Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby.
* WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
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Friday, January 10th, 2020
Deadly roads: More people killed in area crashes in 2019
Mercer County records 10 fatalities; Auglaize, five
By Sydney Albert
A spike in fatal crashes in Mercer County led to an increase in traffic deaths in the two-county Grand Lake area in 2019.
Ten people died in nine traffic accidents in Mercer County in 2019, a significant increase from 2018, when the county had just two fatal crashes. Auglaize County had five fatal traffic accidents in 2019 that killed five people, down from seven fatal crashes in 2018. [More]
Cavs' Bruns bowls 300
By Colin Foster
Entering Thursday, only two players had ever bowled 300 games in West Ohio High School Bowling Conference history.
Coldwater freshman Keaton Bruns became the third.
Bruns rolled a perfect game in Coldwater's 2,984-2,737 win over Celina at Pla-Mor Lanes in Coldwater. He joined Ottawa-Glandorf's Trent Haughn (2008-2009) and Shawnee's Austin Fought (2015-2016) in the 300 club as the third bowler to achieve the feat in the conference's 21-year history. [More]
Obituaries on January 10th, 2020
Madelyn Grunden
Madelyn Grunden, age 82, of Celina, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at the St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima. [More]
Harold Post
Harold Post, age 84, of Celina, Ohio passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at his residence in Celina. [More]
Phyllis Pemberton
Phyllis A. Pemberton (nee Andrews) died Jan. 2, 2020 at age 88 years, residence Cherry Grove (Cincinnati, OH), formerly of Dayton, OH. [More]
Local pictures on January 10th, 2020
Subscriber stories on January 10th, 2020
County expenses going up
Appropriations increase 10.5%
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Thursday afternoon set a 2020 county budget that reflects escalating expenses.
Appropriations for all count
County rakes in record casino funds
CELINA - Mercer County's government in 2019 raked in the biggest pot of casino tax revenue - almost half a million dollars- since beginning to receive such payments in 2012, according to information provided by county auditor Randy Grapner.
Utility to invest $5.6M in improvements
ST. MARYS - Midwest Electric plans to invest $5.6 million in reliability improvements in Mercer and Auglaize counties and surrounding areas this year
Village OKs deal for water in park
CHICKASAW - Village council members agreed on Wednesday to enter into an agreement to supply utilities to the next phase of the Marion Industrial Park project.
Contract extensions approved
COLDWATER - School board members unanimously approved contract extensions for three administrators after meeting in executive session for 40 minutes on Wednesday evening.
On to the next one
Wildcats defeat Cavs, turn attention to Flyers
MINSTER - First, Minster girls basketball coach Mike Wiss answered a few questions about how his team took down Coldwater on Thursday night.
Then he was asked to talk about Minster's next MAC opponent, Marion Local.
Redskins knock off Cardinals
ST. HENRY - Finishing the game on a 12-1 run, St. Henry pulled away from New Bremen for a 49-35 Midwest Athletic Conference girls basketball victory Thursday night at the Redskin Gymnasium.
Elida hands Celina first WBL loss
CELINA - No matter how well a team plays defense, they can't win if they can't score points.
Celina had six points in the first half but was within striking distance of Elida thanks to great defense.
Area Roundup
Rangers upset No. 5 Tigers
Indians win low-scoring affair in Delphos; Celina wrestlers stay unbeaten in WBL
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
New Knoxville outscored Versailles 20-13 in the final quarter to defeat state-ranked Versailles 49-42 in Darke County on Thursday night in MAC girls basketball action.
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