Flood Advisory issued September 16 at 2:47AM EDT until September 16 at 6:30AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 630 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 247 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Carthagena, Neptune, Chattanooga and Maria Stein.
Coldwater, St. Marys among 5 hospitals seeking help to keep their centers open
By Shelley Grieshop
Five area hospitals - including ones in Coldwater and St. Marys - are seeking options to keep one of their two cancer centers from closing its doors due to financial woes.
High Point Regional Cancer Center in Bellefontaine has not recorded a profi [More]
Cory Luebke has had another summer to write home about.
After a dominating performance in his third season of professional baseball, Luebke, the Marion Local graduate and San Diego Padres prospect, got a chance to represent his country at the IBAF Baseball World Cup. [More]
Charles D. " Chuck" Bretz, 89, 102 S. Main St., Fort Recovery, died at 1:50 p.m. Sept. 28, 2009, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Celina city councilors took the first step at making three separate increases to Celina customers' water bills - increasing the water rate, increasing the GAC plant debt assessment fee and adding a new fee.
Frances Strickland urges youths to support Ohio businesses, buy local products
MINSTER - Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland brought her message about healthy eating habits, the benefits of family meals and the importance of having a family emergency plan to a select group of Minster Middle School fifth-graders Monday afternoon.
COLDWATER - Councilors adopted a resolution Monday evening to appoint Village Manager-Engineer Eric Thomas as the designee for the Ohio Public Works Project being submitted for 2010.
Carl Zulauf talks about what grain market prices will do
LONDON - For farmers, this volatile market year is all about managing risk, not maximizing profits, said a top agriculture economist at last week's Farm Science Review in London, Ohio.
About 25 local farmers attended a winter cover crop walk last week near Fort Recovery.
Jim Hoorman, Mercer County OSU Extension educator and a cover crop expert, led the walk, plucking different types of cover crops out of the ground and discussing their pros and cons.
The Celina girls tennis had the first of two tuneups before the Western Buckeye League tournament later this week by facing Division I tennis power Findlay at the High School Courts on a windy Monday afternoon.
Celina took sole possession of first place in the Western Buckeye League girls soccer standings on Thursday by beating Kenton 9-1 on Monday night at Kenton.
