Flood Warning issued September 18 at 12:21AM EDT until September 18 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 800 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1218 AM EDT, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms developing which contain moderate to heavy rainfall. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area over the next hour or two. - 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.
CELINA - A 2,750-gallon liquid fertilizer tank reportedly ruptured this week and is believed to have dumped its contents into Chickasaw Creek, killing "a bunch" of fish, according to Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District Technician Matt Heckler. [More]
CELINA - Mercer County officials will apply for a $100,000 state grant that would help finance extending water and sewer utilities to Cooper Farms' proposed biosecurity expansion in Fort Recovery.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday moved to set up a Tax Increment Financing district in the Franklin Industrial Park near Montezuma to pay for road and sewer work set for completion in November.
ST. MARYS - A Fairborn man was arrested on Wednesday night after being involved in a high-speed chase that started in Shelby County and ended in St. Marys.
Montgomery Field was enemy turf for Isaac Fitzgerald in high school.
It's been home turf for the 2014 Western Buckeye League Baseball Player of the Year ever since he put on a Wright State University-Lake Campus uniform. [More]
MINSTER - Minster jumped out of the box running and never slowed down in a 16-1, five-inning victory over St. Henry Thursday in the Division IV sectional softball finals at Four Seasons Park in Minster.
Molly Smith scattered two hits and New Bremen scored in every inning to beat Perry 10-0 in five innings in a Division IV sectional softball game on Thursday at New Bremen.
