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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, May 5th, 2007

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Christopher Harris, 32, of Sidney, cries as Beth Schulze, far right, reads a statement about her grandmother prior to sentencing Friday afternoon in Shelby County Common Pleas Court. Looking on is public defender Tim Sell. Harris will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering 84-year-old Victoria Eilerman of Fort Loramie.

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Murderer of elderly Loramie woman gets maximum sentence

SIDNEY - Christopher Harris wept as he appeared in Shelby County Common Pleas Court on Friday afternoon for sentencing in connection with the kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder of an elderly Fort Loramie woman. [More]

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