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Chillicothe Teen Dies After “Car Surfing” Accident

The Associated Press — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:57:19 +0000

Teachers and fellow students at a southern Ohio high school are mourning the loss of a sophomore who police say was killed while “car surfing.”

Police in Chillicothe say 16-year-old Jacob Wolfe was riding on the hood of a 1991 Honda driven by another teen in a Walmart parking lot. He fell off and suffered a severe head injury.

Wolfe died as a result of the injury on Sunday afternoon.

Police are still investigating the incident, but no charges are expected.

Pastors and grief counselors were to be available Monday to help his fellow Chillicothe High School students cope with the loss.

Walmart – Friend or Foe?

Mike Thompson — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:02:36 +0000

It looks like a planned Walmart in Westerville will be built. Opponents of the store fell 36 valid signatures short of what they needed to force a vote on the project. Many say Walmart hurts communities by offering prices locally-owned stores cannot compete with. Others argue Walmart has given people a chance to save money and buy big items like TV’s and other electronics at much lower prices. What do you think? Is Walmart good or bad for local communities?

Busy Day for Bomb Squad

Lauren Schmoll — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

For many Columbus residents, quiet Monday mornings are a good time to finish some chores. Mow the lawn walk the dog head to the grocery store. That’s what Trudie Lee was doing when she set out for the Georgesville Road Wal-Mart today. But the closer she got to the store the more she realized something wasn’t right. “When I pulled in there was an officer leaving,” said Lee. “And I noticed never has the parking lot been this empty. And I thought well something’s going on. And we walked up to the door and there’s people waiting to get in and it’s closed and we don’t know why.”

Lee wasn’t the only shopper left with questions. Several dozen stood outside and watched as employees and other customers were escorted from the building.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Columbus Police, and the Columbus Division of Fire Bomb Squad were all on the scene, and cars on Georgesville road were directed away from the parking lot.

Division of Fire spokeswoman Kelly McGuire says the commotion started inside the store around ten this morning.

“There was a handwritten note left in the employee area basically saying that a bomb would go off around 10:30 this morning,” said McGuire. “We did a sweep with the bomb dogs and OSP and did not find anything.”

After a talk with employees, the doors reopened around 11:30. But that wasn’t the only excitement for the bomb squad today. Another threat written as graffiti was found on a wall at Columbus state

“They received a written note that said there would be a bomb that would go off this afternoon sometime around maybe 12:30 or so,” said McGuire. “We went out to Columbus State. Again we responded, and did a sweep with our bomb dogs and found nothing. Then of course we went back today and did another sweep before the time of the note.”

Columbus State Vice President of Institutional Advancement Will Kopp says the school was prepared to deal with this kind of threat.

“We stepped up security across campus, and informed all our students by email,” said Kopp. “We sent notices to all our employees and put notices up on the building.”

The bomb squad found nothing there today, and there were no further incidents.