Flood Advisory issued May 19 at 10:11PM EDT until May 20 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...The following counties, in west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami and Shelby. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1011 PM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Bellefontaine, Kenton, Ada, West Milton, Versailles, Covington, Newport, Bradford, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Forest, Russells Point, De Graff, Pleasant Hill, Botkins and Lakeview.
WAPAKONETA - Tim Anderson, an associate geography professor at Ohio State University, presented Sunday at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Wapkoneta. His lecture in front of an audience of 30 concerned early German migration in a geographical and global context. [More]
Rismiller to play hoops at Dayton; Leugers playing volleyball at Findlay
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - The road to college will bring separate paths, and sports to play, for two Coldwater standouts.
Riley Rismiller will head south to the University of Dayton, signing to play college basketball for the Flyers after being courted by a number of Division I programs. [More]
CELINA - City officials are poised to award two contracts totaling nearly $2 million, hoping to secure an early spot in contractors' busy work schedules next year.
ST. MARYS - City council members during their regular Monday meeting approved an ordinance to appropriate $86,000 to the revolving loan fund to assist with higher-than-anticipated costs of the St. Marys Theater and Grand Opera House revitalization project.
ST. HENRY - St. Henry village council members on Monday night approved spending about $1.5 million dollars for the Bernard housing subdivision reconstruction project.
COLDWATER - Village officials will apply for a $325,000 Land and Water Conservation Fund grant to be used for the 2023 Coldwater Memorial Park Project.
NEW BREMEN - Village council members on Monday passed on a third and final reading an ordinance to transfer a parcel on Cherry Street from the village to the Community Improvement Corporation.
