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, March 27th, 2025
Marion Local 7th graders design chair solution
By Abigail Miller
MARIA STEIN - Thanks to some hard work and creativity from four of her peers, Marion Local third-grader Mayah Schwieterman is now happily able to study in a regular classroom chair like everyone else.
Seventh graders from math and STEM teacher Jeanna Heitkamp's STEM class crafted special chair risers and a step stool for Mayah, who was born with a rare type of dwarfism, as a part of the Mercer County Board of Developmental Disabilities STEM Invention Challenge. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
  Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Area seniors continue to make college and athletic commitments for next school year.
Fort Recovery has been busy with three athletes signing national letters of intent to compete on the next level. Marion Local senior Josie Bruns will stay closer to home to run at Bluffton University and New Knoxville's Preston Rutschilling will head to Tiffin University to join the soccer team. [More]
Obituaries on March 27th, 2025
Stephanie E. Lathrop, age 58, of Celina, passed away on Friday, March 21, 2025. [More]
Local pictures on March 27th, 2025
Subscriber stories on March 27th, 2025
Operating margin is thin, but going in 'right direction'
COLDWATER - Mercer Health Chief Financial Officer Jon Dingledine on Wednesday night said the $100 million-plus budget for fiscal year 2026 shows that the local health care system is moving in the right direction.
CELINA - Amid the uncertainty triggered by the Trump administration's directives earlier this year to halt federal grants, an antipoverty agency serving Mercer, Auglaize and Allen counties has learned it can breathe a sigh of relief - at least through September.
ROCKFORD - In a 3-2 vote, Parkway Local Schools board members hired an elementary principal from a Henry County school district to be the new superintendent.
CELINA - A Celina couple was arrested Tuesday on child endangerment charges after their 2-year-old daughter allegedly ingested a THC product and had to be sent to Dayton Children's Hospital.
NEW BREMEN - Superintendent Jason Schrader unveiled plans from Garmann Miller for renovations to the New Bremen High School offices and concessions at Wednesday night's regular school board meeting.
In 1914, Lilas Gorsuch was on vacation with her parents at a Native American reservation in Michigan. While there, her father bought her two sketches which she kept for many years. She donated them to the Mercer County Historical Society in 1989.
OPSMA Divisions IV-VII Boys Basketball All-Ohio
Area boys basketball players earned statewide honors as the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association announced its All-Ohio teams for Divisions IV through VII on Wednesday.
The Auglaize-Mercer Family YMCA Waves swim team will send nine members to compete at the YMCA Long Course Nationals that runs March 31 to April 4 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Long course refers to swimming in a 50-meter pool rather than a 25-meter pool.