HE MIAMI VALLEY AND MOST ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO SAW SNOW AND LOTS OF IT! UP TO TEN INCHES FELL THROUGHOUT THE AREA OVERNIGHT, CANCELLING AREA SCHOOLS AND SOME BUSINESSES. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTAL REPORTED WAS IN LOGAN COUNTY AT 10 INCHES. THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS SOME OF THE SLICKEST ROADS REPORTED WERE IN CLARK AND GREENE COUNTIES. THE CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAVE FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS LISTED ONLINE. THERE SHOULD JUST BE A FEW LINGERING SNOW FLURRIES THROUGH EVENING WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30’S. WE’LL SHARE MORE OF THE WEATHER FORECAST WITH YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE REGION WERE CANCELLED JUST AFTER 9AM, HOWEVER THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAVY SNOWFALL LINGERED. THERE WERE POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE REGION BECAUSE OF THE WIND COMBINED WITH WET, HEAVY SNOW. SEVERAL HUNDRED DP&L CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER IN GREENE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THIS MORNING, WITH OUTAGES REPORTED IN PREBLE, CLINTON AND WARREN COUNTIES TOO. DUKE ENERGY REPORTED CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN BUTLER, PREBLE, AND WARREN COUNTIES, BUT ONLY A FEW OHIO EDISON CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING.
NOT ONLY DID THE WINTER STORM AFFECT POWER…THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND TRAFFIC ISSUES REPORTED. JUST AFTER 3:30 THIS MORNING, 75-100 VEHICLES WERE REPORTED OFF THE ROAD ON OHIO 245 JUST EAST OF NORTH LEWISBURG. THE OHIO STATE PATROL REPORTED THAT RAMPS IN THE PIQUA AREA WERE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AROUND 5:12 THIS MORNING AND THEY WERE DEALING WITH NUMEROUS SLIDE-OFFS. THE DAYTON POST REPORTED A JACK-KNIFED SEMI ON I-75 SOUTH. THE LEBANON POST OF THE STATE PATROL REPORTED DRIVER SLIDE-OFFS ABOUT THE SAME TIME, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CRASHES. THEY COVER WARREN AND BUTLER COUNTIES. AROUND 5:21 AM, THE ENTRANCE RAMP FROM OHIO 725 TO NORTHBOUND I-75 WAS BLOCKED OFF BECAUSE OF A JACK-KNIFED SEMI. ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED IN CLAYTON AND EATON BETWEEN 6 AND 6:30 THIS MORNING WITH NO INJURES, HOWEVER A PERSON SUSTAINED MINOR INJURES AROUND 6:10 IN A TWO-VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AND A FORD RANGER ON NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 75. JUST AFTER 7AM, A CRASH WAS REPORTED ON NORTHBOUND I-675 NEAR THE COL. GLENN EXIT IN GREENE COUNTY WITH INJURIES. INJURIES WERE ALSO SUFFERED IN AN ACCIDENT IN DAYTON WHERE A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A POLE, TRAPPING THE DRIVER. THAT’S JUST A FEW OF THE CRASHES THAT WERE REPORTED!
THE WEATHER ALSO CAUSED SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES TO CLOSE OR TO DELAY. WE ARE ALREADY GETTING SOME CLOSINGS FOR CHURCHES TONIGHT. HERE ARE THE CANCELLATIONS WE HAVE AT THIS POINT FOR TONIGHT! MAIDEN LANE CHURCH OF GOD IS CANCELLING SERVICES AT BOTH THE SPRINGFIELD AND ENON LOCATIONS. ALSO CANCELLING ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES TONIGHT ARE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN URBANA, SOUTH CHARLESTON CHRISTIAN CENTER AND THE INTERNATIONAL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF CHRIST ON E. NATIONAL ROAD IN SPRINGFIELD. ALSO CANCELLING TONIGHT IS NEW HOPE FOURSQUARE CHURCH IN SPRINGFIELD AND COLONIAL BAPTIST CHURCH AWANA PROGRAMS. WE WILL SHARE THE CANCELLATIONS WITH YOU AS WE GET THEM THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON! PLEASE BE CAREFUL AS YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT TODAY!
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 CARLTON AT: LCARLTON@CLARKDJFS.ORG . IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THAT INFORMATION, GO ON-LINE TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEEC.ORG AND CLICK ON RESOURCES, THEN NEWS TO SEE IT IN PRINT.
WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE CALMED DOWN A LOT FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING! LOGAN COUNTY REPORTED TEN INCHES OF SNOW IN THAT TIME PERIOD, WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OUR LISTENING AREA REPORTING 5-10 INCHES. THE WINTERY WEATHER CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND SLIDEOFFS AROUND THE AREA AND SOME POWER OUTAGES AS WELL. JEFF KELLEY HAD QUITE A LIST OF CLOSINGS AND DELAYS THIS MORNING TOO.
THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE BEEN GETTING CANCELLATIONS AND CLOSINGS. HERE ARE THE CANCELLATIONS WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT! MAIDEN LANE CHURCH OF GOD IS CANCELLING SERVICES AT BOTH THE SPRINGFIELD AND ENON LOCATIONS. ALSO CANCELLING ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES TONIGHT ARE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN URBANA, SOUTH CHARLESTON CHRISTIAN CENTER AND THE INTERNATIONAL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF CHRIST AT 3333 E. NATIONAL ROAD IN SPRINGFIELD. ALSO CANCELLING TONIGHT IS NEW HOPE FOURSQUARE CHURCH IN SPRINGFIELD HILLSIDE CHURCH OF GOD, AND COLONIAL BAPTIST CHURCH AWANA PROGRAMS.
THE CLARK COUNTY JOB FAIR THAT WAS TO HAVE BEEN HELD TODAY WAS ALSO CANCELLED BECAUSE OF WEATHER AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH FROM 3-7PM AT THE HOLLENBECK-BAYLEY CONFERENCE CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO ON-LINE TO: WWW.WORKPLUS.CC OR CALL 937/327-1961. THE SNOW ALSO CLOSED CURVES OF SPRINGFIELD WEST.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CALLING FOR CLOUDY SKIES TONIGHT WITH LOWS GOING DOWN TO 24 DEGRES. WE COULD SEE A FEW SNOW FLURRIES TOMORROW, BUT OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE CLOUDY WITH HIGHS NEAR 38 AND A COLD 17 OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. LOOK FOR SUNSHINE TO COME INTO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A LITTLE EACH DAY WITH HIGHS ON FRIDAY NEAR 39, GOING UP TO 49 ON SATURDAY, THEN ON UP TO 53 FOR SUNDAY!
OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE JON HUSTED WILL PRESENT A COMMENDATION TOMORROW TO SEEPEX, INC. FOR ITS RECENT EXPANSION AT ITS FACILITY IN ENON. OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE COMPANY HAS ADDED 50,000 SQUARE FEET TO ITS FACILITY ON SPEEDWAY DRIVE AND CREATED 38 NEW, HIGHLY TECHNICAL POSITIONS. SECRETARY HUSTED WILL PRESENT THE COMMENDATION AT 10AM TOMORROW, THEN TOUR THE FACILITY.
AND…THAT IS NEWS FOR NOW. SPORTS NEWS WITH JEFF KELLEY WILL BE ON AT 5:58. MORE NEWS, SPORTS AND WEATHER DURING CIRCLE OF FRIENDS FROM 6-8 TOMORROW MORNING!
