BLACK FRIDAY IS IN FULL SWING, WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE IN SPRINGFIELD LINING UP AS EARLY AT 8:30PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. SALES BEGAN AS EARLY AS 8PM LAST NIGHT AT STORES, INCLUDING WAL-MART, WITH MANY IN LINE AT TARGET IN SPRINGFIELD TO PURCHASE ELECTRONICS AND OTHER GIFTS WHEN IT OPENED AT 9PM LAST NIGHT. LAST YEAR, BLACK FRIDAY SALES WERE NEARLY $11 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS, MAKING THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING LAST YEAR THE LARGEST SINGLE SHOPPING DAY OF THE YEAR, SAYS THE NEWS SUN REPORT. THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH REPORTS THOUSANDS OF SHOPPERS LINED UP LAST N IGHT AT RETAILERS ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO, INCLUDING THE TOYS R US ON SAWMILL ROAD, WHERE AT LEAST 500 PEOPLE STOOD OUTSIDE THE STORE. AND THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE MIAMI VALLEY LINED UP FOR HOURS, INCLUDING THOSE WAITING FOR THE BEST BUY NEAR THE DAYTON MALL TO OPEN.
THE SALVATION ARMY’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE IN FULL SWING, AND THIS HOLIDAY SEASON THE SALVATION ARMY SPRINGFIELD WILL PROVIDE TOYS FOR 944 NEEDY FAMILIES, WITH TOYS AND GIFTS FOR NEARLY 2,000 CHILDREN! THE SALVATION ARMY IS SEEKING UNWRAPPED TOYS AND GIFTS, AND THEY’LL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12TH. YOU CAN MAKE DONATIONS BETWEEN 9AM AND 3PM MONDAY-FRIDAYS AT THE SALVATION ARMY AT 15 S. PLUM ST., SPRINGFIELD.
THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS A FATAL ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WARREN COUNTY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, WITH 4 PEOPLE BEING KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT SOUTH OF HARVEYSBURG AND CAESAR CREEK LAKE IN MASSIE TOWNSHIP. EVERYONE WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE FORD F-250 TRUCK, SO IT’S NOT CLEAR YET WHO WAS DRIVING. THOSE DEAD ARE 26 YEAR OLD BENJAMIN EDWARDS OF OREGONIA, 22 YEAR OLD ROSE FELTNER OF NEW VIENNA, 26 YEAR OLD BRITTANY GERONDALE OF MORROW, AND 21 YEAR OLD JOHNATHAN KRONINGER OF MASSIE TOWNSHIP. THE VICTIMS WERE NOT WEARING SEATBELTS, AND INVESTIGATORS BELIVE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BEFORE THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL ON A CURVE IN THE ROAD.
2 killed, dozens injured in massive Texas pileup
(FROM DAYTON DAILY NEWS) BEAUMONT, Texas — Two people died and more than 80 people were hurt Thursday when at least 140 vehicles collided in Southeast Texas in a pileup that left trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from the wreckage.
The collision occurred in extremely foggy conditions at about 8:45 a.m. Thanksgiving Day on Interstate 10 southwest of Beaumont, a Gulf Coast city about 80 miles east of Houston.
A man and a woman were killed in a Chevy Suburban SUV crushed by a tractor trailer.
WEEC SPORTS – FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2012
NFL THURSDAY THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL: HOUSTON 34 DETROIT 31 OT, WASHINGTON 38 DALLAS 31, AND NEW ENGLAND 49 THE NEW YORK JETS 19.
SUNDAY 1PM: PITTSBURGH AT CLEVELAND, OAKLAND AT CINCINNATI, BUFFALO AT INDIANAPOLIS.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL, THURSDAY: TCU 20 TEXAS 13. SATURDAY NOON: NCAA DIV. 3 2ND ROUND: WITTENBERG AT HOBART, NEW YORK. MICHIGAN AT OHIO STATE AS THE BUCKEYES TRY TO GO 12-0! OREGON AT OREGON STATE, STANFORD AT 9-2 UCLA, NOON: INDIANA AT PURDUE, 3:30PM: AUBURN AT ALABAMA, WISCONSIN AT PENN STATE, 7PM: SOUTH CAROLINA AT CLEMSON, 8PM: NO. 1 NOTRE DAME AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE SEMIFINALS, FRIDAY NIGHT 7:30PM: COLUMBUS HARTLEY VS. CLINTON-MASSIE AT NORTHMONT, MARION LOCAL VS. MCCOMB AT WAPAKONETA, MOGADORE VS. NEWARK CATHOLIC AT NEW PHILADELPHIA, NEW ALBANY VS. TROTWOOD-MADISON AT PIQUA, SATURDAY 7PM: CINCINNATI MOELLER VS. PICKERINGTON NORTH AT DAYTON’S WELCOME STADIUM, THURGOOD MARSHALL VS. BELLEVUE AT OHIO WESLEYAN, COLDWATER VS. LIBERTY-BENTON AT LIMA SENIOR.
THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL SEASON GETS STARTED THIS WEEKEND FOR MANY TEAMS, BEST WISHES TO ALL OF OUR WEEC-LISTENING AREA TEAMS IN THE SEASON AHEAD!
NBA WEDNESDAY: CLEVELAND 92 PHILADELPHIA 83, INDIANA 115 NEW ORLEANS 107.
7PM TONIGHT: CLEVELAND AT ORLANDO, 8PM: SAN ANTONIO AT INDIANA. SATURDAY 7:30PM: CLEVELAND AT LEBRON JAMES AND THE MIAMI HEAT!
FORMER CINCINNATI REDS PITCHER NOW CHRISTIAN RADIO PERSONALITY FRANK PASTORE CRITICALLY INJURED IN A FREEWAY MOTORCYCLE CRASH EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM. THE 55 YEAR OLD PASTORE PITCHED FOR THE REDS FROM 1979 TO 1985.
COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL: PACIFIC 70 XAVIER 67, NO. 5 DUKE 89 MINNESOTA 71, NO. 2 LOUISVILLE 51 NORTHERN IOWA 46.
TONIGHT: 6PM: UMKC AT OHIO STATE, 9PM: WRIGHT STATE VS. IDAHO STATE, 2PM SATURDAY: MANHATTAN AT DAYTON.
