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Flood Watch issued August 14 at 2:57PM EDT until August 16 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, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Preble, Ross, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected to move through the region Saturday into Saturday night. Given the saturated ground, additional heavy rainfall may result in flash flooding.

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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Mayor wants information, comments about Rockford on Facebook

By Janie Southard

ROCKFORD - The mayor is interested in getting the village set up with a Facebook account to provide residents with current information and solicit comments.

"Mr. (Kevin) Browning (Parkway school communications teacher) did a real good job gettin [More]

Obituaries on June 2nd, 2010

Elsie Plummer

Elsie Mae Hatfield Plummer, 102, Delaware, died May 31, 2010, at Delaware Court Nursing, where she had lived for more than five years. [More]

Francella Fiely

Francella M. Fiely, 91, Coldwater, died June 1, 2010, at Briarwood Village in Coldwater. [More]

Virgil Gruebmeyer

Virgil Herbert Gruebmeyer, 88, New Knoxville, died at 6:10 p.m. May 14, 2010, at his home. [More]

Rex Boyer

Rex D. Boyer, 76, Montezuma, died at 3:35 a.m. May 30, 2010, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]

Local pictures on June 2nd, 2010

Subscriber stories on June 2nd, 2010

Commissioners approve $100,000 grant for street

COLDWATER - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved a grant agreement giving the village of Coldwater $100,000 for a street improvement project.

Parkway students build award-winning robot

ROCKFORD - A quartet of Parkway students created a competition robot that attracted attention from some Honda engineers and brought home a gold medal

CDBG grant could lead to more funds

Mendon

MENDON - A majority of Mendon's current infrastructure needs could be taken care of if the county is successful in obtaining about $2.9 million in funds from multiple sources.

Street projects approved

Chickasaw

CHICKASAW - Paving will get under way in the coming weeks as a result of action taken by village council members Tuesday night.

Current projects on

Tournament time for gamers

CELINA - A new place to hang out and play video games has opened in downtown Celina.

Titans Arena and 5th Quarter Gaming, 116 W. Fayette St., managed by Jeremiah Schmidt and owned by his wife, Nickole, provides space and equipment to play video, tabletop and trading card games.

Ferrall, Goodwin to continue athletics at D-III colleges

ST. MARYS - Macy Ferrall and Maddie Goodwin made their college decisions officially known on Wednesday.

Ferrall will play two sports at Defiance College, joining the softball and soccer programs.

Parkway starts ACME schedule by beating St. Henry

ROCKFORD - Parkway got solid pitching from Dylan Baker and Chris Brazle to go along with a clutch hit from Jonathan Fent as the Panthers opened the summer ACME season with a 3-2 win over St. Henry at Don Black Field on Tuesday.

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