A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME SLEET. A WINTRY MIX WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. HOW LONG WILL THE SNOW CONTINUE? KEEP LISTENING TO OUR 12:20 WEEC NEWS AND WE’LL TELL YOU THAT IN A FEW MINUTES!
ICY ROADS CAUSED SOME ACCIDENTS ALREADY THIS MORNING ON AREA ROADWAYS! ONE PERSON DIED AFTER A VEHICLE SLID ON AN ICY BRIDGE, CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND COLLIDED WITH A SEMI IN SHELBY COUNTY ON INTERSTATE 75. DEAD IS 46 YEAR OLD BRET WOOD OF TOLEDO. THE FEMALE PASSENGER IN THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO LIMA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES NOT CONSIDERED LIFE-THREATENING. THE SEMI DRIVER, DEAN HARRIS OF ONTARIO, WAS NOT INJURED. OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL LT. RICK ALBERS SAID THE VAN WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I-75 WHEN THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL ON AN ICY BRIDGE AROUND 3:15 AM. THE COLLISION WITH THE SEMI SHATTERED THE FUEL TANK ON THE SEMI, SPILLING ABOUT 200 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL ONTO THE ROAD. THE SEMI THEN JACKKNIFED ACROSS THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF I-75 AND WAS STRUCK BY A SECOND SEMI DRIVEN BY WILLIAM HILDEBRAND OF WISCONSIN. HILDEBRAND WAS TAKEN TO WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH NON LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. SOUTHBOUND LANES OF I-75 WERE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHILE CREWS CLEANED UP.
IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, A CAR HIT SOME ICE AROUND 8:35 THIS MORNING IN THE 4300 BLOCK OF STORMS CREEK ROAD, MAKING THE CAR SLIDE SIDEWAYS AND FALL BACKWARD ABOUT 15-20 FEET INTO THE CREEK. THANKFULLY, THAT DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED!
A TEEN DRIVER IN VANDALIA ESCAPED INJURY WHEN THE PICKUP TRUCK HE WAS GOING TO DRIVE TO SCHOOL BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES ABOUT 10 FEET AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAID THE TEEN SMELLED SMOKE WHEN HE TURNED THE TRUCK ON AND WENT BACK TO THE HOME TO GET HIS FATHER. BY THE TIME BOTH RETURNED, THE TRUCK WAS FULLY ON FIRE. THE FIRE DID NOT DAMAGE THE HOME AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NEARLY 3,000 DP&L CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER EARLY THIS MORNING AFTER AN SUV CRASHED INTO A POLE. AROUND 2:35 AM, THAT DRIVER FAILED TO NEGOTIATE A TURN AND THE SUV HIT A LARGE ROCK, THEN A TELEPHONE POLE, SNAPPING THE POLE IN HALF. THE CRASH CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE IN THE VILLAGE OF NEW LEBANON. FORTUNATELY THE POWER OUTAGE ONLY LASTED ABOUT 30 MINUTES ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
TRAVELLING TO GREENE COUNTY…INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF A NATURAL GAS LEAK CAUSED A HOME IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF ROXBURY DRIVE TO EXPLODE MONDAY MORNING. THE HOUSE WAS TO BE DEMOLISHED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT ALONG WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE XENIA FIRE DEPARTMENT, XENIA POLICE AND VECTREN GAS COMPANY. THE HOMEOWNER WAS IN THE BACKYARD AT THE TIME AND SUFFERED BURNS AND WAS TAKEN TO GREENE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ACCORDING TO XENIA FIRE CHIEF KENNETH RIGGSBY. RIGGSBY SAID PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION A NEIGHBOR HAD CALLED VECTREN TO REPORT AN ODOR OF NATURAL GAS IN THE AREA. THE FIRE ALSO DAMAGED HOMES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE THAT EXPLODED.
CLARK-SHAWNEE LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME DRASTIC BUDGET CUTS IF A MAY LEVY FAILS AS WELL AS IMPLEMENT PAY-TO-PARTICIPATE FEES AND INCREASING STUDENT FEES. BOARD MEMBERS APPROVED A PLAN TO REDUCE SPENDING BY AT LEAST $700,000 BEFORE THE START OF THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR IF VOTERS DO NOT APPROVE A 7.59-MILL LEVY ON THE MAY 7TH BALLOT. BOARD PRESIDENT DAVID DeHART SAID IT WAS HIS 8TH YEAR ON THE BOARD AND THEY HAVE CUT EVERY YEAR. HE SHARED, “WE’RE DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN CUT.” IF APPROVED THE 10-YEAR LEVY WOULD RAISE $2.5 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE DISTRICT AND COST THE OWNER OF A $100,000 HOME $232.44 A YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE IN THE NEWS-SUN. THE DISTRICT IS HOSTING MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT THE LEVY AND THE COST REDUCTION PLANS. LAST NIGHT A MEETING WAS HELD AT POSSUM SCHOOL. TONIGHT AT 6:30 THEY WILL MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AT REID SCHOOL, THEN ROCKWAY SCHOOL AT 6:30 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SHAWNEE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE THE SITE FOR A MEETING AT 6:00 THURSDAY NIGHT.
