Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 7:26PM EDT until August 11 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 560 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
WAYNE
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, GREENVILLE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST JEFFERSON, 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
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
By Amy Kronenberger
BURKETTSVILLE - Linda Thieman has dedicated much of her life to helping others, but Wednesday night it was she and her husband who received assistance that likely saved their lives.
Thieman and her husband were awoken Wednesday night by a neighbor, Sarah Lefeld, who saw the attic of their home engulfed in flames. [More]
By Janie Southard
ST. MARYS - Arts Place Collective Center is celebrating the art of Easter with a Pysanky class.
Kat Koeller of New Bremen earlier this week helped a local group learn the basics of this folk art, which utilizes eclectic tools such as kistka, Delrin kistka, candles and beeswax. The melting beeswax is taken up through threaded copper wire and into the funnel pen called a kistka. [More]
Obituaries on March 24th, 2011
William C. King, 95, St. Henry, died at 10 a.m. March 23, 2011, at the Gardens at St. Henry. [More]
Blanche G. Humbert, 97, Celina, died at 3:30 a.m. March 23, 2011, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Alma M.Bergman, 82, Yorkshire, died March 23, 2011, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Doris L. Tinnerman, 87, New Knoxville, died at 1:25 p.m. March 23, 2011, at the St. Marys Living Center. [More]
Local pictures on March 24th, 2011
Subscriber stories on March 24th, 2011
Three villages on risk list
Children in Fort Recovery, New Weston and Yorkshire live in high-risk zones for lead poisoning and are required by law to be tested.
The three loca
CELINA - Educational Service Centers (ESC) in Ohio will see significant cuts if Gov. John Kasich's recently released budget stays as it was presented.
FORT RECOVERY - School board members have narrowed the field of 21 candidates to four finalists for the top spot at Fort Recovery schools.
Fort Rec
A Rockford man was sent to a treatment center and placed on probation for robbing another man at a party last summer.
Kelcey L. Frye, 21, was order
New Bremen
NEW BREMEN - The New Bremen Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) honored a longtime pharmacist as recipient of its Excellence in Business Award. The presentation highlighted the group's annual luncheon Wednesday at Faith Alliance Church.
Three Findlay residents face theft-related charges for a series of incidents at Walmart stores in Celina and nearby Indiana communities.
Tia Ferdin
Last Curtain Call
When Ned Sielschott mentally drifts back to his days on the football practice field at Celina High School, there are a few recollections that he can't help but nervously chuckle and shake his head at, wondering how he ever made it through with all properly-functioning body parts.
The Auglaize-Mercer YMCA Waves' swim team wrapped up their season after the Southwest Ohio Swim League AA Championships at Miami University on March 12-13 and the Great Lakes Zone Championships a week later at The Ohio State University's McCorkle Aquatics Center.