It's official. Hamilton's largest hospital has joined the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati -- and gets a new name in the process. Fort Hamilton-Hughes Memorial Hospital, a 185-bed facility at 630 Eaton Ave., has been renamed Fort Hamilton Hospital, officials said Friday.
A memo of understanding declaring the hospital's intent to join the Health Alliance was signed in June. Now, all the trustees involved have approved the legal details.
The Health Alliance now has six hospitals: University, Christ, Jewish, St. Luke East, St. Luke West and Fort Hamilton.
Program to explain Guatemalan adoptions
The adoption of children from Guatemala will be the focus of meeting Wednesday in Springdale.
Lutheran Social Services of the Miami Valley is sponsoring the meeting. Parents who have adopted children and an international adoption agency official will be on hand.
The meeting will be 7-9 p.m. at the agency's offices at 11370 Springfield Pike. Those interested in attending should contact Lutheran Social Services at 326-5430 and ask for Joan Thomas or Barbara Wentz. There is no registration fee.
UC fair offers advice on jobs, housing
There will be more than 30 booths at the Community Resource Fair, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday in the Great Hall of Tangeman University Center at the University of Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, Community Action Agency, Hamilton County Department of Human Services, Queen City Vocational and other agencies will provide information on finding a job, housing, emergency assistance or health insurance. This event is sponsored by the UC Arlitt Child and Family Research and Education Center.
For more information, call 556-3804.
Teen-ager's death was an accident, police say
DAYTON, Ohio -- A 14-year-old boy was shot in his home and killed in what police say was an accidental shooting.
The Montgomery County coroner's office on Friday identified the victim as Keyshawon Fuller of Dayton.
A 17-year-old boy was charged with delinquency by reason of negligent homicide. Police would not release his name.
"We heard a gunshot. He fell down the steps on the landing," said Tamika Wilson, a family friend. "It was an accident. I don't believe it was purposely done."
Teens get probation for making porn video
CLEVELAND -- Four teen-agers each received a year's probation Friday for making and distributing a pornographic video.
The youths -- three boys and a girl -- were convicted last week of delinquency by way of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor.
Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge William Chinnock could have sentenced them to time in a youth detention center.
Each will have to perform 100 hours of community service work. The judge also ordered them to read a book that draws a correlation between pornography and the incidence of sexual assault.
The girl, who was 14 at the time the video was made, was in the movie along with one of the boys, who was 17. Another boy, then 14, operated the camera. The third boy, 15 at the time, helped distribute the tape.
Juvenile arrested in school arson
A call to Crime Stoppers has led police to arrest a second suspect in the Oct. 1 arson at Bramble Developmental Academy in Madisonville. The suspects' images were captured on a school security camera before the blaze did $15,000 damage to a classroom.
The first suspect was identified last week as Jamie Denson, 18, of Madisonville. The second suspect is a 15-year-old Madisonville boy. Both face two counts of aggravated burglary and two counts of arson. While Mr. Denson faces adult charges, the 15-year-old's case is in Hamilton County Juvenile Court.
Downtown streets to close for events
Drivers will have to find ways to skirt around Cincinnati streets closed for events this weekend.
From 7 a.m. today to 1 a.m. Sunday, 12th Street between Walnut and Main streets and Clay Street between 13th Street and Central Parkway will be closed for the Over-the-Rhine Microbrewery Extravaganza. From 7 to 11 a.m. Sunday, the following streets will be closed for the Avon Running -- Cincinnati Race:
- Fifth Street between Vine Street and Columbia Parkway.
- Columbia Parkway between Fifth Street and Taft Road.
- Kemper Lane between Francis Lane and Eastern Avenue.
Fire, police recruits to meet on ball field
The Cincinnati Fire Division's recruit class has issued a challenge to the police recruit class to test their skills on the softball field.
The game is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Salway Field, No. 1, on Spring Grove Avenue, across from Spring Grove Cemetery in Northside.
$27,000 in drugs seized
Cincinnati police recovered about $27,000 worth of powder cocaine and marijuana Thursday in a drug bust in Madisonville.
Two Madisonville men -- Antione Bronaugh, 25, and Louis Dwight Smith, 21 -- face two counts each of felony possession of drugs. They are being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center, each in lieu of $100,000 bond.
A grand jury will decide by Oct. 26 whether to indict them.