CENTRAL STATE UNVIERSITY CELEBRATED THEIR 126TH CHARTER DAY CONVOCATION THIS MORNING IN THE PAUL ROBESON CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AUDITORIUM. ADDITIONALLY FOUR DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES WERE INDUCTED IN THE ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT HALL OF FAME: DARRYL T. OWENS FROM THE CLASS OF 1959 WHO IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 43RD DISTRICT IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY; MILDRED C. JOYNER, CLASS OF ’71 CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK; AND SHIRLEY L. MAYS A 1976 GRADUATE WHO IS DEAN OF THE PHOENIX SCHOOL OF LAW. ALSO INDUCTED POSTHUMOUSLY WAS KENNETH S. HUDSON FROM THE 1961 CLASS, A FORMER NBA REFEREE, CORPORATE EXECUTIVE AT COCA COLA AND HAD SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE BOSTON CELTICS ORGANIZATION. NOTED CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DAVID MYERS AND WINONA BEREMER BYERS DELIVERED THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS. CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED IN 1887 AND ACADEMICALLY PREPARES STUDENTS WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FOR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE IN AN INCREASINGLY COMPLEX AND RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD.
DOWN THE ROAD A BIT…CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY IS LAUNCHING A MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM THAT WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST OF 2013. THE NEW PROGRAM WILL BE OFFERED COMPLETELY ONLINE. RETIRED AIR FORCE LT. GENERAL LOREN RENO, INAUGURAL DEAN OF CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SHARED THAT THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A BIBLE-BASED, QUALITY MBA PROGRAM THAT FITS WITHIN THE SBA VISION OF “BECOMING THE LEADER IN BIBLICAL AND INNOVATIVE BUSINESS EDUCATION”. OTHER GRADUATE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE AT CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY INCLUDE THE DOCTOR OF PHARMACY, MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING AND A MASTERS OF EDUCATION. YOU CAN VISIT THE UNIVERSITY ONLINE AT: WWW.CEDARVILLE.EDU .
WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU! GAS PRICES ARE DROPPING…FOR NOW AT LEAST! A WEEK AGO, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A GALLON OF UNLEADED FUEL IN THE DAYTON AREA WAS $3.85. TODAY…THAT AVERAGE PRICE IS $3.59 A GALLON AND SEVERAL STATIONS ARE SELLING GAS FOR $3.34-$3.49 A GALLON ACCORDING TO WWW.DAYTONGASPRICES.COM .
THE FATHERHOOD COMMISSION OF CLARK COUNTY IS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FATHERHOOD CLARK COUNTY HEALTHY FATHERING TASKFORCE. THIS WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE OF CHAMPIONS WHO WILL TAKE THE LEAD IN FOCUSING ON PROMOTING HEALTHY, RESPONSIBLE FATHERING WITHIN THEIR SECTORS THROUGHOUT CLARK COUNTY, SHARED ELI WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF URBAN LIGHT MINISTRIES AND FATHERHOOD CLARK COUNTY. THE HEALTHY FATHERING TASKFORCE WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR COMMITTEES WORKING ON THE ANNUAL “MY DAD ROCKS” FATHERS DAY WEEKEND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AND THE ACTION PLAN TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD. MEETINGS FOR THE COMMITTEE WILL BE THREE TO FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND MEMBERS WILL BE ASKED TO SERVE TWO-YEAR TERMS. AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH FROM 3-5PM AT THE CLARK CENTER BOARD MEETING ROOM, 1500 W. JEFFERSON STREET IN SPRINGFIELD. PLEASE RSVP TO LINDA CAROLTON AT: LCARLTON@CLARKDJFS.ORG .
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME SLEET. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO 25 DEGREES AND IT WILL BE BLUSTERY WITH NORTH WINDS 16-21 MPH. SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH HIGHS REACHING 32 DEGREES AND IT WILL STILL BE WINDY WITH NORTH WINDS 11-20 MPH. TEMPERATURES DIP TO 23 OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
