Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 11 at 2:39PM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
FRANKLIN
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BUTLER CLINTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BLANCHESTER, BROOKVILLE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FRANKLIN, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILMINGTON, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 11 at 12:05PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM 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 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 into Wednesday morning. 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 83° Today 83° chance 66° 66° chance Tomorrow 83° Tomorrow 83° slight chance slight chance 66° 66° chance likely
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Minster's Jacob Albers gets chance to deliver game ball before Tuesday's Cincinnati Reds' game against Oakland
By Robb Hemmelgarn
CINCINNATI - The opening round of the fifth and sixth grade softball tournament wasn't looking so spectacular for Lindsey Albers and her Minster teammates a few weeks ago in Maria Stein. They sailed through the regular season unbeaten but were suddenly in a five-run hole late in the game against St. Marys - a deficit that loomed larger with each passing inning and the threat of either rain or darkness directly overhead. [More]
Obituaries on August 7th, 2013
Luella Franck, 92, St. Henry, died Aug. 6, 2013, at Briarwood Manor.
Services [More]
Donalee Sue Johnides, 86, passed away peacefully at 6:26 a.m. Aug. 6, 2013, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Local pictures on August 7th, 2013
Subscriber stories on August 7th, 2013
CELINA - The trial of Christopher Summers, a former high school accounting teacher and coach accused of sexually assaulting a former student, entered its second day Tuesday.
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the purchase of 17 Tasers for the sheriff's department.
The commonly used law enforcement tool has not previously been available to local deputies.
Source of bacteria that left one worker dead and a second ill unknown
ST. MARYS - Bacteria linked to Legionnaires' disease was found at a local factory where two employees fell ill last month.
One of the workers at AA
ROCKFORD - Council members on Tuesday approved purchasing two lots on the northwest end of North Street.
Members unanimously approved the purchase
High School Golf Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The high school golf season got underway on Tuesday with invitationals held around the area.
At the Mercer County Elks, St. Henry Brian Kremer shot the medalist round of 82 and Botkins won the six-team Midwest Ohio Preview.