Ice walkers push across frozen Lake Erie from Ohio to Canada
Four men attempted a 30 mile trek across Lake Erie amid persistent cold. Only two completed the crossing from Catawba Point to Colchester while a second pair near Erie had to abort and be rescued by helicopter.
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Associated Press
Lake Erie
Canada
Wesley Schalamon
Valley City
Ohio
Daniel Greene
Cleveland
Catawba Point
Sandusky
Long Point
Ont
Four Die in Indiana Mobile Home Slaying Probe
Four young men aged 14 to 22 were fatally shot at a family mobile home near Hollandsburg Indiana. Police say robbery was the likely motive and indicate at least four suspects were in a car matching a description. The stepmother Bett Spencer, 41, was wounded and treated at a Terre Haute hospital.
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Hollandsburg
Ind
Here
Bett Spencer
Terre Haute
U.S 36
Indiana
Jim Bell
Parke County
Bell
West Virginians Battle Ice Jams Threatening Floods
West Virginia officials battled multiple ice jams to avert floods in low-lying areas and valleys. In Wheeling cranes chipped ice from Big Wheelin Creek while in Raleigh and Boone counties explosives were used to loosen jams evacuating at least 50 people. Philippi warned of a jam on the Tygart River near a Civil War bridge. An evacuation occurred at Arnett and Marsh Fork water backed into homes along Big Coal River. Authorities urged evacuations. a flash flood watch remained for the state with warnings across several rivers and counties.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Wheeling
Big Wheelin Creek
Raleigh
Boone
Philippi
Tygart River
Arnett
Raleigh County
Okey Mills
Freeiay
National Weather Service
Marsh Fork
Big Coal River
Elk River
Webster County
Queen Shoals
Clendenin
Clay
Kanawha
West Fork River
Tygart
Monongahela
Little Kanawha
Weekend Snow and Cold Snap Forecast
Tonight temperatures drop to 10 to 15 degrees with snow flurries. Highs reach the mid to upper 20s. Yesterday's low 28 and high 35 with 25 inches of precipitation over the weekend. More cold air expected Wednesday from zero to 10 degrees. Thursday and Friday look warmer with mid 30s.
Area residents rally to aid stranded Arizona family
The Franklin Salvation Army collects donations to aid Karen Taylor and her four children stranded by snow and a car engine failure. A Middletown trucker fundraised and located a replacement motor in Overpeck for 100 dollars. Dietz Sohio will tow, Curry Ford will install the engine, and Salvation Army pays for installation and motel lodging. Voluntary support includes restaurant certificates and fuel from a truck stop.
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Franklin
Arizona
Toledo
Ohio
Andrew Wilson
Middletown
Truckers’ Union
Dayton South Union Truck Plaza
Wilson
Dietz Sohio
Dietz
Curry Ford
Salvation Army
Bess Truman Celebrates 92nd Birthday Quietly
Independence Missouri reports Bess Truman known as the boss to Harry S. Truman marked her 92nd birthday. Daughter Margaret Truman Daniel arrived from New York last Monday and was expected to stay through the weekend.
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Independence
Bess Truman
Taw
Harry S. Truman
15 year old held in triple Kansas farm murders
A 15 year old Pawnee County youth was arrested on juvenile delinquency charges after the bodies of farmer Joe Wurm a 36, his wife Diane 35 and their son Jim 9 were found near their Larned area farm. Michael 15 attended a dance and his whereabouts were not disclosed.
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Larned
Kan
Pawnee County
Joe Wurm
Diane
Jim
Michael
Macksville
Cliff Atteberry
Jerry Lawson
Atteberry
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Erie
Schalamon
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Bliss
Kina
Dog
Colchester
Ontario
W. VA
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Man Service
Phil Zinn
Richard Weekly
State Office of Emergency Prepaidness
Wichita
Leonard
Leonard Wurm
Lucy
Ann Landers
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