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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Thursday, January 11th, 2024
By Abigail Miller
CELINA - An Indiana woman who caused a crash that left the other driver with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Wednesday afternoon.
Mercer County Common Pleas Court Judge Matthew Fox sentenced Amanda Eicher, 31, of Winchester, Indiana, to 59 months in the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and 180 days in the Mercer County jail with 23 days credit. He also suspended her driver's license for 10 years. [More]
Guilbault set standard for MAC basketball
By Robb Hemmelgarn
When former St. Henry boys basketball coach Fran Guilbault retired in 1999, he had been around the local basketball scene for well over half of the time the sport even existed at the high school level in Mercer County.
Thirty-eight years, 624 wins, 35 straight winning seasons, 20 league and conference championships, and three state championships - in terms of sheer numbers Guilbault, who is in the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame, knew how to produce winners. [More]
Obituaries on January 11th, 2024
Eileen E. Poeppelman, age 96, of Minster, died a happy death and went to the Lo [More]
Kathlyn R. (Kathy) Prenger, age 79 of Minster, Ohio, passed away peacefully on the evening of Monday, January 8, 2024 at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, Ohio. [More]
Local pictures on January 11th, 2024
Subscriber stories on January 11th, 2024
CELINA - Mayor Jeff Hazel said immediate action is being taken to address city employee dissatisfaction, including the hiring of a global improvement firm for 39 weeks of organizational and management training.
But rates for the flu, RSV and COVID are up
CELINA - Vaccination rates in Mercer County are on the decline, following a national trend and raising alarm bells from health experts.
During Wedn
ROCKFORD - Parkway school board members on Wednesday evening voted 3-2 to accept a $2.81 million bid from a Minster firm to build a new athletic building.
NEW BREMEN - School officials on Wednesday night heard school board member Scott Bertke resigned last week.
Bertke served on the New Bremen Board
ST. MARYS - School board members on Wednesday approved the Leadership, Employment and Academic Development internship program which will be initiated next school year.
Horse and Buggy Tales
On May 14, 1886, road contractor William H. Bryan and his crew were grading and building a gravel road near St. Anthony in the western part of Mercer County when they stopped because of an approaching storm.
Midwest Athletic Conference commissioner Don Kemper announced Wednesday that he is resigning, effective June 30, after leading the conference since 2013.
The Hoops
At 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the Western Buckeye League, the St. Marys boys basketball team has been playing tough all season. Its only losses have come to a 7-2 Toledo St. Francis team in the second game of the season on a buzzer-beater and an undefeated Findlay squad.