Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
CELINA - Celina residents may get another chance to vote on the city's income tax rate.
Resident Richard Crider on Wednesday morning delivered an initiative petition to the city auditor's office to get an issue on the November ballot that, if approved, would return the income tax rate to 1 percent effective Jan. 1, 2012. [More]
ST. MARYS - A local optometrist awaiting trial for allegedly raping a woman in 2009 was charged Wednesday with rape and sexual molestation of a child.
Douglas Jay Wine, who turns 52 years old today, was arrested Wednesday morning and booked into jail on two counts each of rape, sexual battery and gross sexual imposition of a child younger than 13. The first-degree rape charges carry a mandated sentence of life in prison. [More]
MARIA STEIN - A panel of speakers hosted by the Grand Lake Patriots criticized the National Education Association (NEA) for its social agenda and political ambitions.
NEW BREMEN - A former St. Marys woman faces multiple charges after she attempted to fill an altered prescription Monday afternoon and then led authorities on a high-speed chase through parts of Auglaize and Shelby counties.
NEW BREMEN - Officials at Brookside Laboratories will begin construction of a new 38,000-square-foot facility in April at the Bunker Hill Industrial Park.
The lights went out on Grand Lake before its final at-bat and the Lima Locos lit up Grand Lake for 11 runs and 14 hits as the Locos clinched the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League's North Division title with an 11-5 win at Simmons Field.
