Special Weather Statement issued April 19 at 9:54AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 954 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Newport, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to vegetation. Locations impacted include... Montra, Newbern, New Jerusalem, Lockington, Ridgeway, Woodstock, Botkins, Mount Victory, Millerstown, Kiser Lake State Park, Hardin, Pemberton, Piqua, West Mansfield, East Liberty, St. Paris, Logansville, Belle Center, North Lewisburg, and Lakeview. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 77 and 106. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
The Third District Court of Appeals has rejected the appeal of a Chickasaw man sentenced to 24 years in prison for the traffic deaths of four area teenagers. His attorneys claimed the lengthy sentence represented cruel and unusual punishment.
The judgment filed Monday in Lima means the conviction and sentence of 23-year-old Nicholas Schwieterman, currently an inmate at the Toledo Correctional Institution, will stand. [More]
Mercer County Head Start will be relocated to the former Franklin school building in Montezuma next school year, Celina City Schools Superintendent Matt Miller announced at a school board meeting Monday night.
The program, currently housed at the Celina Education Complex with one unit at Coldwater Exempted Village Schools, will be moved because of the additional space at the Montezuma facility, Miller said. [More]
Decision comes after 21/2 hour executive session; nearly 40 parents and students attend meeting
MINSTER - After months of consideration, the Minster Local Schools board of education approved extended service days for six classified employees, including FFA and Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) advisers.
ST. MARYS - Of the more than 130 one-room schools in Auglaize County, 48 are still standing. Moulton Township House occupies one of them and about 30 people gathered there Monday night to hear the story.
Two people were injured when their car traveled off state Route 364 and plummeted about 12 feet into the Miami Erie Canal feeder near the fish hatchery on Monday night.
The 75-member Minster High School Class of 2009 will receive diplomas Sunday during 2:30 p.m. commencement exercises at the Minster Middle School gymnasium.
Farmers in Mercer and Auglaize counties are behind on planting this season due to almost constant rain, but this week's prediction of good weather should help them catch up, local ag officials say.
FORT RECOVERY - For Joanna Snyder, familiarity, closeness and education was a key.
The Fort Recovery multi-sport standout chose Ohio Northern University to continue her education and will also play for the Polar Bear women's basketball team.
FORT RECOVERY - The multi-tasking Frank Thien will settle on football after being a three-sport star at Fort Recovery, choosing Ohio Northern University as his college destination.
The top all-around players for the conference baseball co-champions shared the Midwest Athletic Conference's top player honors as the MAC all-conference baseball and softball teams were released recently.
Marion Local saw its lead fade in the seventh, then needed to go to the 10th to finish Midwest Athletic Conference play at 5-4 with a 5-2 win at New Knoxville in a conference makeup game between two of the four MAC teams still alive in the postseason.
