Thursday, August 28, 1997
OBITUARIES and LEGAL NOTICES in Enquirer-Post Classified.
BEVERLY HILLS: THE FIRE THAT STILL RAGES
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RIVERS UNLEASHED: THE FLOOD OF '97
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MISUSE OF FORCE
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LAURA PULFER COLUMN
There are so many dangerous things out there that make us afraid to let our kids out of sight. Things we don't understand, that are complicated and hidden. Binge drinking is not one of those. We know where it is.
COLUMN
SHIREY: ACT FAST OR LOSE RIVERFRONT
Cincinnati must act fast to create a plan for riverfront development or risk allowing the city's front door to remain a sea of surface parking into the foreseeable future, city manager John Shirey told city council Wednesday.
STORY
TEACHER HURT IN ASSAULT BY STUDENT
A 17-year-old special-education student attacked a teacher at the Hughes Center Wednesday and left her with a mild concussion, Cincinnati police said.
The incident provided the new school year with a fresh illustration of issues confronting school administrators over the rise in student violence.
STORY
LOCALS ROOT FOR HAM ON THE LAM
LUDLOW, Ky. - The pot-bellied pig that has been on the lam for at least a couple of weeks remained so Wednesday despite the efforts of officials and residents who have vowed to keep the animal from being killed.
STORY
REACHING OUT FOR MENTORS
When Robert Sponseller agreed to mentor Aiken High School senior Eric Stevenson in 1987, the General Electric manager figured he might be helping one kid get into college.
What he couldn't have known was that his commitment would live on today
STORY
GOVERNOR BLAMED IN TURN-DOWN
COLUMBUS - Democratic lawmakers accused Republican Gov. George Voinovich of killing a bill last year that would have helped curb improprieties at the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District (MVSD) but could have hurt the governor's brother.
STORY
UNITED WAY AIMS HIGH
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Cincinnati's United Way & Community Chest will kick off its campaign today by announcing a goal that exceeds the record $50 million raised last year.
STORY
TIPS POUR IN ABOUT THEFT CASE
LUDLOW, Ky.
- The telephone at the police station rang almost non-stop Wednesday with tips on the whereabouts of a couple who stole $100,000 from an elderly woman. "But nothing's panning out so far," Sgt. Benny Johnson said.
STORY
BOOMER LEASES LUXURY BOX
Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason says he leased a luxury suite at Cinergy Field for $30,000 so his son Gunnar, 6, who has cerebral palsy, will have a comfortable place to watch the game in bad weather.
STORY
BOY, 11, CONFESSES TO RAPE OF 3-YEAR-OLD
An 11-year-old Sayler Park boy accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old boy faces juvenile charges of rape and gross sexual imposition after police say he confessed to the offenses.
STORY
SAFETY ON AA HIGHWAY EXAMINEDD
BROOKSVILLE, Ky. - County officials along the AA Highway will meet here Wednesday to discuss further how to prevent deadly wrecks from occurring on the busy thoroughfare.
STORY
RECENT COVER STORIES
WOMAN, 93, LOSES $100,000 IN SCHEME
LUDLOW, Ky. - Police are searching for a man and woman they say stole nearly $100,000 in cash Tuesday from a homeowner, in an alleged scheme involving roofing materials.
STORY
COP ASKS JUDGE TO STEP IN
If a judge declines to intervene, it could be at least a month before Cincinnati Police Officer Douglas Depodesta learns whether he'll ever wear a badge and gun again.
STORY
BLAST FOR BOATERS STARTS EARLY
Riverfest '97 might be four days away, but boat owner Paul Koch said ''it's been in full swing since Saturday.'' Mr. Koch, of Sayler Park, is one of many people camped out on houseboats and large cruisers along the Newport shore.
STORY
SCHOOLS CRUMBLE FOR LACK OF MONEY
COLUMBUS
- Across Ohio, students are returning to school buildings that are among the worst in the nation.
STORY
LANDFILL FAILS TO DELAY '98 CLOSING
Although Cincinnati officials have said ELDA's closure won't disrupt weekly residential garbage pickup, costs will rise as trucks travel to more distant landfills to unload.
STORY
BID-RIGGING BY V GROUP ALLEGED
COLUMBUS - A top-ranking construction company executive has accused the governor's brother, Paul Voinovich, of attempted bid-rigging and padding company payroll records in connection with a Youngstown-area sanitary district project, according to state audit records obtained by The Enquirer.
STORY
SPITTING PRISONER SAYS HE HAS HIV
A man who claims he is HIV-positive and who allegedly spit in a police officer's mouth early Tuesday is in jail without bond on multiple assault charges.
STORY
MIAMI DONOR REMEMBERED AS QUIET, GENTEEL
OXFORD - Arretha Cornell Sheriff walked through life without disturbing others.
Though friendly, she did not reveal her cares and dreams to colleagues at Miami University, nor did she impose her problems on them.
STORY
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE RATES DROP
Sexually transmitted disease rates in Hamilton County dropped dramatically in 1996, to their lowest levels since 1993, according to a report from the Cincinnati Health Department.
STORY
GRAND JURY WON'T INDICT CAMP AIDE
Campers' complaints that a Camp Butterworth counselor touched their breasts and buttocks did not warrant a criminal indictment, according to a Warren County grand jury report released Monday.
STORY
DRAMATIC DESIGN REVEALED FOR AQUARIUM
NEWPORT, Ky. - Construction of a 60,000-square-foot riverfront aquarium designed to evoke images of the sea will begin by Nov. 1, developers told Newport City Commission on Monday night.
