Special Weather Statement issued August 13 at 6:14AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Fog has developed across the area. This is reducing visibility to 1 mile or less in some locations. Motorists should be prepared for rapid changes in visibility along their route. Slow down and only use your low beam headlights.
Flood Watch issued August 13 at 4:50AM 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.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 81° Tomorrow 81° chance likely 68° 68° chance
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Committee proposing plan says current system wastes time out of class
By William Kincaid
Celina High School's quarterly schedule with seven classroom periods a day may change to a trimester year with five periods daily for the 2010-2011 school year.
High school Principal Jason Luebke presented the proposal created by a committee of 11 faculty members to board members on Monday night during a school board meeting. [More]
By Shelley Grieshop
ST. HENRY - School officials have decided to practice what they preach to students by incorporating technology into their everyday activities.
The St. Henry board of education meeting Monday night turned into a lesson in technology for board membe [More]
Obituaries on March 17th, 2009
Rosalie Noonan Drees, 83, 39 N. Frankfort St., Minster, died at 1:20 p.m. March 15, 2009, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Robert G. Fischer, 72, 218 Elm St., London, and formerly of Celina, died March 12, 2009, at the Arbors at London Nursing Home. [More]
Fred Grimm, 89, of Celina, died March 16, 2009, at his residence.
Arrangement [More]
Former St. Henry resident Kathryn A. Kramer, 93, of Wickliffe, died at 2:05 p.m. March 15, 2009, at Wickliffe Country Place. [More]
John Edmund Krieg, 62, 14313 U.S. Route 127, New Weston, died March 15, 2009, at the Ohio State Medical Center in Columbus. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Grace Elizabeth Osterfeld, infant daughter of Ryan and Elizabeth Ziegler Osterf [More]
Leroy J. Remaklus, 86, 217 Dogwood Drive, Celina, died at 8 a.m. March 15, 2009, at Celina Manor Nursing Home, Celina. [More]
Pamela K. Wenning, 55, of Maria Stein, died March 15, 2009, at her home. Death was due to natural causes. [More]
Local pictures on March 17th, 2009
Subscriber stories on March 17th, 2009
Copy of immigrant's hand-written diary given to New Bremen Historic Assoc.
NEW BREMEN - A piece of history came home to this Auglaize County community during the annual New Bremen Historic Association dinner Monday night.
ST. MARYS - She entered the library's community room wearing a long black skirt and black blouse. Her hair was tied up in a white cloth and she gathered a white shawl around her shoulders. She sang a low spiritual.
MINSTER - School board members on Monday night approved cuts in three areas with the resulting savings to pay the cost of adding an additional third-grade teacher.
Up to $30 million in federal stimulus money will be available to Ohio landowners to restore floodplains.
"We will be working with landowners who vo
The Mercer County Fairgrounds will be bustling with young people and scores of farm animals Saturday as the county's FFA chapters host the third annual Mercer County FFA Invitational from 10 a.m. to noon.