Flood Watch issued August 13 at 11:45AM 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
Thursday, August 1st, 2024
Young people work to become one with horses
By William Kincaid
WAPAKONETA - Many who had encountered Pearl immediately found out that the grey American quarter horse speckled with black spots and bearing a countenance similar to that of Eeyore the donkey would not bend to the will of another.
Upon being approached by anyone, Pearl would pin her ears and either turn her head or back up. Further intrusions would serve only to intensify the horse's ire, causing her to lunge and bite at the interloper. [More]
Obituaries on August 1st, 2024
Marvin Lee Topp, age 82, of New Bremen, died on Monday, July 29, 2024 at 7:11 A.M. at the Otterbein Senior Lifestyles of St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on August 1st, 2024
Subscriber stories on August 1st, 2024
CELINA- Fresh off of a successful reopening of the Riley House last weekend, Mercer County Historical Society President Bill Vondrell is excited for the museum's future.
ST. MARYS - The city of St. Marys will phase in its new Solid Waste Collection System starting in early September, according to a city news release.
CELINA- Multiple people appeared in Mercer County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday on a variety of charges including drug possession and theft.
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Horse & Buggy Tales
George Struckman bought the first automobile, a horseless carriage, in Mercer County around 1900. He kept most of the steam threshing operation in this area in running order, and his horseless carriage also was a steam-driven conveyance.