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Flood Warning issued September 19 at 9:56PM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:40 PM EDT Saturday the stage was 13.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

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Mercer County Sheriff's Deputy Doug Timmerman reads from a victim impact statement Friday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court. Ricky D. Driskill, Modoc, Ind., was to be sentenced for an incident last year during which he lunged at Timmerman with a box cutter knife and Timmerman shot him. His sentencing was delayed until Thursday.

Related online story:

Driskill sentencing is rescheduled

Ricky D. Driskill, 28, of Modoc, Ind., was to learn his fate Friday afternoon in Mercer County Common Pleas Court, but a defense motion has put it off for at least another week. [More]

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