COMMUNITY MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS ANNOUNCES THEIR CEO AND PRESIDENT, MARK WIENER, RESIGNS HIS POSITION AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK UNTIL THE END OF 2012. WIENER HAS BEEN WITH CMHP FOR SIX YEARS, AND HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN CLARK COUNTY SINCE 2008. NO ONE HAS SAID WHY HE’S RESIGNING, YET HE SPEARHEADED THE COMPLETION OF THE SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DATA SHOWS 22 STATES HAVE BETTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES THAN OHIO UNDER A NEW, MORE UNIFORM METHOD OF CALCULATION. OHIO’S NEW GRADUATION RATE FOR ALL STUDENTS IS 80 PERCENT, TYING FOR 8TH WITH HAWAII AND WYOMING, ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED MONDAY.
Teen facing charges in fatal I-75 crash
(FROM DAYTON DAILY NEWS) Dayton — The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office has approved aggravated vehicular homicide charges against a Miami County woman who in August drove a vehicle in the wrong direction of Interstate 75, causing a multiple-car accident that resulted in the death of a Missouri woman.
A grand jury will now decide whether 19-year-old Rachel Schidecker of Laura should be indicted on two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide charges, two misdemeanor counts of operating a vehicle while under the influence, one count of vehicular assault and one count of aggravated vehicular assault, according to Greg Flannagan, spokesman for the prosecutor’s office.
WEEC SPORTS – WEDNESDAY 11-28-12:
NBA: PHOENIX 91 CLEVELAND 78, INDIANA 79 L.A. LAKERS 77.
FLORIDA STATE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR MARK STOOPS IS HIRED AS THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT KENTUCKY, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM. OHIO STATE QUARTERBACK BRAXTON MILLER NAMED THE BIG TEN’S OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, ALTHOUGH HE WAS VOTED 2ND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN BY THE COACHES, DEFENSIVE STANDOUT JOHN SIMON NAMED THE BIG TEN’S DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, WHILE FORMER PATRIOTS NFL ASSISTANT BILL O’BRIEN, NOW THE HEAD COACH AT PENN STATE, WAS DESERVEDLY NAMED THE BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: GREENON 51 BENJAMIN LOGAN 43, TROTWOOD 57 DAYTON DUNBAR 21, BEAVERCREEK 47 WILMINGTON 38, BELLBROOK 57 MIAMISBURG 55, 2OT, XENIA CHRISTIAN 65 CEDARVILLE 58, TRI-COUNTY NORTH 41 NORTHEASTERN 35, RUSSIA 48 BOTKINS 37, PONITZ 56 DAYTON CHRISTIAN 35.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES FRIDAY: 11AM: DIV. 6: NEWARK CATHOLIC VS. MARION LOCAL AT MASSILLON, DIV. 4 3PM: ST. CLAIRSVILLE VS. CLINTON-MASSIE AT CANTON, DIV. 2 7PM: TOLEDO CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS. TROTWOOD-MADISON AT MASSILLON.
SATURDAY 3PM DIV. 5: KIRTLAND VS. COLDWATER AT MASSILLON’S PAUL BROWN TIGER STADIUM, AND DIV. 1 SATURDAY 7PM AT CANTON’S FAWCETT STADIUM: TOLEDO WHITMER VS. CINCINNATI MOELLER.
NFL THURSDAY NIGHT 8:20PM: NEW ORLEANS AT ATLANTA. SUNDAY 4:25PM: CLEVELAND AT OAKLAND, CINCINNATI AT SAN DIEGO, PITTSBURGH AT BALTIMORE.
COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL: NO. 1 INDIANA 83 NORTH CAROLINA 59, THE BIG TEN LEADS SO FAR IN THE ACC-BIG TEN CHALLENGE 4-2, WITH MORE GAMES, INCLUDING OHIO STATE AT DUKE AT 9:30PM, TONIGHT!
