Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM 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 1045 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - 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.
A local father has taken his case from Mercer County to the Ohio Supreme Court to toughen laws that allow judges to modify parental rights in child custody cases.
Paul Fisher of Celina, an unmarried father, says he is asking the highest court in the state to protect his constitutional right to equally parent his daughter, 4-year-old Demetra, and clarify laws that he says diminish his rights as a parent. [More]
Longtime Parkway schools band and choir director Richard Sherrick recently received the Ohio Music Education Association's (OMEA) Ohio Music Educator of the Year award for 2007.
The director's 35 years of dedication to students and drive for excellence is what prompted his daughter, Katie Brautigam, to nominate him for the prestigious award. [More]
VAN WERT - Considering that they needed a coin flip just to see who got a higher seed, it looked like Coldwater and Lima Central Catholic would need another flip of the coin to see which team would come out ahead in their Division III sectional final game at Van Wert. [More]
Celina's Park and Recreation Board officially was dissolved Monday, and construction of the first phase of the Celina Rotary Walkway finally will move forward.
COLDWATER - Village Manager/Engineer Eric Thomas reported at Monday's council meeting that the police department will be receiving a $9,000 grant from the Office of Criminal Justice Service to upgrade its computers and servers.
ST. MARYS - The city fire department has been awarded a $209,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security, which requires a minimum contribution from the city.
Versailles opened Division III boys basketball sectional action on Monday with a 78-55 win over Clinton-Massie at the University of Dayton II sectional at the UD Arena.