STORY
CAT RESCUER FREES HERSELF
MIDDLETOWN - Distressed felines are sleeping off a catnip stupor this morning. They likely were celebrating Monday after learning the city prosecutor dropped criminal charges against their heroine, Barbara Miltenberger.
STORY
CPS OUTLOOK IMPROVING, BRANDT SAYS
More students at Cincinnati Public Schools are safe, disciplined and academically successful, Superintendent J. Michael Brandt said Monday.
STORY
LOCAL KLAN LEADER CHARGED WITH RAPE
Tony Gamble, local leader of the Ku Klux Klan and the point man behind the group's court battle to erect a cross on Fountain Square at Christmas,- was behind bars Monday, accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl.
STORY
BELLE OF LOUISVILLE OUT OF DANGER
Towboats, pumps, divers and a huge floating crane stabilized the Belle of Louisville Sunday night and the 83-year-old sternwheeler was not in danger of sinking, officials said.
STORY
HOSPITAL TO CHARGE CITY FOR RAPE EXAMS
State law allows hospitals to charge the county or municipality where an alleged sexual assault occurred for the collection of forensic evidence. Until now, University Hospital and other area hospitals have absorbed the cost.
STORY
$60,000 SCHOOL FIRE RULED ARSON
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - The fire that damaged a classroom at Ann Weigel Elementary School in Groesbeck was arson, fire officials said Sunday night.
STORY
MIDDLE SCHOOLS MATURE
School districts are embracing the philosophy and forsaking the old junior high concept of schools that operate as ''mini,'' or ''watered-down'' high schools.
STORY
ORGAN DONATION BY BLACKS PROMOTED
The number of African-Americans willing to donate organs is critically low, say local donor organizations, and education is the key to turning that around.
STORY
NORWOOD RECOVERY IN HIGH GEAR
NORWOOD - Ten years ago Tuesday, the last Chevrolet Camaro rolled out of a General Motors assembly plant here.
The closing of the plant was a devastating blow.
Many observers said blue collar Norwood was so gravely injured it could never survive.
But survive it did.
STORY
CITY CAN ONCE AGAIN AFFORD TO FIX ITSELF
HOUSING ENJOYS RENAISSANCE
PBS SHOW SPOTLIGHTS 4-STAR CSO
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, music director Jesus Lopez-Cobos and guest pianist Alicia de Larrocha give a four-star performance in the CSO¹s national television debut, airing at 9 p.m. Wednesday on PBS.
STORY
SENATOR SAYS BAN SOFT MONEY
INDIANAPOLIS - One of the GOP's rising stars broke ranks with the rest of the party Saturday, saying the Republicans should ban ''soft money'' political contributions.
STORY
BLACKWELL ISN'T BACKING OFF
INDIANAPOLIS - Some Ohio Republicans had to cross the border to Indiana this weekend to see the clearest signs yet that Ohio Treasurer J. Kenneth Blackwell is serious about running for governor.
STORY
NEW WEDDING DETAIL: COUNSELING
They come with rings and licenses, flowers and their favorite hymns. And at Hyde Park Community, they also come with six classes in marriage preparation under their belts - sessions on family traditions, financial planning, communication, faith and sex.
STORY
STANDARDS
FIRE TEST SCHOOL'S METTLE
Fire investigators at Ann Weigel Elementary School in Groesbeck called the Friday night blaze suspicious and haven't determined the cause or set a damage amount. Arson or not, it won't stop school from starting on time.
STORY
FEISTY FERRETS GAIN FANS
Winsome and indefatigably curious, modern ferrets rarely betray their fearsome pedigree.
STORY
SOCCER FIELDS ARE A FAMILY'S DREAM
BELLEVIEW. Ky. - The family of a teen-age soccer player who died in 1992 wants to make a dream of a Northern Kentucky soccer complex come true in the lush green valley of Middle Creek. .
STORY
ADVISER'S $6.5M BEQUEST STUNS MIAMI U.
OXFORD - A former freshman adviser - who earned no more than $5,000 a year from that job - has given Miami University $6.5 million.
STORY
RECALL CHANGES CHAINS' MENUS
Meatloaf is off the menu at Greater Cincinnati's Boston Markets until the restaurants can find a supplier to replace Hudson Foods.
STORY
LASTEST NEWS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS ON 'THE WIRE'
COP WHO SHOT COLLINS WANTS GUN, JOB BACK
Douglas Depodesta, the Cincinnati officer who has not been on active duty since he fatally shot a brick-wielding mental patient in February, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking reinstatement.
COLUMN
CELL TOWERS A HEALTH RISK, SCIENTIST SAYS
One of the nation's experts on the health effects of electromagnetic fields said Friday that cellular phone towers should not be built close to schools or other places where children gather.
STORY
SCHOOLS FACE TOUGHER STANDARDS
COLUMBUS - Ohio fourth-graders will be prevented from advancing and 10th-graders won't be able to eventually graduate unless they pass proficiency tests under tougher school standards signed into law Friday by Gov. George Voinovich.
STORY
HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW LAW
EX-COP FACES INDICTMENT
Thirteen years ago, Cincinnati police Officer John Sess caught up with a fleeing drug suspect and - as he was arresting him - tucked a bag of drugs into the man's pocket. Now Mr. Sess is facing felony criminal charges.
