Special Weather Statement issued July 12 at 2:44PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 244 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near St. Marys, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, and very heavy rain. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Lightning can cause serious injury or death. Visibility will be poor and hydroplaning is possible. Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Waynesfield, Moulton, Buckland, Uniopolis, Kossuth, State Route 116 at State Route 197, and Bulkhead. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 111 and 118. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. Motorists should slow down and use extra caution. When thunder roars, go indoors! Do not stay in the open or seek shelter under trees when lightning threatens. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
Special Weather Statement issued July 12 at 2:42PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 242 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Ada, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph, frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, and very heavy rain. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Lightning can cause serious injury or death. Visibility will be poor and hydroplaning is possible. Locations impacted include... Ada, Forest, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Blanchard, Mcguffey, Patterson, Dola, Grant, Huntersville, and Walton. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. Motorists should slow down and use extra caution. When thunder roars, go indoors! Do not stay in the open or seek shelter under trees when lightning threatens. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
A Minster-area father tearfully told a courtroom of people on Wednesday he will never be able to take his young daughter to Walt Disney World, teach her to ride a bicycle or walk her down the aisle. [More]
Local and federal law enforcement officers found that most sex offenders in Mercer County are residing at the homes they registered with the sheriff's department.
Mercer County health department staff will take a 7 percent cut in pay, work an hour less each week and lose holiday pay the rest of the year to trim $70,000 from the agency's budget.
NEW BREMEN - Residents will receive mailed surveys as early as next week to provide board of education members input on a proposed school construction project and general opinions on the district.
FORT RECOVERY - Southwest Mercer firefighters responded to a machine shed fire Tuesday afternoon in the 1600 block of St. Peter Road.
The 10-by-20-foot structure owned by Patrick Reinhard was fully engulfed when four fire trucks and 15 to 18 firefighters arrived on the scene around 4:30 p.m.
Fort Recovery has been a member of the Midwest Athletic Conference since the fall of 1977, and over the last 35 years the boys' basketball team has captured four MAC championships. [More]
As New Bremen's Aaron Powers crouched down and adjusted his feet onto his starting block, he mentally blocked out the other seven competitors performing the same ritual only a few feet around him.
