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.
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Thursday, May 15th, 2025
A look inside remodeled Auglaize jail
By Abigail Miller
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Sheriff Mike Vorhees and his jail staff are about to unveil a substantial jail renovation that expanded its capacity and improved its capabilities.
The nearly $6.4 million project, originally billed at $4.5 million, added around 29 beds to the facility: one female minimum security block that can house 20 people, five female medical/mental health cells, and four male medical/mental health cells. [More]
By Abigail Miller
  ST. MARYS - St. Marys City Schools Board of Education members established a new capital improvement fund and transferred $9.25 million from the general fund into it at their regular board meeting on Wednesday.
The transfer will be used to gradually implement a 20-year cost assessment plan done by K-12 Consulting which looked at all of the district's properties and vehicles to determine what updates will be needed down the line. [More]
Obituaries on May 15th, 2025
A celebration of life service for Michele Millhouse, 46, of Midland, Mich., wil [More]
Erma Jean Maxwell, age 86, of Celina, passed away peacefully, and went to be with the Lord on Tuesday evening, May 13, 2025. [More]
Local pictures on May 15th, 2025
Subscriber stories on May 15th, 2025
COLDWATER - With the passage of a tax levy last week, Coldwater school officials have some room to breathe financially but are still warning of deficit spending in fiscal year 2029 should school funding provisions in House Bill 96 make the final cut of the state's biennium budget.
CELINA - Walmart at Harbor Square in Celina was evacuated for about half an hour Wednesday night as law enforcement swept the building after being alerted about a possible bomb inside.
CELINA - Two Victorum Early Learning Center employees were charged with assault and child endangerment.
A criminal complaint was filed against Jay
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Health members at their regular meeting on Wednesday agreed to move forward with another levy attempt this November.
ROCKFORD - Parkway Board of Education members established a capital projects fund for facility projects in response to the state's proposed biennium budget, in which schools in Mercer County could stand to lose $3.5 million over the next two years.
CELINA - Two people were sentenced in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday for charges related to drug possession, with one facing additional charges of endangering children.
CELINA - A former Celina business owner indicted on over 100 felony counts for allegedly defrauding people out of more than $1 million was taken into custody on Wednesday after allegedly violating the terms of his bond for the second time this year.
Cait Clark
The Mercer County Historical Society
The Mercer County Historical Society has a unique piece in its collection - a small, white baby coffin bearing the German inscription "Ruhe in Frieden," meaning "Rest in Peace." What sets the piece apart is the small window set into the lid.
A two-vehicle accident on Tuesday night in northwestern Darke County left a Hollansburg man in critical condition, while a Fort Recovery man in the other vehicle was uninjured, according to a news release from Darke County Sheriff Mark Whittaker.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The weather was a little more cooperative on Wednesday as the Western Buckeye League opened its track and field championships at Fred J. Brown Stadium in Defiance.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Marys used a five run second inning to break open the game, then five runs in the bottom of the sixth to put