STORY
BODY CUT TO PIECES, COURT TOLD
HAMILTON - Using 19 different knives, a hacksaw and pliers, Timothy Bradford methodically dismembered the body of his live-in girlfriend after he killed her, a city police detective testified Thursday.
STORY
XAVIER, MOUNT ST. JOSEPH NEAR TOP IN REGIONAL COLLEGE RATING
Xavier University, the University of Dayton and the College of Mount St. Joseph are the among the best regional schools for college-bound students in the Midwest, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Colleges" guide.
STORY
OTHER RISKS AT FERNALD?
Several members of a Fernald health advisory committee are questioning whether the public wants or needs another multi-million-dollar study focusing on lung cancer risks linked to the former uranium processing plant.
STORY
SOME SCHOOLS SIT OUT NEXT BALLOT
COLUMBUS - Several Cincinnati-area school districts are choosing not to put tax issues on the Nov. 4 ballot, in part because educators and voters are waiting for Ohio lawmakers to comply with a court order to revamp the state's school-funding system.
STORY
WARRANTS BACKLOG BEFUDDLES PANEL
FRANKFORT, Ky. -
Justice Cabinet and courts officials said Thursday they will conduct a survey to see how many arrest warrants are sitting unserved and unnoticed in drawers and databases
across Kentucky.
STORY
CPS COULD SEE ENROLLMENT DIP
Cincinnati Public Schools could lose nearly a fifth of its students during the next decade unless its buildings and programs improve drastically, according to new demographic projections.
STORY
BUILDING BOOM IN SUBURBAN SCHOOLS
An overwhelming increase in the number of school-age children has caused the biggest school building boom the Tristate has seen since after World War II.
STORY
ILLICIT PIPELINE BRINGS IN WORKERS
The pipeline funneling illegal immigrants to the Cincinnati area begins in border towns such as Nogales, Ariz., and San Ysidro, Calif., and ends with Tristate residents who assist them in the name of mercy or profit.
STORY
EX-GOLF CHIEF GETS TWO YEARS IN PRISON
From the day he first was accused of misspending taxpayer money, Thomas Bryant Creasman has insisted he did nothing wrong.
Even Wednesday, as he begged for a lenient sentence, the former head of the Cincinnati golf division suggested he was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution.
STORY
FRANK TALK ABOUT RACE BREAKS SILENCE
Five years ago, Cincinnati's race relations came wrapped in a polite silence that contributed to a widening gap between blacks and whites.
The gap's still there, but now it's being filled with noise.
STORY
RACE DIALOGUE
STATEWIDE FORUMS
OHIO BILL WOULD RAISE BAR FOR DIVORCE
Covenant marriage, an idea that became law in Louisiana last week, is scheduled to be introduced as a bill today in the state legislature. Under the proposal, couples entering a covenant marriage could divorce only in cases of adultery, abuse or lengthy separation.
STORY
STADIUMS FINANCING TRICKY PLAY
As the price for the Cincinnati Bengals' riverfront stadium complex grows clearer and larger, the most expensive unknown is how much the project's financing will cost taxpayers.
STORY
SERVICE TO MARK YEAR SINCE CULBERSON VANISHED
BLANCHESTER, Ohio - Family and friends of Carrie Culberson are invited to a memorial service Aug. 28, the one-year anniversary of the 22-year-old woman's disappearance.
STORY
TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM TESTED
Jumbo signs with flashing lights, some with warning messages, are signals of a high-tech transportation system being tested along 88 miles of freeway in Greater Cincinnati.
STORY
JEWISH HOSPITAL TO CLOSE IN AVONDALE
All patient care at the Jewish Hospital in Avondale will stop in mid-November, officials announced Monday.
STORY
REACTION
TRIHEALTH TO KEEP BETHESDA OAK EMERGENCY ROOM
A deep downsizing plan at Bethesda Oak Hospital won't be quite as deep as previously announced.
STORY
BOY 15, MUST STAND TRIAL IN STRANGLING OF GIRL, 8
HAMILTON - A Fairfield police official testified Monday that Christopher Hatfield told him he grabbed 8-year-old Misti Highfill by the neck, lifted her off the ground, shook her, body-slammed her to the ground and then strangled her.
STORY
LUTHERANS OK ALLIANCE TO SHARE COMMUNION, CLERGY
The nation's largest Lutheran church voted Monday to forge closer ties with three major Protestant denominations in a sweeping plan that allows for the exchange of clergy and communion.
STORY
TAX HIKES, BUDGET CUTS NEXT UP
COLUMBUS - Now that the governor's school funding plan is dead, Republican legislative leaders are pursuing two alternative ways to pump more money into public schools: Budget cuts and a Democrat-backed plan to expand the state sales tax.
STORY
STORMS DARKEN 30,000 HOMES
Tornadoes, winds that gusted at 70 mph, torrential rains and dramatic lightning strikes left as many as 30,000 Greater Cincinnati homes without power Sunday, blocked roads and left many scrambling for shelter in basements.
STORY
COLLEGIANS PACKING COMPUTERS
At the University of Cincinnati, students can count their computers among the stuff to move into the dorm over the next few weeks. And at the University of Dayton, students won't have to go far for answers to computer questions; the school has hired "computer consultants" to staff each dorm.
STORY
PUBLIC OPINION WILL INFLUENCE USE OF ARTIFICIAL BLOOD
Greater Cincinnati's leading trauma center wants to find out whether artificial blood really works.
But before researchers test it, they want to know whether the community supports the project, including the idea of using artificial blood on patients without their consent.
