Monday, April 20, 1998
The Cincinnati Police Division is offering a training program to help landlords and property managers keep drug and gang activity off rental property.
The Landlord Training Program will be held Wednesday and Thursday in lobby B, 5th floor of the Cincinnati Police Academy, at 700 W. Pete Rose Way.
The training is open to the public. Space is limited, and advance registration is required.
For more information and registration, call Sgt. Tim Sabransky at the Cincinnati Police Division Training Section, 352-3562.
2,000 expected at Earth Day celebration
One Earth One People presents its annual Earth celebration from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Cincinnati Museum Center. The student-run event is billed as Greater Cincinnati's largest Earth Day event and welcomes students, teachers and the public. More than 2,000 are expected to attend.
The events include interactive educational activities and workshops, a student Earth projects exhibit, speakers, musical entertainment and more.
The event costs $4 to $10.
Chemical, biological weapons to be studied
CLEVELAND -- Emergency personnel in two Ohio cities plan to take part in federal training on how to respond to a chemical or biological attack.
Fire, police, rescue and medical personnel from Cleveland and Columbus will be trained as part of a $50 million federal emergency preparedness program.
Experts from federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Defense, the Army and the FBI will do the training, which ranges from demonstrations to watching videos and lectures.
The program also includes a $300,000 grant for each of 120 target cities. Training for Columbus is scheduled for next month and Cleveland in the fall.
While officials on the local and federal level are taking the threat of a terrorist attack seriously, the Plain Dealer reported Sunday that many area emergency workers are unsure how to handle such attacks.
Car, school bus collide; 10 hurt, 1 seriously
ATHENS, Ohio -- A school bus carrying 37 people collided with a car in eastern Athens County, seriously injuring the car's driver and sending nine students to two hospitals, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Sunday.
The accident happened around 10:15 p.m. Saturday on U.S. 50 about 15 miles east of Athens, said Trooper Jason Allison of the patrol's Athens post.
The school bus was carrying a group of students from Parkersburg (W.Va.) High School. Trooper Allison said the students were part of a regatta team that had spent the day at a meet in Cincinnati.
The bus driver was identified as Charles W. Reynolds, 39, of Mineral Wells, W.Va.
All of the students were treated at two Parkersburg hospitals and released, the patrol said.
The car's driver, Jeremiah Shields, 17, of The Plains, Ohio, apparently ran a stop sign and drove into the path of the eastbound bus, Trooper Allison said.
Jeremiah, who was alone in his vehicle, was taken to O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens and then transferred to Grant Medical Center in Columbus. He was listed in serious condition Sunday.
2 children die in fire above Cleveland store
CLEVELAND -- A fire in a convenience store Saturday apparently spread to an apartment above it, where firefighters found two children dead, fire officials said.
A witness, Michael English, told WKYC-TV that he noticed the fire Saturday night in the Stop N Save store on the west side of Cleveland and tried to get in, but the smoke and flames forced him out.
Mr. English said children who got out were screaming that their brother and sister were inside.
Fire Chief Robert Derrit said Saturday night that a boy and a girl died in the fire. The Cuyahoga County Coroner's office Sunday identified the victims as Amanda Taha, 4, and Ferras Taha, 6.
Chief Derrit said a man, apparently the father of the family, was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center with serious burns. The man, whose name was not released, was listed in serious condition Sunday.
Three others also were taken to the same hospital to be checked.
2 accused of torture of boys in satanic rite
WAVERLY, Ohio -- Two Pike County men were arrested last week for the alleged torture of two 13-year-old boys during what was described by authorities as a "satanic ritual."
Bradley J. Key and Michael P. Dillard, both 20, were in the Ross County jail Saturday on charges of child endangering, Sgt. Mike Woods said. They were arrested Monday and their cases were presented to a Pike County grand jury Friday.
One boy was cut on his inner thighs, back and chest, Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk told the Columbus Dispatch. The other boy had hot wax poured on his genitals, the newspaper said. Neither required medical treatment.
