ohio 11-1 in Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League action on Wednesday at Montgomery Field.