STORY
HOW IT CAN HELP
YATES WANTS FEDERAL GRAND JURY
A federal grand jury should review the police shooting of escaped mental patient Lorenzo Collins, Cincinnati Vice Mayor Tyrone Yates said Sunday.
STORY
CLOSE TO HOME: CORRYVILLE
For decades, Corryville has been a hangout for the young. Its college clubs, pizza parlors and one-of-a-kind shops have been a draw for everyone from band groupies to tattoo-seekers.
Lately, though, crowds have been causing a commotion and problems for neighbors and visitors.
STORY
JEWISH HOSPITAL MIGHT BE CLOSED
A major announcement is expected Monday about the future of Jewish Hospital's Avondale campus. Speculation about the hospital's fate ranges from closing it by the end of the year to a deep downsizing similar to recent changes at Bethesda Oak Hospital.
STORY
FOOD, FORUMS, FUN MARK BLACK FAMILY REUNION
About 200,000 people are expected to attend this weekend's Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion. The national event was created 12 years ago by the National Council of Negro Women to counter media reports about the demise of the black family.
STORY
OWEN'S BACK ROADS PUT IN FOREFRONT
OWENTON, Ky. - In a trailer out on Calendar Road between tiny Glencoe and unincorporated Jonesville, a 27-year-old woman and her little girl became the victims last Sunday of a horrific beating that left the mother dead and the child facing months of hospitalization.
STORY
DEMOCRATS TRACKED SOFT MONEY
WASHINGTON - White House documents indicate Clinton administration officials were keenly interested last year in the pattern of political contributions made by major donors, including Cincinnati financier Carl Lindner, a Washington watchdog group says.
STORY
CONTRIBUTIONS
SPECIALISTS SUE HEALTH PLAN
A handful of Cincinnati's best-known medical specialists have launched a legal battle against one of Ohio's biggest managed care health plans over who controls access to patients.
STORY
MOM DENIES ROLE IN ABUSE OF DAUGHTERS
BATAVIA - Minutes before she was arrested Thursday, a Clermont County mother said she did not prostitute her 6- and 11-year-old daughters in exchange for beer, drugs and cigarettes.
STORY
CHARGES POSSIBLE AGAINST BUS RIDERS IN HIJACKER DEATH
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Authorities are considering charges against passengers who overpowered a Covington man who died after he hijacked a Greyhound bus last month.
STORY
COUNTY DEMANDS AGENCY RECORDS
Hamilton County prosecutors Thursday pressed in court for release of client names and billing records from PRO Seniors as part of a grand jury investigation into how the non-profit agency billed taxpayers.
STORY
100 EVACUATED, 1 HURT IN STEEL PLANT FIRE
MONROE - Flames gutted a sprawling Butler County steel-processing plant Thursday, sending workers scrambling for safety and forcing the evacuation of nearby businesses. A worker and a firefighter were slightly injured.
STORY
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MOVES TO CINCINNATI
Seven years ago, the first cancer patients walked through the doors of the Cincinnati chapter of the Wellness Community (WC). Now the national headquarters of the Wellness Community is moving to Cincinnati from Los Angeles.
STORY
OWNERS FIND NEW LOT IN LIFE
NEW RICHMOND - The Ohio River won't so easily sweep anymore into the century-old white house at the corner of George and Washington streets. Linda and Michael Craig's house is leaving, moving 2 miles uphill - away from floods and muddy floors and mildewed rugs and soggy plaster.
STORY
OFFERS OF HELP FLOW TO GIRL ORPHANED BY ATTACK
An 8-year-old Owen County girl who survived a brutal attack that killed her mother has received an outpouring of sympathy from strangers across the commonwealth.
STORY
BURBANK TO END NATIONAL SHOW
It's official: Gary Burbank is staying put - and saying goodbye to his nationally syndicated daily radio show after 2 1/2 years.
STORY
JEWISH COUPLE PUT FAITH IN MUSLIM DOCTOR
The day after Islamic suicide bombers killed 15 and injured 150 in Jerusalem's major outdoor market, a Jewish family from Mount Washington took home twin sons named for the Muslim doctor who saved their lives.
STORY
GIRL, 8: HE KILLED MY MOTHER
Temothy Smith, of Owenton, pleaded not guilty to murdering Betty Williams and trying to kill her daughter - hours after Kentucky State Police said he confessed to the crimes.
STORY
CARTOON PLAYLAND TO EXPAND
For the first time since Paramount Kings Island opened in 1972, a major expansion is planned this fall for Hanna-Barbera Land, the section aimed at children 12 and younger.
STORY
HAMILTON NATIVE HELPS RESCUE GUAM CRASH VICTIMS
One of the first rescuers at the scene, Joshua Faine searched among the charred debris for survivors, hoisting their burned, broken bodies into helicopters to be taken to area hospitals.
STORY
COMPANY ADMITS EMPLOYING CHILDREN
UNION TOWNSHIP - The head of a packaging company raided last week by immigration authorities and local police apologized Tuesday night and admitted child laborers were working in his plant.
STORY
DAUGHTER MAY HAVE SEEN MOTHER'S KILLER
GLENCOE, Ky. - Inside an 8-year-old girl's mind may rest the crucial help police need to figure out who burst into her Owen County trailer home Sunday night, attacked her and slashed her mother's throat.
STORY
STADIUM ESTIMATE PASSES $300 MILLION
The Bengals' stadium project - including parking, plaza, practice fields and training facility - likely will cost about $301.5 million even before land costs are added.
