A 17-year-old was bitten by a police dog early Wednesday in a pursuit after a breaking-and-entering run to Shroder Paideia Junior High in Kennedy Heights.
Police arrived to find three juveniles and $1.75 worth of stolen items. The three are accused of trying to get away with three packages of chocolate-chip cookies and four packages of saltine crackers. Police arrested the 17-year-old and his two alleged accomplices on juvenile charges of breaking and entering.
Man charged with abductin, beating
A Mount Auburn man is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center in lieu of $125,000 cash bond on charges of felonious assault and abduction.
Thomas Wright, 45, of the 200 block of Helen St., is accused of beating a woman with a baseball bat, threatening to kill her and holding her against her will for two hours Tuesday morning. He was arrested later that day. A grand jury could decide by Oct. 9 whether to indict him.
City manager says he's not job hunting
Cincinnati City Manager John Shirey said he won't apply for the same job in Long Beach, Calif.
Mr. Shirey has held his Cincinnati post since 1994 and oversees an annual budget of $864 million and more than 6,700 employees. In July, it became known that Long Beach officials had asked Mr. Shirey to consider applying for the city manager job there.
At the time, Mr. Shirey said he wanted to wait and decide after his review, completed two weeks ago. His bosses on council asked the city manager to stay another year and gave him a 2.5 percent raise, bumping his salary to $144,841.
Mr. Shirey said he made the decision based on professional and personal reasons.
"I want to stay here and finish some of the projects and initiatives I've started -- that includes the riverfront (development)," he said. "My family as well as myself like it here."
Woman says husband ran into her knife
A Walnut Hills woman has been released from the Hamilton County Justice Center on the condition she return to court to face charges of stabbing her husband in the chest.
Cincinnati police said Sheila Harris, 32, told them she was holding the knife when her husband ran into it Monday afternoon at the couple's home in the 1500 block of William Howard Taft Road. Police have charged her with felonious assault. A grand jury will decide whether to indict her.
Jason Harris, 32, drove himself to the University Hospital after the stabbing, police said. He suffered massive blood loss and was in serious condition.
New protections in place for managed-care patients
A law goes into effect today that gives Ohioans in managed-care health plans some of the consumer protections proposed by various federal versions of a patient "Bill of Rights."
The Provider-Health Plan Partnership Act was passed last year and signed in December by Gov. George Voinovich, but implementation was delayed until now.
The law requires health plans to cover emergency room care even if the hospital isn't in its network; requires external review if people with terminal illnesses seeking experimental care are denied coverage; allows patients to name a specialist as their primary care doctor; and prohibits health plans from offering doctors financial incentives that restrict medical care.
Man hit, dragged by car; police call it intentional
A Walnut Hills man was hit twice by a car Wednesday in what Cincinnati police say was an intentional felonious assault.
Martin Scott Hunter, 23, was released from University Hospital after treatment for abrasions to the front of his body.
Police say he was run over by a white-and-gray Chevrolet Monte Carlo and dragged more than a block on East McMillan Avenue about 4:30 a.m.
According to a police report, when Mr. Hunter returned home, the assailants stopped the car, got out and continued assaulting him.
Police did not know the identity of the suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
New Testament scholar here for free lecture
MASON -- An Illinois New Testament scholar will critique The Jesus Seminar on Friday at Hope Evangelical Free Church.
The Jesus Seminar is a group of scholars who examine the historical accuracy of accounts of Jesus and have found, they say, that many of the words and actions attributed to Jesus were not his.
Dr. Grant Osborne, professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Ill., disagrees with the findings and will critique them from 7-9 p.m. at the free lecture.
The lecture begins a New Testament Introduction course taught at Hope through Trinity's seminary extension program.
Hope Evangelical is at 4934 Western Row Road. Information: 459-0800.
