RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING, MIXING WITH SNOW AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO AROUND 33 DEGREES. WE SHOULD STILL SEE THAT RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE WEDNESDAY MORNING, BUT AFTER ABOUT 9AM, THE RAIN WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE OF AN INCH. SNOW MIGHT CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO 37 ON WEDNESDAY, THEN DROP TO 30 WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT. THURSDAY’S HIGHS WILL PEAK AT 35 BUT OVERNIGHT LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT GET DOWN TO A COLD 26 DEGREES. IT REMAINS COLD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK!
GOD’S GREAT OUTDOORS IS A PROGRAM HEARD ON WEEC AT 6AM ON SATURDAYS FEATURING GERRY CAILLOUET. YOU COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM AS WELL AS EXTREME BOWHUNTER RAY HOWELL AND BRAD JERMAN, WHO HOLDS OHIO’S WORLD RECORD TYPICAL WHITETAIL TAKEN WITH A CROSSBOW AT THE GOD’S GREAT OUTDOORS SPORTSMEN’S DINNER AND OUTDOOR EXPO ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH! THIS WILL BE HELD AT COMMUNITY GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH, 2261 S. MIAMI STREET IN WEST MILTON. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6PM. TICKETS ARE $10.00 FOR ADULTS, KIDS 12 AND UNDER ARE $4.00. THEY WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE A DONATION OF CANNED GOODS FOR COMMUNITY GRACE’S FOOD PANTRY. FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION CALL 937/698-3656. THAT’S 937/698-3656!
39 YEAR OLD DAMEON L. WESLEY WAS FINALLY ARRESTED LAST NIGHT WHEN HE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE ON HOLYOKE AVENUE IN DAYTON. HE FLED FROM THE ACCIDENT, BUT WAS CAPTURED HOURS LATER. WESLEY WAS BOOKED INTO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL THIS MORNING, FACING CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING AND KILLING OF 13 YEAR OLD BRIONA RODGERS IN HER HOME ON SUNDAY. HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ALSO SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED HER 13 YEAR OLD COUSIN IN THE SAME INCIDENT. WESLEY TOLD MEDIA HE WAS SORRY FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE. AS MANY AS 30 DAYTON POLICE OFFICERS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES, METROPARKS RANGERS, OFFICERS FROM NEARBY JURISDICTIONS AND K-9 UNITS WERE THERE WHEN WESLEY WAS CAPTURED. RODGERS WAS DAYTON’S SIXTH HOMICIDE VICTIM IN SIX DAYS. HER COUSIN, ALONTA CULPEPPER, WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AS OF LAST NIGHT.
21 YEAR OLD JONATHAN M. ENDRES, AN OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND ALTAR GRADUATE WAS KILLED IN A FIERY ONE-CAR ACCIDENT MONDAY MORNING…LESS THAN A MILE FROM HIS HOME ON GRANTS TRAIL CIRCLE IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF’S CAPTAIN JEFF PAPANEK SAID THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT HIT A TREE PULLED ENDRES FROM THE VEHICLE BUT EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL FROM THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE CAR BURST INTO FLAMES UPON HITTING THE TREE. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IS SENDING A TEAM TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT MOCK TRAIL COMPETITION IN COLUMBUS MARCH 7-9. ONE OF THEIR TEAMS WON THE REGIONAL COMPETITION IN LIMA LAST FRIDAY. THIS IS SPRINGFIELD’S SECOND YEAR OF COMPETING IN THE MOCK TRIAL PROGRAM AND SPRINGFIELD HIGH BROUGHT HOME SEVENTEEN AWARDS FOR BEST LAWYERS AND WITNESSES. CELEBRATING ITS 30TH YEAR, THE OHIO COUNCIL FOR LAW-RELATED EDUCATION SPONSORS THE STATE’S PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OTHER HIGH CALIBER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS IN CRITICAL THINKING, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND CITIZENSHIP.
THE BUCKEYE WIND PROJECT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BACK AND FORTH FOR SOME TIME, BUT A STATE DECISION ON WHETHER TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THAT WIND PROJECT COULD BE JUST WEEKS AWAY. THE OHIO POWER SITING BOARD WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHETHER THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD. OFFICIALS FROM EVERPOWER TOLD THE NEWS SUN THAT A DECISION COULD COME AS EARLY AS THIS SPRING. EVERPOWER IS THE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF THE BUCKEYE WIND PROJECT IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. THE OPSB CAN EITHER APPROVE THE PROJECT AS SUBMITTED, REQUIRE CHANGES TO THE PROPOSAL OR REJECT THE PROPOSAL COMPLETELY. THE PROJECT HAS BEEN QUITE CONTROVERSIAL WITH THOSE IN FAVOR SAYING IT WILL BRING NEEDED REVENUE AND JOBS TO THE REGION AND OPPONENTS SAYING THE PROJECT IS TOO CLOSE TO HOMES.
CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY WILL HOLD TUITION INCREASES TO 2.8 PERCENT NEXT YEAR AND THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT WILL INCREASE FINANCIAL AID MORE THAN 12 PERCENT TO $23.4 MILLION. TUITION WILL COST $26,220 NEXT YEAR AT CEDARVILLE. WITH THE CHANGES, APPROXIMATELY 95 PERCENT OF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR. CEDARVILLE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO AWARD NEED-BASED GRANTS TO STUDENTS WHICH COULD GO AS HIGH AS $4,000. KIM JENERETTE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID SHARED THAT CEDARVILLE HAS A 95 PERCENT PLACEMENT RATE OF STUDENTS ENTERING THE WORKFORCE OR GRADUATE SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT RATE IS AT A LOW 1 PERCENT! THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON IS OFFERING A FOUR-YEAR TUITION GUARANTEE TO NEW FRESHMEN NEXT YEAR BY MATCHING TUITION INCREASES WITH EXTRA SCHOLARSHIPS. WRIGHT STATE WILL AWARD $3 MILLION MORE IN FINANCIAL AID WITH A NEW PROGRAM THAT GUARANTEES RENEWABLE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY.
