Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 11 at 2:39PM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
FRANKLIN
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BUTLER CLINTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BLANCHESTER, BROOKVILLE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FRANKLIN, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILMINGTON, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 11 at 12:05PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM 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 Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected into Wednesday morning. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 66° 66° chance Tomorrow 83° Tomorrow 83° slight chance slight chance 66° 66° chance likely
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
St. Marys woman on a crusade to increase butterfly numbers
By Shelley Grieshop
ST. MARYS - "Monarch Inn" might be the most appropriate name for Jill Bowers's rural home this time of year.
These days her house, garage and backyard are host to containers filled with monarch butterflies in various stages of development. "Monarch Mom," as she is called, nurtures them from tiny eggs, tags their colorful orange and black wings and sends them on their migratory journey to Mexico. [More]
By Mark Ruschau
ST. HENRY - The St. Henry Redskins opened Midwest Athletic Conference play in dominating fashion as they defeated the New Bremen Cardinals 42-0 on Friday night at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.
With the win, St. Henry improves to 3-0 overall while New Bremen falls to 1-2. [More]
By Bruce Monnin
DELPHOS - Coming into Friday night's contest, the Minster Wildcats had lost 13 straight games to the Delphos St. John's Blue Jays by an average of almost 28 points.
Unfortunately for Minster, history repeated itself as the Blue Jays used a strong rushing game and a tough defense to defeat the Wildcats 48-6 at Stadium Park. [More]
Obituaries on September 12th, 2009
Carey D. "Dave" Knittle, 58, of Monticello, died Sept. 11, 2009, when his motor [More]
Mary E. Osborn, 90, Willshire, died at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 2009.
She was born [More]
Max A. Prichard, 72, of 1422 Oakland Court, St. Marys, died at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 2009, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Local pictures on September 12th, 2009
Subscriber stories on September 12th, 2009
School board starts process to fire teacher charged with public indecency, voyeurism
A long-time St. Marys City Schools teacher recently charged with public indecency and voyeurism was suspended without pay and likely will be fired.
Downtown building restoration will continue in Celina as two more projects were approved by the city's Design Review Committee on Thursday evening.
Fort Recovery schools
FORT RECOVERY - Board of education members will consider whether to adopt a new supplemental policy authorizing the school to pay its volunteer basketball coaches.
A Daily Standard editorial
Long range planning is not normally on our radar.
But with the deadline for completion of the new Mercer County jail building set for Nov. 20, we w
ROSSBURG - Sullivan, Wisconsin's Dan Schlieper turned in the fastest time during qualifications for the World 100 on Friday night at Eldora Speedway. Schlieper, the 2003 World 100 champion, toured the high-banked, one-half mile oval in 16.853 seconds.
WAPAKONETA - The Celina football team looked well on their way to picking put their first win of the season on Friday night with a 20-0 lead in the second quarter against a Wapakoneta team that hadn't scored a point all year.
COLDWATER - Two quick scores put Coldwater up early, but the Cavaliers had all they could handle from Versailles before holding off the Tigers for a 25-14 win at Cavalier Stadium in an early Midwest Athletic Conference battle of unbeatens.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
In the battle between the air attack of Fort Recovery and the running game of Anna, the Rockets got the edge.
The Rockets totaled 285 yards rushing and nearly 400 yards of total offense in winning a 56-28 shootout over the Indians at Barrenbrugge Park.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Kyle Puschel had a career game as St. Marys remained among the leaders in the Western Buckeye League football standi