Special Weather Statement issued August 13 at 6:14AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Fog has developed across the area. This is reducing visibility to 1 mile or less in some locations. Motorists should be prepared for rapid changes in visibility along their route. Slow down and only use your low beam headlights.
Flood Watch issued August 13 at 4:50AM 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
Saturday, January 2nd, 2016
Curtain Call
By Robb Hemmelgarn
It's been a quarter-century since the 1990-91 St. Henry Redskins conquered their way to the boys' Division IV state basketball championship. Although the destruction they inflicted throughout their schedule has all been repaired, the memories of their high-octane offense, highlight-reel dunks and tendency to sellout almost everywhere they played, still linger. [More]
Obituaries on January 2nd, 2016
Fr. Albert Reed, C.PP.S., 87, died at 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 [More]
Randina "Randi" Slemmons, 32, of 1023 Homestead Drive, Coldwater, Ohio, died su [More]
Nathan H. Hirschfeld, age 88, of New Bremen, died on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 5:58 P.M. at the Lima Memorial Hospital, Lima, OH. [More]
Robert D. Miller, 87, Willshire, died at 2:35 p.m. Dec., 30, 2015, at Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne. [More]
Joshua Smith, 27, Bellevue, died Dec. 29, 2015, in Celina. 
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Frederick J. Topp, age 93, formerly of Chickasaw, OH., died on Friday, January 1, 2016 at 3:30 A.M. at the Gardens of St. Henry. [More]
Local pictures on January 2nd, 2016
Subscriber stories on January 2nd, 2016
The number of traffic fatalities across the Grand Lake area in 2015 rose slightly from the previous year but was fewer than the overall annual average.
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners on Thursday voted  2-1 to approve a petition to annex 30.481 acres composed of 12 properties into the village of Fort Recovery.