HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS, FRIENDS…IT’S GOING TO BE A WINDY DAY WITH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 43 MPH THIS AFTERNOON! HIGHS WILL REACH 45 DEGREES, BUT IT GETS COLD TONIGHT…HOW COLD? WE’LL TELL YOU THAT IN A FEW MINUTES!
AN ACCIDENT NOT TOO FAR FROM WEEC CLAIMED THE LIFE OF 36 YEAR OLD DIANNE EVANS OF SPRINGFIELD. OHIO STATE HIGHWAY TROOPERS SAID THE CRASH WAS THE RESULT OF A DRIVER FAILING TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 1:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOLK REAM ROAD AND JOHNSON ROAD IN CLARK COUNTY. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR IN WHICH EVANS WAS RIDING WAS TAKEN BY CAREFLIGHT TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL AND TWO PEOPLE IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE. THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
IN DAYTON AT ISLAND METROPARK A 34 YEAR OLD MAN WAS KILLED BY DAYTON POLICE WHEN HE LEVELED A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE AT TWO DAYTON POLICE SERGEANTS. HE HAD BEEN REPORTED BY CITIZENS IN THE AREA OF HELENA STREET CARRYING A GUN. CHIEF RICHARD BIEHL SAID THE TWO SERGEANTS OPENED FIRE AFTER THE MAN IN THE PARK LEVELED HIS SKS RIFLE AT THE OFFICERS. BIEHL SAID AUTHORITIES HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH THE MAN IN THE PAST AND HIS MENTAL HEALTH WAS IN QUESTION. BIEHL COMMENTED, “BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION…THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MULTIPLE SUICIDAL CALLS.” THE CHIEF SAID BASED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE SERGEANTS RESPONDED APPROPRIATELY TO A LETHAL THREAT. THAT INCIDENT IS ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION.
44 YEAR OLD ANGELA BUTLER OF NEW CARLISLE WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AFTER ADMITTING TO A LONG HISTORY OF REPORTING FALSE CRIMES…ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOCKDOWN OF NEW CARLISLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. FRIDAY MORNING, THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A 911 CALL REPORTING A ROBBERY AT A RITE AID IN PARK LAYNE. DEPUTIES SAID NO ROBBERY HAD OCCURRED AND THE CALL WAS TRACED BACK TO BUTLER’S TELEPHONE. SHE IS THE SUSPECT IN “AT LEAST” NINE OTHER INCIDENTS OF CALLING 911 FROM A CELL PHONE AND MAKING FALSE CLAIMS. REPORTS RANGED FROM ROBBERIES TO SHOOTINGS TO FIRES, ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES. BUTLER HAS ADMITTED TO THE TELEPHONE CALLS, TELLING DEPUTIES THAT WHEN SHE IS “OFF HER MEDS” SHE “DOES CRAZY THINGS”. APPARENTLY BUTLER WAS APOLOGETIC FRIDAY SAYING SHE SUFFERS FROM A NUMBER OF DISORDERS, INCLUDING BIPOLAR DISORDER. SHE SAID SHE NEEDED TO GET BACK ON HER MEDICINE AND WAS READY TO ACCEPT HER PUNISHMENT. DEPUTIES SAID SHE WILL BE ARRAIGNED TODAY.
XENIA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE PRESENTING A DRAMA BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF FIVE YOUNG MEN…MISSIONARIES…WHO DIED AS THEY MINISTERED TO THE UNREACHED AND VERY DANGEROUS AUCA INDIAN TRIBE IN ECUADOR. BRIDGE OF BLOOD WAS WRITTEN BY FORMER CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DAVID ROBEY AND IS BASED ON ELIZABETH ELLIOTT’S BOOKS “THROUGH GATES OF SPLENDOR” AND “SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY”. KEN KETTERING WILL DIRECT THE DRAMA. PERFORMANCES ARE COMING UP THIS WEEKEND ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH AND 16TH AT 7PM EACH NIGHT IN THE XENIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. TICKETS ARE $5.00 AND WILL BE AVALABLE AT THE DOOR. FOR INFORMATION CALL 937/352-1524.
SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IS OPENING A NEW STUDENT STORE THAT THEY HAVE NAMED “THE CAT DEN”! GRAND OPENING WILL BE TODAY FROM 3:30-7PM WITH A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AT 4PM. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND! THE STORE IS LOCATED IN ROOM B105 IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WILL BE MANAGED BY STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND CAREER EXPLORATIONS PROGRAM AT SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL. THE STORE WILL OPEN DAILY FROM 10:45AM UNTIL 12:45 PM AND WILL FEATURE SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SPIRIT ITEMS.
OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DeWINE IS REMINDING OHIOANS THAT IDENTITY THEFT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH IS WHY HE CREATED THE IDENTITY THEFT UNIT WITHIN HIS OFFICE’S CONSUMER PROTECTION SECTION TO HELP IDENTITY-THEFT VICTIMS. IT OFFERS VICTIMS TWO PROGRAMS: TRADITIONAL ASSISTANCE AND SELF-HELP ASSISTANCE. DeWINE SAID, “WE CAN HELP VICTIMS REPAIR THEIR CREDIT AND GET THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK.” ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS CONSUMERS SHOULD TAKE WHEN THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT IS TO FILE A REPORT WITH THEIR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SHERIFF’S OFFICE. IF AN IDENTITY-THEFT VICTIM CHOOSES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S TRADITIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, A SPECIALIST WILL WORK ON BEHALF OF THE VICTIM TO CONTACT CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES, CREDITORS, COLLECTORS AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT MAY HAVE INFORMATION OBTAINED UNDER FRAUDULENT CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR THE SELF-HELP PROGRAM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL PROVIDE VICTIMS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO HELP RESOLVE THE ISSUES ON THEIR OWN. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE AT 1/800-282-0515 OR GO ONLINE TO: WWW.OHIOATTORNEYGENERAL.GOV .
THE CLARK COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT HAS FOUND THAT NEARLY ONE IN EVERY FIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CLARK COUNTY HAS TAKEN MEDICATIONS THAT WERE NOT PRESCRIBED TO THEM. THE NEWS SUN REPORTS THAT THE SURVEY FOUND THAT ONLY 5 PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CLARK COUNTY HAD TRIED DRUGS LIKE CRACK OR COCAINE, BUT 19 PERCENT ADMITTED TO TRYING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND 11 PERCENT HAD USED OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING HIGH. DANIELLE SMOOT FOUNDED “COLE’S WARRIORS” AFTER HER 16 YEAR OLD SON DIED WHEN HE TOOK ONE PRESCRIPTION PILL THAT WAS NOT HIS. VOLUNTARY DRUG PLEDGES AND TESTING ARE NOW BEING STARTED AT KENTON RIDGE, NORTHEASTERN AND CLARK-SHAWNEE HIGH SCHOOLS. COLE’S WARRIORS STARTED TWO YEARS AGO AT TECUMSEH HIGH SCHOOL WHERE COLE WAS A STUDENT AND THEN AT SPRINGFIELD-CLARK CAREER TECHNOLOGY CENTER. ITS GOAL IS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT DRUG USE AND ARM THEM WITH TOOLS TO ELIMINATE PROBLEMS WITH PEER PRESSURE. THEY CAN ALSO BE TESTED FOR RANDOM DRUG SCREENING THROUGH COLE’S WARRIORS IF THEIR PARENTS SIGN THEM UP. A LETTER WOULD BE SENT TO PARENTS INDICATING IF THE CHILD TESTED POSITIVE, NEGATIVE OR REFUSED TO TAKE A TEST. THERE IS NO COST TO SCHOOLS OR TO THE PUBLIC WITH THE TESTING FULLY FUNDED BY MONEY AND MERCHANDISE CONFISCATED FROM DRUG DEALERS.
WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH WEST WINDS 14-21 MPH, GUSTING UP TO 31 MPH. LOWS WILL DROP TO 26 DEGREES! TUESDAY BRINGS SUNSHINE, BUT IT WILL BE COLD WITH TEMPERATURES PEAKING NEAR 38 DEGREES AND THE OVERNIGHT LOWS ONCE MORE DROPPING TO 26. IT STAYS COLD EACH NIGHT AS OVERNIGHT LOWS STAY IN THE MID 20’S THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. HIGHS GET INTO THE 40’S ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BEFORE DROPPING BACK TO THE 30’S ON FRIDAY.
