An 8-year-old girl in Bedford, Ohio took her mother’s car to go on a Target run on Sunday morning.

An 8-year-old girl is safely inside her Ohio home after taking her mother’s car and driving it to a nearby Target, police said.

Bedford police shared a Facebook post on Sunday morning about the young girl’s Target run.

“Well I’ve finally found a woman who’s in more of a hurry to shop at Target than my wife,” the Facebook post says. “More of (a) hurry by 8 years. That’s right an 8-year-old took mommy’s car this morning and drove to Target in Bainbridge to shop.”

8-year-old told police she hit mailbox

The girl made it to the store where she was immediately located by Bainbridge, Ohio police, according to the social media post. Officers noticed her mother’s 2020 Nissan Rogue in the store’s parking lot, WJW reported, citing law enforcement officials.

“Not sure what she bought, or if she was even able to use her Target app to save 5%,” police wrote in the post. “We did let her finish her Frappuccino. We’re not mean.”

The girl was not injured during her trip, but she told officers that she “struck a mailbox,” according to WJW.

Police did not say how far the girl drove, but WJW used Google Maps to determine that the store was more than 10 miles from where she reported missing, thus making her trip about a 20 to 25-minute drive.

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Southeast Ohio History Center to host The Clash at Sunday Creek

ATHENS — The Southeast Ohio History Center Lyceum Speaker Series will present a program on the unrest in the Hocking Valley Coal Fields at noon on Sept. 19 at 24 West State St. in Athens.

Jobie Seimer, former Green Beret, author and military historian, will discuss his book “The Clash at Sunday Creek: Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion.” Seimer’s talk, addressing the Battle of Corning (Sept. 19, 1880), the first battle of the Ohio National Guard, will take place on the 144th anniversary of the clash.

For more information on the Southeast Ohio History Center or about the Lyceum brown bag luncheon speaker series call 740-592-2280 or visit the web at www.southeastohiohistory.org.

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Parkersburg Woman’s Club conducting food drive on Sept. 28

As part of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs National Day of Service began in 2023, the Parkersburg Woman’s Club will hold a food drive from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sept. 28 for the Synergy Food Pantry at Christ United Methodist Church, 323 Ninth St., Parkersburg.

Non-perishable items can be dropped off through Sept. 27 at the VFW at 1630 Garfield Ave., the American Legion at 2505 Ohio Ave. and Community Partners United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley.

The 2024 Day of Service focuses on food insecurity and hunger.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The northern lights, which in May dazzled onlookers in Cleveland and well beyond with a spectacular show, maybe – just maybe – might appear in the skies over northern Ohio again Sunday night.

A forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, showed that northern Ohio could get a glimpse of the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis. The view line could extend just below the Cleveland-area. Several places in the northwestern and northeastern U.S. and Canada may also be able to see the lights.

A forecast for Monday night showed a low likelihood of seeing the northern lights in Ohio as the view line was shown more north of the state.

In May, the lights were more vibrant than usual in the area, which is unusual as the northern lights are known to be more vibrant farther north.

Elizabeth MacDonald, NASA scientist with its Heliophysics Division, previously told cleveland.com, that the reason the Northern Lights were visible so far south was due to ejections that shot toward Earth being so intense. There was so much energy in the Earth’s magnetic field that it was released to a broader region.

So the May lights were seen as far south as Florida.

MacDonald added that the we were getting toward the maximum of an 11-year solar cycle, and as result there “are more of these flares and big burps of radiation and particles.”

Though May brought the vibrant beauty of the northern lights to Northeast Ohio, this may not be the case Sunday night.