Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 2:44PM EDT until August 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 554 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 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 through Tuesday night. 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 84° Today 84° chance 68° 68° chance likely Tomorrow 82° Tomorrow 82° likely chance 67° 67° chance
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Most students at Haitian school helped by local volunteers doing well after quake
By Daily Standard Staff
By BETTY LAWRENCE and JANIE SOUTHARD
newsdept@dailystandard.com
There have been no reported injuries to the many local people in Haiti following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the island on Tuesday.
Word came at mid-morning today to the worried family of Marty Mescher: The Maria Stein native is OK. [More]
By Nancy Allen
The Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued final permits to a St. Henry poultry farm, clearing the way for it to become the second largest egg farm in Ohio.
Rindler Poultry LLC, 5478 Watkins Road, wants to expand to house almost 2.5 million birds from its current capacity of 1.29 million. [More]
Obituaries on January 13th, 2010
Catherine A. "Katie" Barhorst, 86, 94 S. Main St., Fort Loramie, died at 8:50 p.m. Jan. 11, 2010, at her home. [More]
Larry Charles Clay, 62, of Rockford and formerly of Perrysburg, died at 4:05 a.m. Jan. 8, 2010, at James Cancer Center, Columbus. [More]
Rex Eugene Johnson, 87, of Mendon, died at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 12, 2010, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
Paul "Gene" Reish, 85, of Rockford, died at 11:56 p.m. Jan. 11, 2010, at The Laurels of Shane Hill, Rockford. [More]
Alice E. Tomlinson, 85, 96 Causeway Drive, St. Marys, and formerly of Lima, died at 5:42 p.m. Jan. 10, 2010, at the Golden Living Center, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on January 13th, 2010
Subscriber stories on January 13th, 2010
Mercer County
Mercer County agencies will operate with approximately $1 million less in 2010 than last year in anticipation of ongoing decreases in revenue.
Coun
Wabash River Conservancy District
The Wabash River Conservancy District board on Saturday approved an appropriations resolution for 2010 totaling $35,300, reported conservancy Secretary Lil Knapke.
Fort Recovery Local Schools
FORT RECOVERY - Administrators and classified staff at Fort Recovery Local Schools will not receive a raise next year.
Board of education members on Tuesday evening unanimously approved the new administrative salary index and classified salary schedules for the next two years.
NEW BREMEN - Village councilors opened a new chapter in its history Tuesday night as they took the oath of office in front of a Civil War flag at the Bicycle Museum of Ohio.
The owner of Wellness To The Core is stretching her yoga business with more classes and a new instructor.
Angel DeLong of Celina, owner, is upping
Remodeling is underway to turn a Galleria storefront into a full-service spa.
Located at The Breakaway Rec Plex before its closing, Revival Spa wil
COLDWATER - Tuesday's Shawnee-Coldwater boys basketball game was a bit of a grinder.
Both teams had runs in the contest, and it was just a matter of which team would outlast the other.
Local Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
It took two extra sessions for Celina and Findlay to decide matters in a Tuesday night nonconference matchup in Hancock County.