AN UNNAMED 16 YEAR OLD URBANA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. THE YOUTH BROUGHT A BB GUN TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY. THE INCIDENT HANDLED QUICKLY AFTER ANOTHER STUDENT REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO SCHOOL AUTHORITIES. URBANA POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCHOOL AND ARRESTED THE YOUTH, WHO WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MARYSVILLE JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY. HE’S BEING CHARGED WITH INDUCING PANIC AND ILLEGAL CONVEYANCE OR POSSESSION OF A DEADLY WEAPON, ACCORDING TO PEAKOFOHIO.COM.
WEST LIBERTY, Champaign County — One person was killed Monday night in a snowmobile accident in the 2000 block of East Kanagy Road, north of Urbana. Rescue units were dispatched to the area at about 9 p.m. on a report of an accident involving the vehicle and a tree. The victim was believed to be a male whose age was not immediately reported. Authorities say the Champaign County coroner was dispatched not soon after a call for CareFlight was canceled at the scene.
CEDAR CLIFF LOCAL SCHOOLS’ NEW $25 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY WILL BE DEDICATED TONIGHT AT 6PM WITH A CEREMONY IN THE GYM, WITH AN OPEN HOUSE TO FOLLOW UNTIL 8PM. IT WILL THEN OPEN TO STUDENTS AND STAFF RETURNING FROM WINTER BREAK WEDNESDAY. REPLACING THE LESS THAN 100,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY BUILT IN 1917, THE 112,000 SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY SERVES THE DISTRICT’S PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH-GRADE STUDENTS. LONG-TIME CEDAR CLIFF SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BAITS SAYS THERE’S 6,600 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL SPACE, A GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM, A STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF ON MOST OF THE BUILDING, MEANS THE BUILDING MAKES MORE SENSE, WITH MUCH MORE USABLE SPACE, SAYS THE NEWS SUN.
WEEC SPORTS – TUESDAY 1-8-13:
COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN MIAMI, FLORIDA: ALABAMA WINS THE NATIONAL TITLE FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR, THE 3RD IN 4 YEARS AFTER THEIR CONVINCING 42-14 WIN OVER NOTRE DAME! THE CRIMSON TIDE FINISHED A UNANIMOUS NO. 1 IN BOTH THE AP AND COACHES POLLS, OREGON WAS 2ND IN BOTH POLLS, WITH NOTRE DAME 3RD IN THE COACHES POLL, YET IN THE AP POLL OHIO STATE IS 3RD, NOTRE DAME 4TH, THE BUCKEYES NOT INCLUDED IN THE COACHES POLL ALL YEAR DUE TO THE ONE YEAR BOWL BAN AND SANCTIONS. THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE HAS WON THE LAST 7 BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS! THE SEC PLACES 5 TEAMS IN THE TOP 10, WITH GEORGIA 5TH IN BOTH POLLS, TEXAS A & M 5TH, SOUTH CAROLINA 8TH, AND FLORIDA 9TH IN THE AP POLL! NOTRE DAME’S DEFENSE HAD BEEN GREAT ALL YEAR, BUT HAD NO ANSWER FROM THE START FOR THE ‘TIDE’S OFFENSE, RUNNING AND PASSING THE BALL EFFECTIVELY IN JUMPING OUT TO A 28-0 HALFTIME LEAD. SOME OF THE BOWL RECORDS BY CONFERENCE: THE SEC GOES 6-3 IN BOWL GAMES, THE ACC IS 4-2, THE BIG EAST 3-2, THE PAC-12 4-4, THE BIG 12 4-5, AND THE BIG TEN IS 2-5.
NBA: CHICAGO 118 CLEVELAND 92, WASHINGTON 101 OKLAHOMA CITY 99.
7PM TONIGHT: MIAMI AT INDIANA
NFL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: SATURDAY, 4:30PM: AFC: BALTIMORE AT DENVER, NFC: 8PM: GREEN BAY AT SAN FRANCISCO, NFC SUNDAY 1PM: SEATTLE AT ATLANTA, AFC 4:30PM: HOUSTON AT NEW ENGLAND, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
THE BROWNS COACHING SEARCH AFTER CHIP KELLY DECIDES AGAINST COMING TO CLEVELAND. THE PLAIN DEALER REPORTS A SECOND WAVE OF INTERVIEWS WILL INCLUDE FORMER BROWNS OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS BRUCE ARIANS AND MARC TRESTMAN. AND COULD FORMER BROWNS ASSISTANT, NOW ALABAMA COACH NICK SABAN, AFTER 3 NATIONAL TITLES IN 4 YEARS, CONSIDER A RETURN TO THE NFL? SABAN A WEST VIRGINIA NATIVE WHO WENT TO COLLEGE AT KENT STATE. OR POSSIBLY NOTRE DAME’S BRIAN KELLY, OR SUPER BOWL-WINNING COACH JON GRUDEN?
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: GREENEVIEW 84 CEDARVILLE 27, KETTERING ALTER 60 BEAVERCREEK 50, COVINGTON 66 MILTON-UNION 36, MIAMI EAST 90 URBANA 51, PREBLE SHAWNEE 56 DAYTON CHRISTIAN 21, SOUTHEASTERN 51 BETHEL 22, SHAWNEE 57 SPRINGFIELD 34, NORTHWESTERN 67 RIVERSIDE 43, THE NEWS SUN SAYS.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: BLAIR ACADEMY, NEW JERSEY OVER GRAHAM THIS PAST WEEKEND IN THEIR ANNUAL MATCH, AND BLAIR ACADEMY DEFEATED THE FALCONS IN BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SATURDAY AS WELL.
MONDAY: TIPP CITY 55 BELLEFONTAINE 52.
