MECHANICSBURG VILLAGE OFFICIALS ARE ADVISING ALL RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE WATER. A WATER EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED SUNDAY EVENING AT 6:00. VILLAGE OFFICIALS ARE WORKING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
THE AIR FORCE’S FIRST FEMALE FOUR-STAR GENERAL JANET WOLFENBARGER, AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND’S COMMANDER SAID IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE MILITARY BRANCH WILL LAUNCH THE NUMBER OF NEW PROGRAMS THAT IT ONCE DID WITH THE BUDGET PROBLEMS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFENSE CUTS. THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS INTERVIEWED THE GENERAL, A 1976 BEAVERCREEK HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO WAS IN THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY’S FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF WOMEN. SHE LEADS A COMMAND THAT MANAGES A $60 BILLION BUDGET OR 42% OF THE AIR FORCE’S SPENDING. AFMC EMPLOYS ABOUT 82,000 EMPLOYEES IN ACQUISITION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION AND SUSTAINMENT AT NINE MAJOR BASES. AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON, THE AFMC HAS A WORKFORCE OF NEARLY 14,000 AND ABOUT 10,000 ARE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. RIGHT NOW THE AIR FORCE OPERATES UNDER A CONTINUING BUDGET RESOLUTION THAT WILL EXPIRE MARCH 27TH.
AN ACCIDENT IN WARREN COUNTY TRAPPED BOTH DRIVERS ON SOUTHBOUND INTERSTATE 75 EARLY THIS MORNING AS A SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER AND A COMMERCIAL SWEEPER TRUCK COLLIDED. THE SEMI DRIVER WAS NOT HURT BUT THE DRIVER OF THE STREET SWEEPER WAS TRANSPORTED BY FRANKILIN MEDICS TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL. BOTH VEHICLES OVERTURNED AND THE SEMI WAS REPORTED TO HAVE LEAKED SOME FUEL.
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY A CRASH WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE 8:00 THIS MORNING NEAR CLAYTON. A CAR APPARENTLY PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF A PICKUP TRUCK AT A STOP SIGN. A WOMAN, THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WAS KILLED. AUTHORITIES SAY SOME PATCHY FOG WAS IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH, BUT WITNESSES SAID THE INTERSECTION APPEARED CLEAR.
OUR SAD NEWS CONTINUES WITH THE DEATH OF A MAN IN A HOUSE FIRE IN BUTLER TOWNSHIP AND INJURIES TO AN ENGLEWOOD FIREFIGHTER WHEN CEILING TILES FELL ON HIM IN THAT FIRE. BUTLER TOWNSHIP FIRE CHIEF DAN ALIG SAID THE FIREFIGHTER’S INJURIES WERE NOT SERIOUS. THE FIRE BEGAN IN A BEDROOM. A WOMAN WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE HOME AND WAS TAKEN TO GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL WILL ASSIST THE INVESTIGATION.
HERE’S SOME GOOD NEWS NOW! THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR WILL SING AT THE INAUGURAL SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. THEY WILL SING THEIR NEW RENDITION OF “THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC” AT THE 57TH PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION ON THE STEPS OF THE U.S. CAPITOL ON JANUARY 21ST. THE RENDITION WAS ARRANGED BY THE CHOIR’S FOUNDER, CAROL CYMBALA, AND ITS MUSIC DIRECTOR, JASON MICHAEL WEBB. THE 300 VOICE CHOIR, HEARD ON WEEC, IS A BLEND OF ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, WITH MEMBERS RANGING FROM LAWYERS AND DOCTORS TO FORMER DRUG ADDICTS. THEY HAVE RECEIVED SIX GRAMMY AWARDS, SEVEN DOVE AWARDS, TWO #1 BILLBOARD CHARTING CD’S AND OVER FOUR MILLION ALBUMS SOLD!
WE’LL HAVE CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT WITH LOWS DROPPING TO ABOUT 23 DEGREES. SUNSHINE IS IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO 41 TUESDAY THEN 44 ON WEDNESDAY. LOWS BOTH NIGHTS WILL DIP TO 30 DEGREES. RAIN IS LIKELY AFTER 5PM THURSDAY EXPTENDING THROUGH SUNDAY. BY FRIDAY WE COULD SEE TEMPERATURES NEAR 55 DEGREES…POSSIBLY 57 ON SATURDAY!
