WE FINALLY HAVE SOME RESULTS FROM THE CLARK COUNTY COMMISSION RACE! DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT DAVID HARTLEY CAME BACK FROM A 205-VOTE DEFICIT TO BEAT REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER KYLE KOEHLER AFTER PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WERE COUNTED TUESDAY. KOEHLER NARROWLY LED THE RACE AFTER THE NOVEMBER 6TH ELECTION, BUT ONCE THE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WERE ADDED TUESDAY, HARTLEY WENT AHEAD, BUT THE CLOSE MARGIN WILL MEAN AN AUTOMATIC RECOUNT NEXT WEEK. THEY SAY IF HARTLEY WINS, THE COMMISSION BOARD WILL REMAIN DIVIDED POLITICALLY. IF KOEHLER WINS, REPUBLICANS WOULD HOLD ALL THREE SEATS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT TWO DECADES.
COMMUNITY MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT AND CEO MARK WIENER HAS SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31ST. WIENER HAS BEEN WITH COMMUNITY MERCY FOR SIX YEARS SEEING THE NEW SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER BUILT AND THE INSTALLATION OF AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM.
I WENT DOWN BALLENTINE PIKE AROUND 9:00 MONDAY NIGHT…JUST BEFORE A FIRE ERUPTED IN THE 9700 BLOCK. THREE ADULTS AND TWO PETS LOST THEIR HOME WHEN IT WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FIRE AND WAS DECLARED NOT HABITABLE ACCORDING TO FIRE OFFICIALS. THE RED CROSS WAS DISPATCHED TO HELP THE RESIDENTS. UPON ARRIVAL, PIKE TOWNSHIP FIRE CREWS SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE FRONT AND ONE SIDE OF THE TWO-STORY HOME.
THE DAYTON POST OF THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ROLLOVER CRASH THAT OCCURRED ON INTERSTATE 70 EASTBOUND NEAR MILEPOST 24 IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. AROUND 2:50 AM ON TUESDAY, A 2012 FREIGHTLINER DRIVEN BY 51 YEAR OLD WILLIAM BINGHAM OF LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA OVERTURNED CAUSING LANE CLOSURES. APPARENTLY BINGHAM FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, DROVE OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD, STRIKING A GUARDRAIL. THE VEHICLE THEN OVERTURNED ON ITS SIDE, SLIDING EASTBOUND FOR ABOUT 400 FEET. BINGHAM WAS TRANSPORTED TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. HE WAS SUMMONED TO VANDALIA MUNICIPAL COURT AND CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO MAINTAIN REASONABLE CONTROL AND DRIVING A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WITH IMPAIRED ALERTNESS.
THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS THE DRIVER OF A VAN WHO HIT A DAYTON POLICE OFFICER LAST NIGHT WAS BOOKED INTO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL LAST NIGHT ON AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT ACCORDING TO POLICE RECORDS. DAYTON POLICE OFFICER WILLIE HOOPER WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEPLOY A TIRE DEFLATION DEVICE TO STOP ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN A VAN STRUCK HOOPER. THE DRIVER OF THE VAN WAS IDENTIFIED AS ASHLEY JENNINGS OF TROTWOOD. HOOPER WAS TAKEN TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. THE MAN FOR WHOM THE STOP STICKS WERE INTENDED BECAUSE HE WAS THREATENING TO KILL HIMSELF, WAS BOOKED INTO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL PENDING CHARGES OF INDUCING PANIC FOR SAYING HE HAD A BOMB IN THE VEHICLE AND FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH AN ORDER OF AN OFFICER. THAT MAN, MICHAEL HARGROVE, WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST JENNINGS IN CONNECTION TO THE CRASH.
WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING IN OHIO IS LOOKING FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE OHIO SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME AS WELL AS THE JOINED HEARTS IN GIVING AWARD. NOMINATIONS FOR THE HALL OF FAME WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2ND. YOU CAN NOMINATE AN OHIO COUPLE WHO SHARE A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER AND TO THEIR COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM FOR THE JOINED HEARTS IN GIVING AWARD THROUGH MONDAY, DECEMBER 31ST. NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE WEBSITE: WWW.AGING.OHIO.GOV . THE JOINED HEARTS IN GIVING AWARD IS PRESENTED BY THE FIRST LADY AT THE GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE IN COLUMBUS IN OBSERVANCE OF VALENTINE’S DAY. THOSE INDUCTED INTO THE OHIO SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN MAY DURING OLDER AMERICAN’S MONTH.
OHIO STATE SOPHOMORE BRAXTON MILLER HAS BEEN NAMED BIG TEN QUARTERBACK OF THE YEAR! BRAXTON, A GRADUATE OF WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL, RUSHED FOR 1,271 YARDS AND PASSED FOR 2,039. OSU SENIOR JOHN SIMON WAS NAMED BIG TEN DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR. THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES ENJOYED A 12 AND 0 SEASON THIS YEAR IN FOOTBALL!
IF YOU LIKE THE COLD…TONIGHT’S YOUR NIGHT! TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 24 DEGREES WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. TEMPERATURES WARM TO 47 DEGREES ON THURSDAY, THEN 51 ON FRIDAY…54 FOR SATURDAY…ALL THREE DAYS SHOULD BE SUNNY! LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL DROP TO 32. BY SUNDAY, WE COULD SEE RAIN AND HIGHS NEAR 57 DEGREES.
