Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
CELINA - A decision whether to move the location of the trial of Bryant L. Rhoades - charged in the November 2011 murders of Robert and Colleen Grube - will occur during jury selection, a judge has ruled. [More]
ST. MARYS - Paul Leroy Hoover on Wednesday was ordered to serve at least seven years in prison for the grisly murder of an elderly farmer more than three decades ago. [More]
CELINA - A 44-year-old Coldwater man will spend at least 60 days in the Mercer County jail for driving over and injuring a cousin while intoxicated at a graduation party in June.
The sounds of music will again fill the air this summer as several area communities host concerts, including events in Celina, Fort Recovery, St. Henry, St. Marys, Minster and New Bremen.
CELINA - The last time Celina was represented at the boys state tennis tournament, Lyndon Johnson was in the White House, The Beatles were beginning their stranglehold on the American music scene and the Cleveland Browns were on the verge of their last NFL World Championship.
TROY - For a select few area athletes, Wednesday was their opportunity to qualify for the state track meet by finishing in the top four in their event. For others, preliminary races were run to determine which athletes would be able to earn their trip on Friday evening.
Celina's Sam Phares advanced to next week's Division I state track and field meet by qualifying in the pole vault at the regional meet Wednesday at Amherst Steele High School.
The Celina High School athletic program capped off another strong showing in league play this past school year in winning a second straight Western Buckeye League All-Sports Trophy.
