Flood Warning issued September 19 at 9:56PM EDT until September 20 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:40 PM EDT Saturday the stage was 13.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.2 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
66° 66° chance likely Sun 79° Sun 79° likely 56° 56° Mon 67° Mon 67° chance
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Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Jinghao Xu, center, confers with interpreter Noriaki Tasaka, left, and defense attorney Mike Sacher prior to sentencing Wednesday in Mercer County Common Pleas Court. Xu, an illegal alien from Korea, was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading no contest to vehicular homicide in connection with an Oct. 15 accident.

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