Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 2:44PM EDT until August 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 554 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 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 through Tuesday night. 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 84° Today 84° chance 68° 68° chance likely Tomorrow 82° Tomorrow 82° likely chance 67° 67° chance
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
By Sydney Albert
ST. MARYS - Ned J. Lawler has combined a lifelong interest in cars and photography by capturing collectors and their classic cars, and on Wednesday he shared those passions with St. Marys Rotary Club members.
"Usually collector cars are 25 years and older, so if we say that's 1992 and we go back to 1886, then that gives us 106 years of history," Lawler said. He was referring to the 1886 Benz Motor Wagon patent that, he said, covered the first true automobile. [More]
Hit batsman with bases loaded gives Minster 13-12 win
By Gary R. Rasberry
MINSTER - After going 11 innings on Tuesday night to score one run, Minster got a little more offense during their annual Wednesday-evening non-conference game with Crestview.
After rallying to tie the game at 12-12 in the bottom of the seventh, Jon Niemeyer took one for the team and drew the game-winning, bases-loaded hit batsmen to pick up the 13-12 win at Hanover Street Park. [More]
Obituaries on April 20th, 2017
Dwight "Jack" Harner, Jr., 78, St. Marys, OH died 3:10 p.m. Tuesday April 18, 2017 at JTDM Hospital in St. Marys. [More]
Reverend Donald E. Ricard, 77, a resident of Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Com [More]
Darryl Lee Stump, 53, of Portland, Indiana passed away Monday April 17, 2017 at I.U. Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana surrounded by his loving family. [More]
Kaseson Michael Dean Weaver, 5½ months, Celina, died April 15, 2017, at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. [More]
Charles Froning, 85, St. Henry, died Wednesday in Lima. Services are pending at [More]
Local pictures on April 20th, 2017
Subscriber stories on April 20th, 2017
Mercer County
CELINA - Mercer County Health District board members on Wednesday approved a preliminary budget for fiscal year 2018, which starts July 1.
The budg
NEW BREMEN - School district residents gathered Wednesday evening to ask questions about the upcoming attempt at passing a 7.46-mill construction levy and a 1-mill permanent improvement levy for the construction of a new K-8 facility adjacent to the current high school.
MONTEZUMA - Village residents will soon be able to access public financial records online.
Senior public affairs liaison Lauren Bowen for Ohio Tre
CELINA - A Celina woman was sentenced to three to five years in the drug court intervention program after pleading guilty to two counts of deception to obtain a dangerous drug, and one count of trafficking in LSD.
Diamond Diaries
Sophie Fox struck out 12, walked just one and held Fort Recovery hitless in a 10-0, six-inning win on Tuesday night.
It was the latest in a season full of no-hitters by area pitchers.
Compiled by Colin Foster
Connor Burr and Quintin Cantelli had two hits and two RBIs apiece for the Wright State-Lake Campus baseball team as the Lakers cruised to a 15-2, seven-inning rout of Clark State Community College on Wednesday at Montgomery Field in Celina.
Razz-Eye View
Following Tuesday's Coldwater-Parkway softball game in Rockford, a gesture by the Cavalier players towards the Parkway program showed another great example of how the friendliness of the rivalries of the area schools sometimes extends past sports in general.
ST. MARYS - T.J. Mele wanted a place that felt like home.
He found it at Wittenberg University.
On Wednesday, the St. Marys senior officially signed to continue his football and academic journey at Wittenberg.
ST. MARYS - The Edison State Community College women's basketball team has a nice collection of former area standouts.
St. Marys Shania Taylor will join the mix next season.
CELINA - One of country and gospel music's most beloved, enduring acts, The Oak Ridge Boys, are heading this way with their time-honed harmonies for not one, but two shows on April 29.