Special Weather Statement issued April 19 at 9:54AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 954 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Newport, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to vegetation. Locations impacted include... Montra, Newbern, New Jerusalem, Lockington, Ridgeway, Woodstock, Botkins, Mount Victory, Millerstown, Kiser Lake State Park, Hardin, Pemberton, Piqua, West Mansfield, East Liberty, St. Paris, Logansville, Belle Center, North Lewisburg, and Lakeview. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 77 and 106. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners this morning approved a "100 percent clear right-of-way" policy to further support the county engineering department in its bid to remove trees and brush that encroach on county roads.
Celina middle schoolers Keaton McMurray and Claire Gass are heading back to the YMCA Short Course National Swimming Championship for a second consecutive year.
They'll be joined by familiar faces from the AMFY Swim Team in Wesley Ruedebusch (Celina), Pierce McGowan (Minster) and Justin Fleagle (St. Marys) when the meet kicks off April 4 at the Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatics Center. [More]
MENDON - Village council members at Tuesday's meeting passed first reading of a resolution to put a five-year, 2.6-mill replacement levy on the November ballot.
CELINA - The first adult involved in a February drug-deal-turned-shooting in Fort Recovery has been sentenced.
Morgan Perry, 18, Celina, was sentenced on Wednesday to a period of community control of up to three years by Judge Jeffery Ingraham in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
VAN WERT - A 27-year-old St. Marys man on Wednesday was sentenced to 30 days in jail and classified a Tier I sex offender after being convicted on a sex-related charge involving a 13-year-old.
CELINA - Longtime musician Neil Kerns, who once sweated it out on the East Coast club circuit with his punk-fueled alt-country band The Saviors, has traded in his wild nights as a rock 'n' roller for family life, settling down in Celina.
With the high school softball season at full throttle, former Marion Local standout Dana (Hartings) Couch has an increasingly difficult time not letting her mind drift back a decade or so.