STORY
BLACKS VOW TO ESCALATE PROTESTS
Protesters in the shooting of Lorenzo Collins - the brick-wielding mental patient who was killed by police in February - on Monday rejected the city's latest investigation of the shooting and said they would escalate demonstrations throughout the city.
STORY
TOWER HEIGHT, COST RISING
NEWPORT - Developers of the Millennium Monument unveiled a taller design Monday for their unique dual tower, which is planned to help ring in the year 2000.
STORY
BURBANK MAY KEEP 'BURBCASTING' HERE
Good news for Gary Burbank fans.
There's a chance - maybe a very good chance - that the popular humorist will stay at WLW-AM (700 kHz) and do a local show instead of moving to Florida.
STORY
ILLEGAL ALIENS LIVE IN FEAR, ISOLATION
It's a difficult existence, made more difficult because they lost their jobs at Chesapeake Display and Packaging Co. in Butler County after a Wednesday raid there by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
STORY
OPEN HEARTS, HOMES
Tens of Cincinnatians are adopting children from overseas through an agency called All God's Children International.
STORY
JEWISH COMMUNITY LEAVES ROSELAWN BEHIND
From downtown to Avondale and later to Roselawn, large numbers of Jewish families have moved every 30 years or so, and the institutions have always been close behind. Now the move is on to Blue Ash.
STORY
HAMILTON ASKS FBI TO PROBE JAILED MAN'S DEATH
HAMILTON - One day after a brick-throwing riot here, the U.S. Justice Department was asked Friday to investigate how a Hamilton man died in police custody.
STORY
FRIENDS WANT FULL REPORT
SCHOOL SUIT COSTS $6.5 MILLION FOR TAXPAYERS
COLUMBUS- Taxpayers face a $6.5 million tab for attorneys hired to argue both sides of a lawsuit that prompted the Ohio Supreme Court to declare the state's school-funding system unconstitutional.
STORY
RABBI ATTACKED NEAR SYNOGOGUE
Rabbi David Rutman removed his skullcap Friday afternoon and revealed his stitched and stapled head. Three teens attacked him about 5:30 a.m. as he walked out of Keneseth Israel synagogue in Springfield Township.
STORY
MIDWEST SEEING MORE MIGRANTS
UNION TOWNSHIP - Officials think a packaging-plant bust Wednesday of 129 suspected illegal aliens proves that Midwestern cities like Cincinnati have become a new mecca for migrants.
STORY
COMPANY DEFENDS PRACTICES
DOAN GUILTY, JURY DECLARES
WILMINGTON, Ohio - As the first verdict was read Thursday, Vincent Doan smiled, started to cry and looked visibly relieved at hearing the words, "not guilty." But his demeanor rapidly changed with the reading of the next verdict: guilty of aggravated murder for kidnapping and killing former girlfriend Carrie Culberson. The first verdict had found him not guilty of plotting the murder.
STORY
CARRIE'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT
JURY ANALYSIS
BOTH SIDES' STRATEGY
FIRM FACES U.S. PROBE; TAX DEAL UNDER FIRE
UNION TOWNSHIP - A Butler County company accused of hiring illegal immigrants and their children may lose a $35,000 tax abatement and faces a federal investigation for alleged violations of child labor laws.
STORY
53 JUVENILES, 29 OTHERS IN RAID FREED
CAMPAIGN FINANCE PANEL SUBPOENAS LINDNER, FIRM
WASHINGTON - A Senate committee probing campaign finance abuses is about to examine whether contributions by Cincinnati financier Carl Lindner influenced U.S. trade policy.
STORY
HAMILTON POLICE FACE ANGRY CROWD
HAMILTON - A disturbance broke out about 9 p.m. Thursday in front of the police department by people upset with the death of a Hamilton man arrested last week on a drug charge.
STORY
SHIREY IS "AVERAGE"; CITY WON'T RAISE PAY
Cincinnati City Manager John Shirey was rated "average" by city council in his performance review Thursday and will not get a raise.
STORY
FEDS ARREST 117 WORKERS AS ILLEGALS
UNION TOWNSHIP - In the biggest raid of its kind in Cincinnati, immigration agents swept into a Butler County company Wednesday and arrested 117 employees accused of working illegally at a distribution center.
STORY
LOWER PRICE HILL DRAWS IMMIGRANTS
SAVED: HEART STOPS, BUT NOT PRAYERS
According to all that's known of medical science, Dora Downs shouldn't be alive. But the 61-year-old Milford woman - dubbed "the miracle lady" by hospital staff - is out of the hospital, into cardiac rehabilitation therapy and soon will be puttering around her garden again.
STORY
11-YEAR-OLD HELD IN DAY-CARE SHOOTING
The baby-faced, blond-haired boy led into juvenile court Wednesday in leg shackles and handcuffs showed no emotion even as the charges against him - including four felonies - were read.
STORY
GAMBLING BAN HAS SMALL EFFECT
It appears that Mother Nature, and not a new ban on gambling, is determining whether Diocese of Covington festivals prosper or suffer this summer.
STORY
DEVELOPERS SUGGESTED FOR RIVER PROJECTS
Cincinnati city administrators are recommending council give two national developers 90 days to devise a plan for transforming the riverfront.
STORY
RIVERFRONT PLANS
MAP
JUDGE REJECTS RADIATION-TESTING SETTLEMENT
A federal judge on Monday rejected a proposed $4.27 million settlement in the case of Cold War radiation experiments at the former Cincinnati General Hospital.
