Flood Advisory issued September 16 at 2:47AM EDT until September 16 at 6:30AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 630 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 247 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Carthagena, Neptune, Chattanooga and Maria Stein.
ST. MARYS - There were minor incidents at Goodyear Tri & Rubber Co. earlier this week when more than 40 professional replacement workers arrived at the local plant.
About 100 striking steelworkers greeted the busload of paid replacements, hired by the company, with shouts, hand signals and knocking on the bus. Subsequently, the company demanded the steelworkers remove their strike site from Goodyear property. [More]
COLDWATER - A bitter cold night didn't stop the hot passing by Coldwater's Sam Slavik.
The Cavalier senior threw for 386 yards and three touchdowns and the Coldwater defense held tough against a determined Otsego team in a 42-17 win for the homestanding Cavaliers over the Knights in the opening round of the Division IV playoffs at Cavalier Stadium. [More]
Celina native Lois Ann Grilliot, 65, of York Street, Yorkshire, died at 12:24 p.m. Nov. 3, 2006, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. Death was due to cancer. [More]
The Ohio EPA will hold an informational meeting Nov. 14 to gauge public input about a possible vertical expansion of the Celina Sanitary Landfill, located about 10 miles south of the city.
While the social engineering goal of Issue 2 is to put more money in the pockets of the lowest paid workers may be laudable in the sense that everyone wants more money, the excess of devilish details makes this constitutional amendment fatally flawed.
COVINGTON - It wasn't always pretty, but the Marion Local Flyers will take it.
The Flyers slugged its way to a 41-20 first-round playoff victory over the Covington Buccaneers behind a bruising running game that made up for a slipshod special-teams performance.
Alex Tuttle scored twice in the third quarter to help Wapakoneta build up a lead to hold off Olentangy Liberty 28-21 in the opener of the Division II playoffs in Olentangy.
