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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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - Talk about a pin drop. There's just not much noise in some elementary classrooms these days. But when the kids do talk they quickly summarize the district's new technology as "just great." Educators agree. The only stumbling block may be funding. [More]
Obituaries on November 20th, 2008
Ned E. Agler, 69, of Van Wert, died, Nov. 18, 2008, at his residence.
He was born July 2, 1939, in Ohio City, to Lloyd Elsworth and Ethel Lenore Miller Agler. [More]
Former Botkins resident Marjorie V. Doseck, 87, died at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 19, 2008 [More]
Former Mercer County resident, Larry Drees, 72, of Fort Wayne, Ind. and Goodyea [More]
Melvin O. Hamp, 77, 03251 Clover Four Road, New Bremen, died at 8:03 p.m. Nov. [More]
Noelle Elizabeth Werling, 3 months, 117 Tobe Road, Fort Recovery, died at 1:50 [More]
Local pictures on November 20th, 2008
Subscriber stories on November 20th, 2008
Changing bowling from club to school-sponsored one option
COLDWATER - Coldwater school officials are still working to comply with the rules of Title IX, a federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in educational programs and activities.
20 county residents on list of people who can still get checks
The Internal Revenue Service wants to give money to 20 Mercer County residents sometime before the end of this year.
Eric Erickson, in the IRS medi
The Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors Tuesday approved a request for $351,529 in appropriations for 2009.
Mercer County commissioners are expected to make a decision on the request by Jan. 1, said SWCD Administrative Assistant Karen Balster.