STORY
RACIAL ATTACKS IN CORRYVILLE LINKED TO CROWDS FROM PARK
A weekly problem with crowds leaving Eden Park and congregating in Corryville has left neighbors and police frustrated after two unprovoked attacks Sunday against women driving through the area.
STORY
BEVERLY HILLS FIREMAN/HERO DIES
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky.- The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire claimed Ron Bridewell's life Monday, 20 years after the heroic Newport firefighter struggled to save other victims.
STORY
FUNDING FOR SENIOR SERVICES IN QUESTION
In light of a critical audit and news that Hamilton County spends millions more on its senior citizens than any other county in Ohio, commissioners said Monday it is time to rein in the generosity.
STORY
SENATE KILLS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL PLAN
COLUMBUS - Efforts to place a new school-funding plan before voters appeared dead early today, after the Senate rejected a new plan backed by House conservatives.
STORY
20 YEARS MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH FOR STADIUM TAX
In 20 years, the extra half-cent sales tax levied to pay for the stadiums will have poured almost $1.2 billion into county coffers, according to an analysis of tax receipts by The Enquirer.
But is that enough?
STORY
VOINOVICH TAX-HIKE PLAN DEAD
COLUMBUS - Rebellious House conservatives derailed their Republican governor's school-funding plan Saturday, setting the stage for a vote today on a no-new-taxes alternative.
STORY
BEANIE BOUNTY: AUCTION NETS $41,500
The biggest heroes at Saturday's auction that raised $41,500 for a wheelchair-equipped van for Rebecca Sowers, an 8-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, were Micah and Jordan Sears.
They donated their 101 prized Baby Beanies for the auction.
STORY
COPS SHOULDN'T HAVE FIRED AT COLLINS, OMI SAYS
For the first time since February's fatal shooting of brick-wielding mental patient Lorenzo Collins, a city investigation has found that the police officers who killed him should not have opened fire.
STORY
REACTION
POLICE I.D. JAWBONE AS THAT OF FORMER HAMILTON WOMAN
The Kentucky medical examiner's office identified a jawbone Friday as part of the remains of Sgt. Laura Cecere, a former Hamilton resident who has been missing for almost eight months.
STORY
FLOOD, TORNADO VICTIMS CAUGHT IN RED TAPE
Like everyone who lives along Ohio 52 in Neville, Pauline Benjamin was homeless after the March flood.
Five months later, she and her husband are still homeless. To say Mrs. Benjamin is frustrated with governmental bureaucracy would be a colossal understatement.
STORY
SALES TAX TO SPRUCE UP CINERGY
Money being generated to build new sports stadiums in Cincinnati will be spent to maintain and repair Cinergy Field.
STORY
CITY CONSIDERS ADULT BUSINESS ZONE
The difficult question of where to put something the city doesn't want - adult businesses - will go before Cincinnati City Council next week.
One answer: Allowing sexually oriented businesses to set up shop only in part of Queensgate, was recommended Friday by the city Planning Commission.
STORY
OHIO LOSES ITS 'GREATEST LEGISLATOR'
Vern Riffe, who parlayed hard-nosed pragmatism into an unprecedented 20-year reign as speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, died Thursday of cancer.
STORY
IN DEPTH
REDS' DOLLAR LOSSES BIGGEST IN SPORTS
Since they won the World Series of 1990, the Reds have estimated operating losses of $59.2 million - the largest of any of the 113 major league baseball, football, basketball or hockey teams.
STORY
DOE AGREES TO PAY FOR FERNALD DELAYS
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has agreed to pay $1.1 million in penalties for repeatedly missing deadlines on a problem-plagued cleanup project at Fernald.
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TARGET PRACTICE SUSPECTED
DEER PARK - Police here think three juveniles were taking target practice at windows when they sprayed 15 to 20 rounds from a .22-caliber rifle into the neighborhood Monday, injuring an elderly woman and breaking windows at Ann's Tots Wonderland child care center.
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REDS FINANCES RATE WITH WORST
The Reds' financial health is among the worst in Major League Baseball, according to New York-based Financial World magazine.
The report bolsters the team's assertions to Hamilton County officials that the Reds face dire financial straits. The Reds have argued that the team's contribution to its new stadium project must be limited because of its financial predicament in a small market.
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BID FIXER GETS 3 MONTHS
A Hyde Park woman who defrauded the Metropolitan Sewer District was sentenced Monday to three months in prison and fined $5,000 by a federal court judge.
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FAITH IN JUGGLING
David Cain of Middletown is a world-class performer with a Christian message.
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TROUBLE IN EDEN
The problem is that a small section of the 200-acre park is the most desired destination on cruise night, Mr. Ford says. The 5.4-acre area known as the Twin Lakes Overlook, most popular to weekday visitors, is also the place most black teens congregate on Sunday night. Peak hours are 7:30-10.
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CPS ART FOUND AT STORE
Four oil paintings belonging to Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts have been recovered from a local antique shop where they were for sale.
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COUNTY'S LEGAL AID TO SENIORS UNUSUALLY LAVISH
The $600,000 Hamilton County spends yearly on legal services for senior citizens dwarfs what other Ohio counties budget for similar legal assistance.
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CITY WILL JOIN IN SCHOOL TESTING
Cincinnati Public Schools is among 15 big-city systems that have joined President Clinton's push for national school standards.
