THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH SAYS PICKAWAY COUNTY SHERIFF DWIGHT RADCLIFF, 80 YEARS YOUNG, HAS RETIRED AFTER 48 YEARS IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS, RANKING AS THE NATION’S LONGEST-SERVING SHERIFF IN CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO. RADCLIFF SAYS, “I KNOW PEOPLE. IF YOU DON’T LIE TO THEM, THEY’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. TREAT PEOPLE HOW YOU LIKE TO BE TREATED YOURSELF. I’VE ALWAYS MEANT WHAT I SAID AND SAID WHAT I MEANT. I’M PROUD OF THAT.” RADCLIFF’S FATHER CHARLES WAS SHERIFF FOR MANY YEARS, AND NOW DWIGHT’S SON ROBERT HAS TAKEN OVER TO KEEP THE PICKAWAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S JOB ALL IN THE FAMILY, NOW FOR THREE GENERATIONS!
THE NEWS SUN SAYS THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP TRUCK INJURED MONDAY WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A SCHOOL BUS. URBANA CITY SCHOOLS REPORTS THE BUS HAD 4 STUDENTS ON IT WHEN THE COLLISION HAPPENED AT NORTH LUDLOW AND EAST KANAGY ROADS. THE PICKUP TRUCK’S DRIVER TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.
ELEVEN YEAR OLD HAILEY PETEE, A 5TH GRADE STUDENT AT LONDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FOUND DEAD IN HER HOME EARLY SUNDAY, THE APPARENT VICTIM OF A SUICIDE, AS CONFIRMED BY MADISON COUNTY CORONER JAMES KAEHR. PETEE SUFFERED FROM ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND WORE GLASSES, SAYS THE MADISON-PRESS, AND HER PARENTS, MELINDA GROCE AND DAVID PETEE, SAY THEIR DAUGHTER TOOK HER OWN LIFE AFTER MONTHS OF BULLYING BY HER PEERS. MADISON COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR ROGER ROBERTS AND COUNSELORS WERE AT THE SCHOOL YESTERDAY ASSISTING GRIEVING STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS. CAN’T WE ALL BE IN PRAYER FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY?
THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM TO VISIT FROM TIME TO TIME ELDERLY RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SENIOR WATCH IS STILL IN ITS EARLIEST STAGES, AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS AT NO COST, SAYS CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFF MATT MELVIN, AND THE HOPE IS TO BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESIDENTS AND CUT DOWN ON SCAMS THAT TARGET THE ELDERLY.
FAIRBORN POLICE SAY A MOTHER, 20 YEAR OLD CASSANDRA LEWIS, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER THREE WEEK OLD INFANT LAST AUGUST. LEWIS FACES POSSIBLE CHARGES OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, ENDANGERING CHILDREN, AND TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. LEWIS APPARENTLY ROLLED OVER ON THE INFANT WHILE THEY WERE SLEEPING. SHE WAS ARRESTED THIS PAST FRIDAY AND IS BEING HELD IN THE GREENE OUNTY JAIL, SAYS THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
WEEC SPORTS – TUESDAY 1-29-13:
NBA: DENVER 102 INDIANA 101. TONIGHT: 7PM: GOLDEN STATE AT CLEVELAND.
NHL: COLUMBUS 2 DALLAS 1, THE BLUE JACKETS 2-3-1. TONIGHT: 7:30PM: DALLAS AT DETROIT, 8PM: COLUMBUS AT MINNESOTA.
COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL: LOUISVILLE 64 PITTSBURGH 61, NO. 2 KANSAS 61 WEST VIRGINIA 56. 7PM TONIGHT: WISCONSIN AT OHIO STATE, 9PM: NEBRASKA AT MINNESOTA, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM. MICHIGAN NO. 1 IN THE LATEST AP TOP 25 MENS POLL, KANSAS NO. 1 IN THE COACHES POLL, INDIANA 3RD IN BOTH, OHIO STATE 11TH IN BOTH POLLS THIS WEEK.
TIGER WOODS WINS AT TORREY PINES FOR HIS 75TH CAREER WIN AT THE FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN. HE’S 14 UNDER FOR THE TOURNAMENT, WINNING BY 4 STROKES. WOODS TRAILS ONLY SAM SNEAD ON THE CAREER WINS LIST IN GOLF!
NFL NEWS: BENGALS WIDE RECEIVER A.J. GREEN WITH 3 TOUCHDOWN CATCHES IN THE PRO BOWL SUNDAY, SOMETHING GREEN HAD NEVER DONE IN AN NFL GAME!
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3RD 6:30PM: SAN FRANCISCO VS. BALTIMORE AT NEW ORLEANS.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: FAIRMONT OVER SPRINGFIELD, TRIAD 52 GRAHAM 46, NORTHWESTERN 68 BETHEL 23, MIAMI EAST 55 WAYNE 31, FRANKLIN 48 MILTON-UNION 35, MIAMI VALLEY OVER DAYTON CHRISTIAN, AND RUSSIA 39 COVINGTON 36, SAYS THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS, TIPP CITY 62 BELLEFONTAINE 50, BENJAMIN LOGAN 54 URBANA 47, WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 39 CEDARVILLE 30, RIVERSIDE 41 BETHEL 26, SHEKINAH CHRISTIAN 68 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 42.
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: SHEKINAH CHRISTIAN 86 GILEAD CHRISTIAN 36, LONDON 72 MIAMI TRACE 58, SAYS THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH.
