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Local vets helping animals injured in tornado
For nearly every person injured after a tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., an animal also is in need. Now a group of local volunteers are headed there to help.The massive storm left an estimated 4,000 injured horses, cows, cats and dogs but only eight veterinarians on hand in Oklahoma to ...
Wife’s ashes stolen from home
The bag and box thieves stole from Noah Strickland’s house on South Belmont Avenue aren’t fancy: a blue velvet bag with gold rope ties inside of which was nestled a simple plastic box.It’s the contents that were invaluable as it held the ashes of Strickland’s wife.“I never thought about it ...
Schools review safety plans after deadly tornado
Schools across Ohio are examining their severe weather plans in the aftermath of Monday’s deadly tornado in Oklahoma.Plans for all safety concerns, including tornadoes, are reviewed each school year and updated on an as-needed basis. After the EF-5 tornado struck a school in Oklahoma, killing several students there, a review ...
Woman gets 8 years in fatal crash
A 49-year-old woman was sent to prison Monday after she pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a hit-and-run that killed a 15-year-old boy.Cathy Humphries, previously from Kentucky, was sentenced to a total of eight years in prison and had her driver’s license revoked for life, according to proceedings in the ...
Multiple Clark pileups keep I-70 closed for hours
Three crashes shut down Interstate 70 in Clark County twice on Friday, and authorities said heavy fog coupled with congested traffic trying to exit for an antiques show likely played a role. The first crash involved 14 vehicles — three tractor-trailers and 11 cars — on eastbound I-70 near the ...
Records: Co-workers discovered cancer scam
Co-workers who went to surprise a Clark County woman they thought was getting cancer treatment helped unravel the case against her, new court records revealed Friday.Michelle Mundy, 38, of Green Twp., is suspected of lying that she had cancer and taking money from at least four fundraisers meant to help ...
False alarms costly for Clark sheriff
Law enforcement agencies respond to thousands of security system alarm calls at homes and businesses each year, but in most cases, the calls turn out to be false alarms that tie up valuable resources and cost taxpayers.In 2012, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office responded to 2,955 alarm calls, 2,482 of ...
Local phone alerts could save lives
Authorities in Texas credit emergency notification alerts sent via telephone with saving lives after a deadly storm swept through the small community of Granbury on Wednesday night. The same technology is available in Clark and Champaign counties, but officials here say the system’s biggest flaw is the lack of people ...
Clark deputy praised for helping homeless man
In the hundreds of miles Steven McConnell traveled trying to make his way home to Pennsylvania, he hit rock-bottom in Clark County. He had no food, no money and nowhere to sleep. Even the homeless shelters wouldn’t take him.“They said I wasn’t a resident of Clark County,” the 25-year-old from ...
Officers hear shots as they arrive
A 21-year-old Springfield man was arrested on weapons charges Sunday after allegedly firing a gun at a family member after an argument.Springfield officers reported hearing shots fired from inside the home when they responded to a 911 call at 909 Cypress Street Sunday around 4 a.m. The caller reported Jeremy ...
Glass blowing studio becomes classroom for Snowhill students
Watching the orbs of glass spin and glow into fanciful ornaments for the Christmas tree was mesmerizing for Emily Hasecke, seeing the beauty of science meld before her. “It was really cool. It’s really hot over there but it’s neat to see the glass form and (see) how it changes ...
Mom: School failed to monitor girl’s injection
A Lagonda Elementary School student was rushed to the hospital this week after accidentally overdosing on medication while at school, and the student’s mother thinks the district is responsible.The sixth-grader is diabetic and must take daily doses of insulin while at school. On Wednesday, the student accidentally took a fast-acting ...
Texting and driving kills 11 teens a day
Within 60 seconds of texting while behind the wheel, Jacob Campbell hit a pedestrian and rear-ended another car.Fortunately for him, it was all a simulation.“It kind of made me realize how much you have to look at the road if you’re being dumb and sending text messages while driving,” the ...
Springfield schools to start safety improvements
With the passage of a new 2.2-mill bond issue, the Springfield City School District isn’t wasting any time in fulfilling its plans to use the money to make schools safer.“We’ll start (today),” Superintendent David Estrop said. “We want to make our schools more safe and secure, as well as advancing ...
Students, animals teach about farm life
It was a veritable barnyard outside Northwestern High School on Tuesday as preschool and elementary students learned what it truly means to be down on the farm.Livestock mainstays such as pigs, goats and cows mingled with the less common guinea fowl and quail as part of Future Farmers of America’s ...
Child struck, dragged by van
A Medway man could soon face felony charges after reportedly striking a 9-year-old boy on his bike and dragging him several feet before fleeing the scene.Fidel Alvarado said he could hear one of his sons yelling from his house and his wife screaming Monday night after a van veered into ...
Tests to help in shooting probe
A mother home with her two young children and a neighbor who came to help her when a stranger reportedly tried to break into the woman’s house both feared for their lives, Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said Monday.The neighbor confronted the stranger, who had a rock in his hand, ...
Donors can ensure money goes to charity
Current laws regarding medical records make it difficult to verify someone’s story about having cancer, but donors have ways to make sure their money is going to a legitimate cause. Mad River Twp. resident Michelle Mundy, 38, is under investigation by Springfield police after her former employer, the Ohio Masonic ...
Officer faces leave in cancer probe
A South Vienna police officer whose wife is under investigation after allegations that she lied about having cancer and took money from fundraisers will be placed on administrative leave. And a longtime family friend who helped the family with fundraisers said Thursday that he was heartbroken by the news. The ...
Fraud focus of cancer probe
A woman who benefited from fundraising efforts to help her battle cancer told her employer that she lied about having the disease because she needed the money, a police complaint alleged. Michelle Mundy received a “substantial amount” of money from fundraisers at the Ohio Masonic Home, according to a report ...
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