Flood Watch issued August 13 at 4:50AM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A lull in rainfall will continue for much of the day. However, additional storms will move into the area later this afternoon. The risk of heavy rainfall will be greatest tonight into early Friday morning. There is also the potential for storms to repeatedly move over the same locations, which increases flash flood risk.
66° 66° slight chance Thu 81° Thu 81° patchy slight chance 66° 66° chance Fri 81° Fri 81° likely
a_d
Find Date:
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Obituaries on April 30th, 2009
Fr. Richard Beischel
Fr. Richard Beischel, C.PP.S., 81, died April 27, 2009, in Valdivia, Chile, after a lengthy illness. [More]
Ethel Klosterman
Ethel Elizabeth Klosterman, 83, 85 W. Main St., Montezuma, died at 7:20 p.m. April 29, 2009, at her residence. [More]
Fr. Robert Onofrey
Fr. Robert Onofrey, C.PP.S., 76, died at 5:10 p.m. April 28, 2009, in the infirmary of St. Charles Center, Carthagena, following an extended illness. [More]
Stories on April 30th, 2009
Crisis negotiators speak low and slow
ST. MARYS - Late last year a local teenager broke into his former girlfriend's house armed with a knife. The apparent plan was a murder/suicide. By the time city police crisis negotiators arrived he was barricaded in the bathroom. [More]
Job service agency splits $1 million stimulus funding
A Mercer County agency that provides job services will share more than $1 million in stimulus funds with three other area counties.
The local Workf [More]
Flu causes drop in hog prices
Industry officials say pork is safe; no virus detected in any swine worldwide
The swine flu outbreak sickening people has caused a drop in hog prices as officials scramble to dispel misinformation on the virus, which appears to have no connection to pigs at all.
New Bremen schools seeking 1 percent income tax renewal on May 5 ballot
Voters in the New Bremen Local Schools district will decide the fate of a 1 percent income tax levy renewal at the polls May 5.
With the current in
Celina man pleads not guilty to killing stepson
A 26-year-old Celina man entered Mercer County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon and flashed a quick smile minutes before pleading not guilty to charges stemming from the death of his infant stepson.
Permits OK'd to expand hen operation to 1.2 million birds
Manure digester back up and running at James Wenning farm
The state has issued final permits that will allow the expansion of a Fort Recovery layer hen operation from 659,999 chickens to 1.2 million chickens
New banners line streets in St. Henry
Banners are installed along state Routes 119 and 118 in town
Several dozen new banners now greet visitors to the village of St. Henry.
Village Administrator Don Hess told village council members meeting this
Council approves seeking bids for lockkeeper's house on canal
NEW BREMEN - Village councilor Delores Stienecker smiled broadly Tuesday night as fellow councilors unanimously authorized seeking bids for the construction of a lockkeeper's house along the Miami and Erie Canal.
City likely to relinquish Myers Road lift station
The half-a-century-old Stauf- fer lift station located on Myers Road will most likely be relinquished by the city of Celina.
"This station, in my opinion, should have been abandoned years ago," wastewater treatment plant Superintendent Kerry Duncan said at a recent utilities committee meeting.
Many issues facing local voters on Election Day
Election Day is Tuesday and polling locations will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voters still need to bring identification to the polls in order to vote. [More]
Celina man faces assault charges
A Celina man faces an assault charge after he walked out of a local mental health facility and later scuffled with a deputy attempting to talk him into going back.
Art is big part of life
Ellen Keyes of New Bremen can't imagine a day without art.
From the design of clothes, cars and computers to the pleasure and expression of music and painting, art permeates all aspects of life, Keyes, the executive director of Gateway Arts Council in Sidney, says.
Roughriders carry big sticks
St. Marys hits three home runs in 14-0 victory over Celina
ST. MARYS - The bats were sizzling for the St. Marys softball team on Wednesday afternoon as the Roughriders hosted the rival Celina Bulldogs at K.C. Geiger Park. [More]
Coldwater all alone on top of MAC
MINSTER - Coldwater won its sixth Midwest Athletic Conference game of the season, and become the sole unbeaten in the conference, behind the potent a
1981 was a special season for St. Marys
As the St. Marys Roughriders relish in another successful spring on the softball diamond, it's natural to compare and contrast to their great teams f
St. Henry loses in the 10th inning to Lehman
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
St. Henry rallied to score a run in the bottom of the seventh to tie Lehman and send the game into extra innings, but the Cavaliers scored three times in the top of the 10th to leave the Wally Post Athletic Complex with a 6-3 win over the Redskins.
Local pictures on April 30th, 2009
Subscription information or Buy this E-Edition
a_d