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, April 9th, 2025
Mercer County bee inspector steps down after decades
By Abigail Miller
ST. MARYS - The Greater Grand Lake Beekeepers Association, along with county and state officials, honored a longstanding pillar of the Grand Lake beekeeping community at their regular meeting on Tuesday night.
Tom Piper, 71, of Neptune, served as the county apiarist for both Auglaize and Mercer counties for almost 50 years before recently retiring, GGLBA President Allen Heindel said. [More]
Obituaries on April 9th, 2025
David L. "Dave" Sheets, Jr., 79, of Mendon, Ohio entered into eternal rest Mond [More]
Sarah K. Bomholt, age 81, of Celina, Ohio, passed away peacefully at her home o [More]
Virginia Ann Stone, 82, Celina, died Feb. 18, 2025, at her home in Highland Park. [More]
Local pictures on April 9th, 2025
Subscriber stories on April 9th, 2025
Parents bringing kids in for vaccines
WAPAKONETA - In the event of a measles outbreak in Auglaize County, the health department is ready to act quickly, Director of Health Promotion and Planning Natalie Karner told health board members at their regular meeting Tuesday morning.
CELINA - Two of the three new owners of the Plaza Bowling Lanes plan to purchase the entire Plaza Shopping Center on North Main Street and a smaller business complex to the north on East Forrest Street from a New York real estate investor, returning the strip mall built in 1961 to local hands.
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP - Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart will close Hone Weir Road between Now Road and Township Line Road in Hopewell Township for a bridge replacement.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Seth Lonsway pitched five innings of two-hit scoreless baseball in his 2025 debut as Richmond (Virginia) defeated Harrisburg 7-4 in Double-A Eastern League baseball action on Tuesday to begin a six-game series.