Flood Watch issued August 13 at 11:45AM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, 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 Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A lull in rainfall will continue for much of the day. However, additional storms will move into the area later this afternoon. The risk of heavy rainfall will be greatest tonight into early Friday morning. There is also the potential for storms to repeatedly move over the same locations, which increases flash flood risk.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 81° Tomorrow 81° chance likely 68° 68° chance
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Obituaries on May 2nd, 2012
Rita Wenning-Spraley
Rita L. Wenning-Spraley, 89, North Star, died May 1, 2012, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater. [More]
M. Donald Winkeljohn
M. Donald Winkeljohn, 89, Celina, died at 4:25 p.m. April 29, 2012, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Marjorie McElroy
Former Celina resident Marjorie M. McElroy, 82, Monroe, Ind., died May 1, 2012, at Adams Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Ind. [More]
Stories on May 2nd, 2012
Plans progress for facility
Officials of proposed U.S. 127 fertilizer plant talk with neighbors, state
CARTHAGENA - Plans are ongoing for a company that wants to build an $11 million plant along U.S. 127 that makes organic fertilizer from livestock manure. [More]
Celina clears wooded lot to make it more sellable to business developers
CELINA - The city has cut down trees on a Grand Lake Road property with the hopes of attracting a new business, mayor Jeff Hazel said this week.
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No objections to county land sale
CELINA - No one showed up for a public hearing Tuesday to contest the county's plan to sell a small tract of its land with a sanitary sewer lift station and drainage tiles.
Historical museum to get fresh paint
CELINA - The county's historical society museum is getting a facelift.
Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday hired a company to paint and make repairs on the 116-year-old building at 130 W. Market St. The work is expected to begin soon.
Intruder may have entered wrong house by mistake
CELINA - The suspect in a reported home invasion Tuesday morning may have mistakenly entered the wrong residence, Celina Police Chief Dave Slusser said this morning. [More]
Rural Celina roadwork planned
CELINA - The county is seeking contractors for a nearly $100,000 project to reconstruct a portion of Howick Road.
Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday set 1:30 p.m. May 17 as the date to open sealed bids for the work on the 2.5-mile stretch between U.S. 127 and state Route 197.
Commissioners consider consulting firm
WAPAKONETA - A newly organized development group presented a plan of action to maximize results within county offices to Auglaize County Commissioners on Tuesday.
Police search for suspect
CELINA - Police are seeking a man who broke into a van on Monday morning, stole credit cards and minutes later attempted to use them to buy a TV at Walmart.
Crews will begin work on canal
MINSTER - The next phase of work on the Miami and Erie Canal should begin within several weeks, according to reports presented to Minster Village Council on Tuesday night.
Merchants may light lamps downtown
CELINA - Unique lamps may brighten downtown Celina for a contest later this year.
Members of the Celina Merchants Association on Tuesday decided to organize a new activity as a way to attract people downtown and to the association's new facebook page.
Day care opens in Fort Recovery
FORT RECOVERY - Fifteen students are enrolled in the new Bright Future Daycare and Preschool, which opened last month at 701 Industrial Drive.
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Rain gets the win on Tuesday
The winner in Tuesday's area sporting events was Mother Nature, as lightning and moderate rain caused games to be suspended early or halted before any action could take place.
Lake Campus second-seed in ORCC tourney
Wright State University-Lake Campus will begin its postseason on Friday at 1 p.m. in the Ohio Regional College Conference baseball tournament held at Beavers Field in Lancaster.
Local pictures on May 2nd, 2012
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