A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW BETWEEN 2-4 INCHES EXPECTED WITH LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS, ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. EXPECT SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. REMEMBER…A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
I’M RUTH BOOK THANKING YOU FOR CHOOSING WEEC FOR NEWS ON THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 25TH.
I CAME TO WORK AT 9:30 THIS MORNING WITH SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AND HEAVY SNOWFALL. I NARROWLY MISSED BEING HIT BY A CAR COMING TOWARD ME THAT SPUN OUT. I HAD TO GO ONTO THE SIDEWALK TO AVOID A COLLISION. COMING UP THE HILL BY THE UPPER VALLEY MALL WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR SOME DRIVERS AS WELL, CAUSING THEM TO HAVE TO BACK DOWN THE HILL AND TRY A SECOND TIME. PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL AS YOU ARE OUT IN THIS WEATHER…AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELT!
AN 18 YEAR OLD MIAMI UNIVERSITY FRESHMAN, NICOLE SEFTON, A 2012 GRADUATE OF ROSS HIGH SCHOOL, DIED IN A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACCORDING TO SGT. MONTE MAYER OF THE BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. HER VEHICLE TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF OHIO 129, TUMBLED OVER AND EJECTED SEFTON BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A FIELD. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY THE BUTLER COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE.
THE 5TH ANNUAL NEHEMIAH COMMUNITY PRAISE & WORSHIP GOING ON TONIGHT FROM 7-9PM AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3638 MIDDLE URBANA ROAD IN SPRINGFIELD. NEHEMIAH FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHELLEY LOPEZ INVITES ALL OF YOU TO COME OUT FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENT, A WORSHIP GATHERING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE KING OF KINGS!
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF EDUCATING FOR ETERNITY WITH THE DAYTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM, THERE’LL BE A CONCERT MARCH 9TH AT 7PM AT CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY’S DIXON MINISTRY CENTER WITH SPECIAL MICHAEL W. SMITH. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS BY GOING TO EDUCATINGFORETERNITY.COM.
THE MARCH FOR LIFE RALLY GOING ON TODAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE RALLY BEGINNING AT NOON TODAY ON THE NATIONAL MALL AND CONTINUING UNTIL 1:30PM, WITH THE MARCH STARTING RIGHT AFTER. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE UNBORN!
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE FOR GAS…AGAIN! GASBUDDY.COM SAYS GAS PRICES ARE LIKELY TO SPIKE SOON. GASBUDDY.COM IS A WEBSITE OF PETROLEUM ANALYSTS WHO MONITOR AREA FUEL PRICES AND IN THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS SUN, THEY STATE THAT GAS PRICES COULD RISE BY AS MUCH AS 30 CENTS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOME STATIONS IN SPRINGFIELD HAD INCREASED THEIR PRICES PER GALLON FROM $3.21 TO $3.45 YESTERDAY.
THE NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER WILL REOPEN ON SATURDAY IN WILBERFORCE. THE MUSEUM HAD CLOSED IN AUGUST OF 2011 BECAUSE OF MOLD ISSUES. GUESTS AT THE MUSEUM’S OPENING EVENT ON SATURDAY FROM NOON-4PM WILL GET TO SEE AN EXHIBIT DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE AND FOCUS ON THE THEMES OF CELEBRATION, SPIRITUALITY AND PROTEST. THERE IS NO ADMISSION FEE FOR THE EVENT THIS SATURDAY WHICH WILL ALSO FEATURE A PERFORMANCE BY CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY’S CHOIR AND APPEARANCES BY REPRESENTATIVES OF OHIO’S HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS LIGHT REFRESHMENTS. THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED AT 1350 BRUSH ROAD, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY.
THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION’S GO RED FOR WOMEN MOVEMENT HAS BEEN FIGHTING HEART DISEASE FOR TEN YEARS. THEY HAVE WORN RED, SHARED STORIES OF SURVIVAL AND BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN’S HEARTS AND HOW HEART DISEASE CAN BE PREVENTED. MORE THAN 627,000 WOMEN’S LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED. HEART DISEASE IS THE #1 KILLER OF WOMEN WITH ONE IN THREE AMERICAN WOMEN DYING FROM HEART DISEASE EACH YEAR. IT IS MORE DEADLY THAN ALL FORMS OF CANCER COMBINED ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GO ON-LINE TO: WWW.GOREDFORWOMEN.ORG .
WE COULD STILL SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING, BUT AFTER A DAY OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE, WE SHOULD SEE THAT SLOWLY COME TO AN END. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO 16 DEGREES. WE SHOULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH HIGHS SATURDAY AT 26 GOING UP TO 32 ON SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL DIP TO 14 DEGREES. WE HAVE A 50 PERCENT POSSIBILITY OF SNOW, FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SUNDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO ALL RAIN ON MONDAY. RAIN IS PREDICTED FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO 42 ON MONDAY…THEN 55 ON TUESDAY!
PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL DRIVING IN THESE HAZARDOUS WINTERY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEATBELT.
