Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.
Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
By Janie Southard
WAPAKONETA - Six days and counting until voters hit the polls for the Ohio primary, an event national media will be watching closely. County election board members were hard at it Tuesday testing the paper ballot system to make sure the machines tally properly. [More]
Obituaries on February 27th, 2008
Former St. Marys resident Alice M. Burnett, 89, died at 1:15 p.m. Feb. 26, 2008, at The Gardens of Celina. [More]
Dorothy A. Emerson, 92, 611 W. Market St., Rockford, died at 6:20 a.m. Feb. 26, 2008, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
Vera Fern Hoblet, 94, died Feb. 25, 2008, at Home Sweet Home Care Center of Michigan. [More]
Former Celina resident Steven A. McMurray, 46, of Portland, Ind., died at 9:20 [More]
Local pictures on February 27th, 2008
Subscriber stories on February 27th, 2008
The field of 10 candidates has been narrowed down to two for the superintendent's position at Parkway Local School.
They are Greg Puthoff, current Parkway High School principal, and Rebecca Honaker, elementary principal for Georgetown Exempted Village School in Georgetown.
NEW BREMEN - Residents in the New Bremen school district will be able to reserve park shelter houses from one year to the next as a result of policy changes approved by New Bremen village councilors Tuesday night.
There's an old song from the "Schoolhouse Rock" days that's called "Three is a Magic Number".
It certainly has been a magic number for the Coldwater wrestling program.
Versailles' Justine Raterman and New Knoxville's Tony Meyer were honored by the Midwest Athletic Conference basketball coaches as Players of the Year after the conference released its all-conference team on Tuesday.