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MAN SHOT DEAD DOWNTOWN
Arvie Jenkins, 21, was shot to death near the corner of Race and Ninth streets early Sunday, shortly after midnight, while hundreds jammed the streets playing music and sitting atop cars as traffic moved at a crawl.
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COVINGTON MAN KILLED HIJACKING BUS
A Covington man who hijacked a Greyhound bus in South Carolina early Saturday morning died after the bus driver and passengers jumped him to regain control.
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FAMILY STANDS WITH RENEE
"I know my daughter," Richard Morrison said. "In my heart, I know it wasn't intentional. I know it was an accident. She wouldn't shoot her mom."
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EX-BENGAL CATCHES LAWBREAKERS, NOT PASSES
David Verser, now 39, still hears about how he was one of the biggest busts in Bengal draft history. The former No. 1 draft pick is now a Cincinnati police officer.
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CITY JOINS GUN-TRACKING PROGRAM
President Clinton has enlisted Cincinnati in the fight to curb illegal gun trafficking by tracing where juveniles buy firearms used in crimes.
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GIRL CHARGED WITH MURDER OF MOTHER
A 16-year-old Madison Township girl accused of firing a fatal gunshot into her mother's forehead was indicted on a murder charge Friday by a Butler County grand jury.
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FORMER GOLF BOSS FOUND GUILTY OF FIVE FELONIES
Thomas Cresman, former supervisor of the Cincinnati golf division, was convicted Friday of five felony charges, including theft in office, related to the job he was fired from in April. He was acquitted of the most serious charge of bribery.
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NEIGHBORS HELP STOP RAPE IN PROGRESS
"Please help me!" the woman called, as her little dog barked. Within seconds, neighbors and a motorist rescued her, holding down the suspect until police arrived.
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WALLENDAS FIGHT TO SURVIVE
For centuries the Wallendas - ''the first family of tightrope'' - have awed crowds around the world. Thhe family is performing three shows every day but Monday at Americana Amusement Park in Middletown.
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BOEHNER'S POWER MAY BE IN PERIL
WASHINGTON - The aborted coup against House Speaker Newt Gingrich has left Rep. John Boehner and other House GOP leaders politically damaged and facing uncertain futures in their current posts, many analysts said Friday.
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GIRLS SAFE, CAMP TELLS PARENTS
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - Local Girl Scout leaders launched a letter-writing campaign to assure parents their daughters will be safe at Camp Butterworth, despite claims of sexual misconduct against a counselor.
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KEHOE'S BOND $20 MILLION
WILMINGTON, Ohio- A judge ordered a $20 million bond Thursday for Chevie Kehoe, the former fugitive who pleaded not guilty to charges he shot at and tried to kill local police and sheriff's deputies.
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SWEET 15: QUINCEANERO CELEBRATES HISPANIC COMING-0F-AGE
Juana "Jenny" Pinto turned 15 on Jan. 18 but didn't celebrate until six months later.
It took that long to plan the bash. In the Tristate, where Hispanics account for less than 1 percent of the 1.8 million residents, there have been only a handful of quinceaneros. But as the Hispanic population continues its slow, steady rise, more will be celebrated here.
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CITY GOLF COURSE OPERATION UP FOR BIDS
Private firms will get the chance to make proposals to run turf maintenance and all other operations, the Cincinnati Recreation Commission (CRC) decided Thursday. Firms may pitch to manage both components or just one.
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ENQUIRER DOMINATES AWARDS
The Cincinnati Enquirer won 41 awards including the top award for investigative reporting, and 13 other first prizes at the annual awards banquet of the Queen City Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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DOE REPORT: WARNINGS IGNORED AT FERNALD
Fluor Daniel Fernald officials ignored the warnings of its own engineers that components in a melter might fail during a test, according to a U.S. Department of Energy report.
The parts failed on Dec. 26, and the melter leaked 3 tons of molten material, causing a fire and extensive damage to the $70 million project at the former uranium-processing facility.
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SHOOTOUT SUSPECT BACK IN WILMINGTON
WILMINGTON, Ohio - Chevie Kehoe, one of the two brothers charged in the videotaped shootout with police officers here five months ago, is scheduled to arraigned this afternoon at the Clinton County Courthouse.
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CAMP AIDE SUSPECTED OF ABUSE
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - Police are searching for a female counselor accused of fondling 10 or more young girls at Camp Butterworth on Sunday.
Leaders at the Warren County Girl Scouts Camp also could face charges because they did not immediately alert authorities to the incident.
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CITIES RACE TO LAND RIVER THEATER
A multiscreen movie theater in a newly proposed urban entertainment district in Newport is exactly what Cincinnati wants for its riverfront. But officials on both sides of the river agree only one city can have one.
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SEWER DISPUTE SETTLED
A mediator has helped settle a nasty fight between city and county officials over operation of the Metropolitan Sewer District. The dispute strained the relationship between the two governments and stalled work on several sewer projects.
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THE CONE STANDS ALONE
Those who crave nostalgia and ice cream get in their licks at 'The Cone,' a West Chester landmark.
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20 PROTEST AT HOME OF COP CLEARED IN SHOOTING
WOODLAWN - About 20 protesters shouted, "Fifteen police, one man with a brick," and "Desperado, why did you kill me?" as they marched outside a Cincinnati police officer's home Saturday.
