Flood Watch issued August 13 at 11:45AM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, 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...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A lull in rainfall will continue for much of the day. However, additional storms will move into the area later this afternoon. The risk of heavy rainfall will be greatest tonight into early Friday morning. There is also the potential for storms to repeatedly move over the same locations, which increases flash flood risk.
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
By Margie Wuebker
The Sept. 22 trial of Nicholas Schwieterman of Chickasaw, who is charged in connection with the deaths of four area men in a March traffic accident, could be moved to another county due to pretrial publicity.
Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Ma [More]
By Nancy Allen
Some long-awaited shoreline protection projects on Grand Lake that have been tied up in engineering should begin this fall, reported Grand Lake St. Marys State Park Manager Craig Morton on Saturday.
Funds totaling $450,000 allocated six years ago [More]
Obituaries on August 4th, 2008
Galeon D. Heiby, 69, 6760 Debra Ave., Celina, died at 11:10 p.m. Aug. 2, 2008, at the James Cancer Center of University Hospital, Columbus. [More]
Rose E. Hinshaw, 67, 113 W. Butler St., Fort Recovery, died at 2:38 a.m. Aug. 2, 2008, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Rosevelyn M. Rutschilling, 80, of 410 W. Elizabeth St., Coldwater, died at 5:45 p.m. Aug. 2, 2008, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Judith A. Schoen, 63, 35 Riley St., Montezuma, died at 10:10 a.m. August 3, 2008, at Briarwood Manor, Coldwater. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Local pictures on August 4th, 2008
Subscriber stories on August 4th, 2008
A Coldwater-area man remains in serious condition after he lost control of his ATV while traveling westbound on St. Anthony Road, east of state Route 49. The mishap occurred at 10:45 p.m. Saturday, according to Mercer County Sheriff's Office reports.
Randy Winkeljohn spent the past few weeks cleaning out the building that housed his recently closed business - Winkeljohn Printing, one of Celina's oldest family-operated companies.