Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 3:09AM EDT until September 16 at 7:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
FFWILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 700 AM EDT.
* At 309 AM EDT, radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include... Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Carthagena, Neptune, Chattanooga and Maria Stein.
70° 70° slight chance chance Wed 86° Wed 86° chance 69° 69° slight chance chance Thu 84° Thu 84° 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.