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ROGERS SENTENCED TO DIE IN FLORIDA
TAMPA, Fla. - Suspected serial killer Glen Rogers, formerly of Hamilton, was sentenced Friday to the electric chair for slashing a Tampa woman in a motel bathtub.
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SUSPECT INDICTED 6 YEARS LATER
COVINGTON, Ky.
- A Burlington man who has been a suspect in a sexual assault case for six years was finally indicted Friday after authorities used DNA testing to produce new evidence.
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LEAD CLEANUP CAUSING CONFUSION
Health officials say more than 90 percent of Cincinnati homes - and more than half of all homes in America - have at least some lead paint because they were built before 1978, the year when lead-based paint was banned.
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SCIENTISTS BACKPEDAL: FERNALD RISK REAL
A study that reported an increased risk of lung cancer for people who lived near the former Fernald uranium processing plant was accurate, say government scientists who earlier this year criticized the findings as overblown.
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FATAL WRECK REKINDLES DEBATE OVER CELL PHONES
Last week, Butler County saw its first fatal highway accident directly linked to cellular phone use. Law enforcement officials in Cincinnati and nationwide say cellular phones are just one more form of inattention.
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GLENN LAUNCH NO FLIGHT OF FANCY
The idea of sending Sen. John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, back into space at age 76 is far from frivolous, according to scientists and officials.
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REDS CALL FOR SEAT LICENSES, RIVERFRONT SITE
The club's latest written proposal to the county offers the sale of seat licenses as a part of the team's $30 million contribution to stadium construction costs. It also demands a "mutually agreeable" riverfront site.
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HIGHLIGHTS OF REDS' PROPOSAL
CITY WANTS ANSWERS TO LEAD CLEANUP
City council members, the city manager and board of health officials said Monday they would demand answers about how Cincinnati's $6 million lead-paint abatement program managed to run for more than 2 1/2 years without fixing a single house.
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FERNALD COMPANY PENALIZED $6.6 MILLION
The U.S. Department of Energy has penalized the company managing Fernald, Fluor Daniel Fernald, a record $6.6 million for numerous problems, including poor performance, a troubled cleanup project, worker injuries and other safety program failures.
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GROUP BLASTS FEDS ON CLEANUP PLAN
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CITY LEAD CLEANUP STALLED
Cincinnati was supposed to complete a $6 million project last February to correct poisonous lead-paint problems in 350 homes in the city's poor neighborhoods where children and babies might be exposed.
But in the 2 1/2 years since the city received the grant, the "Cincinnati Abatement Project" has spent almost $1 million - and it hasn't fixed a single housing unit.
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POISON! LEAD MENACES CHILDREN
CLEANING UP A LEAD-TAINTED HOUSE
FLYING SAUCERS HERE?
No. Not here, too? Not aliens buzzing oh so serene Cincinnati? Yep. But we are talking 1947. July 7, 1947. The same week as the Roswell, N.M., UFO crash (or non-crash, depending on whom you believe).
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BORGMAN DEBUTS 'ZITS' STRIP
Jim Borgman's new comic strip about the teen-age years, "Zits," debuts today in The Enquirer and 200 other newspapers.
Why that name?
The teenage years are "when it's all popping,'' said Borgman. "Voices change, hormones rage, clothing styles go off the wall."
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CITY'S VIEW OF RIVERFRONT CRYSTALIZES
Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls released a detailed map Thursday that plots the city's riverfront vision into the next century.
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MIAMI TRUSTEE QUITS OVER LOGO
A Miami University trustee who said he has given more than $500,000 to the college's athletic program has quit the board to protest the logo being designed for the school's new RedHawks nickname.
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QUALLS RIPS DEAL WITH BENGALS
Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls accused Hamilton County commissioners Thursday of giving away Cincinnati's riverfront to the Bengals in the county's stadium deal with the team. In a stinging response,
Commission President Bob Bedinghaus accused Qualls of "election year political pandering."
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CITY, COUNTY FEUD OVER CONSULTANT
CAT RESCUER OUT ON A LIMB WITH THE LAW
Barbara Miltenberger set out to rescue Tarzan from a tree.
Instead, she got bruises, became wedged in the tree and was slapped with charges of inducing panic for calling the fire department to rescue her after her trip to get the gray and white cat.
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EX-COP CHARGED IN FATAL CRASH
Former Cincinnati Police Officer Gregory Berting, who was fired last week for his involvement in a fatal crash, was charged Thursday with vehicular homicide.
The charge is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.
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TORNADO RIPS HOMES IN FELICITY
Homes were damaged and at least 15 mobile homes ripped apart in this Clermont County town Wednesday night in what National Weather Service officials called a major tornado touchdown.
Storms blew through much of the Tristate, producing heavy rain, hail and high winds that downed trees and knocked out power to thousands of homes in Greater Cincinnati.
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ARTWORK SHOT UP 455% IN RESALE
The FBI investigation into art sold from the Cincinnati Public Schools' Museum Collection focuses on a painting by artist Dixie Selden that was sold for $1,800 in 1994 and resold soon after for about $10,000.
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ART COLLECTION KEPT IN HALLWAY
MURDERER McQUEEN EXECUTED
Convicted murderer Harold McQueen went to his death early this morning saying he felt confident he would be united with God in heaven. He was pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m. EDT, becoming the first man to die in Kentucky's electric chair in 35 years.
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REVIEW CLEARS POLICE IN COLLINS SHOOTING
Two police officers whose shots killed a brick-wielding mental patient in February were cleared of wrongdoing in administrative reports released Monday by their police agencies.
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