AN OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER AND TWO MEN FROM DAYTON WERE HONORED WITH THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THEIR LIFE-SAVING ACTIONS IN SAVING THE LIFE OF A MOTORIST WHO HAD BEEN TRAPPED INSIDE A BURNING VEHICLE! 27 YEAR OLD POLICE OFFICER BRAD STOCK AND GOOD SAMARITANS MICHAEL KRAFT AND DAVID HOLMES WERE HONORED ON MONDAY WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AT THE DAYTON POST OF THE HIGHWAY PATROL. ON AUGUST 11TH AT 11:50PM, AN IMPAIRED WRONG-WAY DRIVER ON INTERSTATE 75 AT MILEPOST 57 IN MONGOMERY COUNTY CAUSED A MULTIPLE VEHICLE CRASH THAT RESULTED IN A VEHICLE BECOMING WEDGED UNDERNEATH A TRACTOR-TRAILER. 37 YEAR OLD DAVID WILSON AND HIS PASSENGER, 39 YEAR OLD CHEREECE RULE, BOTH OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WERE TRAPPED INSIDE WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. ALL THREE MEN WORKED TOGETHER TO PULL WILSON FROM THE BURNING VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE UNABLE TO REACH RULE BEFORE THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE COURAGEOUS AND SELFLESS ACTIONS OF THESE THREE MEN, WILSON WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FREE HIMSELF AND WOULD HAVE DIED AS WELL. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO THESE GOOD SAMARITANS!
WE REPORTED TO YOU THAT A 17 YEAR OLD NEW CARLISLE TEEN, JACOB LEE HANEY, HAD GONE MISSING AND LAST SEEN ON SEPTEMBER 18TH IN A WOODED AREA OF SMITH PARK IN NEW CARLISLE. HE FAILED TO RETURN HOME THAT NIGHT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ALONG WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHERS, SEARCHED THE AREA. WE ARE SAD TO REPORT TO YOU THAT ON OCTOBER 15TH, THE BODY OF JACOB HANEY WAS FOUND IN A WOODED AREA ON THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY OF NEW CARlISLE. AT THIS TIME, CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES DO NOT SUSPECT ANY FOUL PLAY IN HIS DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH. THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE CLARK COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE WILL CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION.
IT WAS COLD THIS MORNING! THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT IT GETTING COLD IS THAT THE MOSQUITOES THAT SPREAD WEST NILE VIRUS SHOULD BE SETTLING IN FOR WINTER HIBERNATION! CULEX MOSQUITOES, UNLIKE SOME OTHER MOSQUITO SPECIES, DON’T DIE OFF WHEN IT GETS COLD, BUT THEY HIBERNATE AND RE-EMERGE IN SPRING AND SUMMER, ACCORDING TO PUBLIC HEALTH ENTOMOLOGIST RICHARD GARY WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. CULEX MOSQUITOES ARE THE BIGGEST WAY WEST NILE VIRUS IS SPREAD. NATIONALLY MORE THAN 4,200 CASES OF HUMAN INFECTIONS WERE REPORTED, ALONG WITH 168 DEATHS. IN OHIO, FIVE DEATHS WERE REPORTED AND 110 HUMAN INFECTIONS WERE NOTED. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY NEW CASES AND ADDITIONAL DEATHS COULD STILL BE REPORTED, ALTHOUGH THE SEASON IS WINDING DOWN, BECAUSE IT CAN TAKE TWO WEEKS OR MORE FOR SYMPTOMS TO DEVELOP AFTER A PERSON IS INFECTED.
THE CHILLY AUTUMN AIR HAS MANY OHIOANS READY TO GET THE HEAT GOING IN THEIR HOMES. THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO’S WINTER RECONNECT PROGRAM IS NOW IN EFFECT TO HELP RESIDENTS STAY WARM. UNDER THE PROGRAM CUSTOMERS WHO ARE DEALING WITH DISCONNECTION CAN HAVE THEIR SERVICE RESTORED OR MAINTAINED IF THEY PAY THE AMOUNT OWED OR $175, WHICHEVER IS LESS, PLUS THEIR UTILITY’S SERVICE RECONNECTION FEE. MICHELE LUCAS SAYS ASSISTANCE IS REALLY NECESSARY FOR MANY FAMILIES. THERE ARE NO INCOME-ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. ANY RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER WHO IS SERVED BY A REGULATED UTILITY COMPANY MAY USE THE WINTER RECONNECT ORDER ONE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL 15TH. THE PLAN DOES REQUIRE THEM TO SET UP PAYMENTS WITH THEIR UTILITY TOWARD THE REMAINING BALANCE ON THEIR BILL. LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 316,000 OHIO UTLITY CUSTOMERS USED THE WINTER RECONNECT PROGRAM. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT: WWW.PUCO.OHIO.GOV .
THREE WEEKS REMAIN UNTIL ELECTION DAY AND SOME LOCAL COUNTIES SAY THE VOLUME OF EARLY VOTING IS AHEAD OF PREVIOUS YEARS. IN THE FIRST EIGHT VOTING DAYS, MORE THAN 45,000 PEOPLE VOTED EARLY IN MONTGOMERY, GREENE, MIAMI, WARREN, CLARK, CHAMPAIGN, AND BUTLER COUNTIES. IN-PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING FOR THE NOVEMBER 6TH ELECTION CONTINUES THIS WEEK, WITH ALL COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION OPEN FROM 8AM-5PM THROUGH FRIDAY. THE FINAL TWO WEEKS OF VOTING STARTING MONDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, WITH HOURS OF 8AM-7PM WEEKDAYS.
CLOUDS COME INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD GET DOWN TO ABOUT 58 DEGREES. IT WILL BE WARMER TOMORROW, ALONG WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGHS WILL REACH 73 DEGREES! WE HAVE AN 80 PERCENT PROBABILITY FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EXTENDING THROUGH THURSDAY. IT WILL COOL DOWN SOME ON THURSDAY WITH HIGHS PEAKING AT 62 DEGREES. WE HAVE A 30 PERCENT CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN ON FRIDAY, WITH HIGHS NEAR 57. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SHOULD BE SUNNY WITH HIGHS ON SATURDAY RISING TO 56…61 ON SUNDAY.
