THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS JEFFREY DILL OF WEST LIBERTY, REPORTED TO BE IN HIS LATE 40′S, WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT AROUND 7:30PM WHEN THE PICKUP TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING LEFT STATE ROUTE 29 WEST NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 296 WEST, SLAMMING INTO A TREE. DILL WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY CORONER. PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THESE FATAL ACCIDENTS.
THE NEWS SUN REPORTS 37 YEAR OLD ANNE MARIE JONES OF SPRINGFIELD WAS KILLED MONDAY MORNING IN AN ACCIDENT AROUND 11AM AFTER POLICE SAY SHE WAS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM HER VEHICLE DURING A CRASH, WITH THE VEHICLE ROLLING ON TOP OF HER. JONES ALSO PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AT WEST PLEASANT STREET AND SOUTH WESTERN AVENUE, JONES HEADING SOUTH AT SOUTH WESTERN AVENUE, RUNNING A RED LIGHT, STRIKING A TRUCK DRIVEN BY 47 YEAR OLD DAVID HOLLY OF NEW CARLISLE, GOING WEST ON WEST PLEASANT.
THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS 38 YEAR OLD JAMES PAYER OF RIDGEWAY DIED FOLLOWING A CRASH IN LOGAN COUNTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING AROUND 5:30AM. PAYER REPORTEDLY WAS DRIVING HIS CAR WEST ON COUNTY ROAD 96 WHEN HE FAILED TO YIELD FROM A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF OHIO 117 AND WAS HIT BY A TRUCK DRIVEN BY 34 YEAR OLD SHADD SHAFFER OF BELLE CENTER, PAYER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
KETTERING POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SMALL EXPLOSION IN THE PARKING LOT OF FAIRMONT HIGH SCHOOL ON SHROYER ROAD MONDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 1PM, HIGH SCHOOL STAFF SAY THEY HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT IN THE PARKING LOT THEN. SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOUND A 16.9 OUNCE WATER BOTTLE THAT HAD EXPLODED IN A VACANT PARKING SPACE, THAT HAD A HOLE IN THE SIDE AND CRUMPLED ALUMINUM FOIL AROUND TWO FEET AWAY FROM THE EXPLOSION. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS A FATAL TWO-VEHICLE ACCIDENT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT CLAIMS THE LIFE OF 18 YEAR OLD CADY REED, A NORTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE AND URBANA UNIVERSITY STUDENT. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON SELMA PIKE NEAR OLD SPRINGFIELD ROAD WHEN REED’S CAR WENT LEFT OF CENTER AT THE INTERSECTION AND STRUCK A CAR DRIVEN BY 21 YEAR OLD KYLE NELSON OF SPRINGFIELD HEAD-ON, AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE WET, FOGGY CONDITIONS PLAYED A ROLE.
WEEC SPORTS – TUESDAY 12-4-12:
NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: WASHINGTON 17 N.Y. GIANTS 16. IN THE GAME, REDSKINS QUARTERBACK ROBERT GRIFFIN III SETS THE ROOKIE RUSHING MARK FOR A QB, BREAKING THE MARK SET LAST SEASON BY CAROLINA QUARTERBACK CAM NEWTON, AND ROOKIE RUNNING BACK ALFRED MORRIS OF THE ‘SKINS BECOMES THE 2ND PLAYER FROM WASHINGTON TO RUSH FOR 1,000 YARDS IN A SEASON AS A ROOKIE, WITH WASHINGTON NOW BEING THE 1ST TEAM IN NFL HISTORY WITH A ROOKIE QUARTERBACK TO PASS FOR 2,000 OR MORE YARDS, AND A ROOKIE RUNNING BACK TO RUN FOR OVER A THOUSAND YARDS!
THURSDAY NIGHT 8:20PM: DENVER AT OAKLAND. SUNDAY 1PM: BALTIMORE AT WASHINGTON, DALLAS AT CINCINNATI, KANSAS CITY AT CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE AT INDIANAPOLIS.
NBA: DETROIT 89 CLEVELAND 79. 8PM TONIGHT: INDIANA AT CHICAGO.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL HAS NAMED 3 HEISMAN FINALISTS TO GO TO NEW YORK THIS SATURDAY NIGHT FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY. THEY ARE JOHNNY MANZIEL, TEXAS A&M QUARTERBACK, COLLIN KLEIN, KANSAS STATE QUARTERBACK, AND MANTI TE’O, LINEBACKER FROM NOTRE DAME, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
IN THIS WEEK’S TOP 25 MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL, INDIANA REMAINS NO. 1, DUKE 2, AND MICHIGAN 3RD, OHIO STATE FALLS TO 7TH AFTER LOSING AT DUKE A WEEK AGO. UNBEATEN CINCINNATI RANKED 11TH. MONDAY, BOWLING GREEN 54 WRIGHT STATE 41.
THE BCS TITLE GAME IS IN MIAMI ON MONDAY NIGHT JANUARY 7TH 8:30PM, NO. 1 NOTRE DAME VS. NO. 2 ALABAMA, THE FIESTA BOWL JANUARY 3RD 8:30PM, OREGON VS. KANSAS STATE, THE SUGAR BOWL JANUARY 2ND 8:30PM: FLORIDA VS. LOUISVILLE, JANUARY 1ST THE LAST 2 BCS BOWL GAMES HAVE FLORIDA STATE VS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS IN THE ORANGE BOWL AT 8:30PM, AND THE ROSE BOWL AT 5PM TUESDAY JANUARY 1ST, STANFORD VS. WISCONSIN. SEVEN BIG TEN TEAMS ARE BOWL ELIGIBLE AND PLAYING IN GAMES, INCLUDING THE CAPITAL ONE BOWL NEW YEARS DAY AT 1PM, GEORGIA VS. NEBRASKA, AND THE OUTBACK BOWL AT THE SAME TIME, SOUTH CAROLINA VS. MICHIGAN. NORTHWESTERN, MINNESOTA, MICHIGAN STATE, AND PURDUE ALSO PLAYING, WITH OHIO STATE, UNBEATEN AND NO. 3 IN THE LATEST AP TOP 25 POLL, AND PENN STATE, LEFT OUT DUE TO BOWL BANS.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL MONDAY, THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS, DAYTON CHRISTIAN 47 BELMONT 46 OT, KENTON RIDGE 61 WESTERVILLE SOUTH 48, NORTHEASTERN 64 YELLOW SPRINGS 30, PIQUA 56 BETHEL 25, PONITZ TECH 58 SPRINGFIELD 29, TECUMSEH 55 VANDALIA BUTLER 33, TIPPECANOE 58 STEBBINS 31, TROY CHRISTIAN OVER EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TONIGHT, GAMES INCLUDE SPRINGFIELD AT TROY, NORTHWESTERN AT SOUTHEASTERN, WEST LIBERTY-SALEM AT GRAHAM, AND MECHANICSBURG AT URBANA.
