Special Weather Statement issued April 19 at 9:54AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 954 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Newport, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to vegetation. Locations impacted include... Montra, Newbern, New Jerusalem, Lockington, Ridgeway, Woodstock, Botkins, Mount Victory, Millerstown, Kiser Lake State Park, Hardin, Pemberton, Piqua, West Mansfield, East Liberty, St. Paris, Logansville, Belle Center, North Lewisburg, and Lakeview. This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 77 and 106. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building. To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
CELINA - The Ohio Facilities Construction Commission has agreed to pitch in an additional $7.87 million toward Celina City School's building project, upping its total contribution to about $59 million.
School board members at this week's regular meeting signed off on a number of resolutions related to the building project, including one accepting the additional state dollars. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - School board members at this week's regular meeting learned about a new scholarship aimed at rewarding seniors for their hard work and incentivizing them to attend a higher education institution in Ohio.
The Governor's Merit Scholarship was unveiled on Dec. 4 and offers up to $5,000 a year in financial assistance to high school seniors who graduate in the the top 5% of their class, according to high school principal Ryan Steinbrunner. [More]
FORT RECOVERY - It took 7 1/2 minutes for St. Marys to score a point in the fourth quarter, but that first point was big.
Reagan Allemeier's free throw with 24.3 seconds remaining in regulation broke a 31-all tie and Sophie Menker's free throws with less than a second left secured the Roughriders' 34-31 girls basketball victory over Fort Recovery on Tuesday night at Fort Site Fieldhouse. [More]
MINSTER - Village councilors paid tribute to outgoing mayor Dennis Kitzmiller and councilman Tom Herkenhoff at Tuesday night's meeting for their decades of service to the village.
ROCKFORD - Parkway swept Celina in a boys/girls basketball doubleheader at Panther Gymnasium, although the Celina boys nearly pulled off a frantic comeback in the nightcap.
ST. HENRY - He wouldn't go as far as saying their battle with the Fort Loramie Redskins was a "must-win", but St. Henry boys' basketball coach Eric Rosenbeck wasn't shy with explaining the magnitude of his team's 62-44 victory on Tuesday night in St. Henry.
New Knoxville bounced back from a tough loss in its conference opener last Friday to get back to .500 with a 65-40 win at Ada in Tuesday night boys basketball action. The Rangers improve to 3-3 with the win as the Bulldogs drop to 0-6.
