Broadway between Fourth Street and Pete Rose Way will be down to one northbound lane and two southbound lanes between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays Monday through Nov. 20.
The closures will allow construction crews to remove steel bridge beams and demolish former Fort Washington Way structures over Broadway.
Avondale woman killed when car hits pole
An Avondale woman was killed after her car hit a utility pole Saturday morning in Norwood.
Norwood police identified her as Regina Horn, 51, of the 3500 block of Harvey Avenue. Investigators say her car rammed a wood pole in the 1500 block of Sherman Avenue about 8:42 a.m.
Ms. Horn had just gotten off work at a nearby nursing home was driving west on Sherman Avenue near Victory Parkway, police said. No one else was in the car.
Police were trying to determine the cause of the accident.
Five injured in crash with Indiana trooper
Five people were injured Saturday night in a Dearborn County crash involving an Indiana State Police cruiser.
The cruiser struck a second vehicle about 8:15 p.m. on U.S. 50 at the intersection of Mount Tabor Road, about 4 miles west of Aurora. The second vehicle apparently pulled out in front of the eastbound cruiser, troopers said. The accident remains under investigation. One person in the second vehicle was flown by helicopter to University Hospital in Cincinnati, troopers said. The other four were taken to Dearborn County Hospital. Two were expected to be treated and released, and the other two were transferred by ambulance to University Hospital. Conditions on those at University Hospital were not available late Saturday.
The trooper, whose name was not available, was unhurt. The trooper was on his way into work.
UC program provides a way to afford college
Tristaters who want to attend college but can't afford tuition may be eligible for the University of Cincinnati's College Assistance Program.
The nine-month program offers first-year classes free to people who fit certain income requirements, have a high school diploma and are eligible for student aid. Textbooks and tutoring also are provided.
The program, started in 1983, has served more than 1,500 students. Details: 556-1607.
Hospital using glue instead of stitches
Next time your children need stitches, they might not get them. Children's Hospital Medical Center predicts that at least 25 percent of the 700 to 900 wound cases the hospital sees every month will get treated with a kind of super glue rather than traditional stitches.
The glue, called Dermabond, won approval Aug. 27 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In many cases, the glue is easier and faster to use. Children who get the glue rarely require a return visit to the doctor.
Kunzels to give update on arts school tonight
Cincinnati Pops Conductor Erich Kunzel and his wife, Brunhilde, will hold a reception today to update supporters of their vision to build a $220 million public arts school to replace the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Over-the-Rhine.
Results of a $330,000 feasibility study are expected by Dec. 31. SCPA enrolls about 1,000 students in grades 4-12. Researchers are expected to explore whether the new school, which would be near Music Hall and Washington Park, could start children as young as kindergarten.
The school would allow students to work closely with professional artists. It would provide the rehearsal rooms, dance studios, fine-arts studios and a modern theater and concert hall not found in SCPA's cramped facilities.
The event is 5-7 p.m. at the SCPA, 1310 Sycamore St. Showtime for "A Music Theater Revue" is 5:15 p.m. A reception will follow immediately.
Call Norma Peterson at 651-9661 for details.
Help sought in finding dead woman's Pontiac
Nearly a month after Cincinnati police think Laquitta Elliott was killed, investigators are pleading for help in finding her car.
Her body was discovered more than a week ago, three weeks after CP:L. Elliott
the 24-year-old Bond Hill woman was last seen alive. The last time police can pinpoint her car being seen was Oct. 2. The car may have been parked near her apartment on Seymour Avenue.
The 1998 Pontiac Grand Am could be the most important piece of evidence in solving the case, homicide Sgt. John Newsom said.
The red car with a dark gray interior had the license plate WAL 532, a "Pierson Automotive" bumper sticker and handcuffs hanging from the rear-view mirror.
Anyone with information about the car or her death is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040. Callers may remain anonymous and can earn cash for clues that lead to an arrest.
BP relocating Ohio research unit
CLEVELAND -- British Petroleum Co. has announced it will close its suburban Cleveland chemical research unit and move it to Chicago. The relocation of BP Chemicals, Inc. will cost Warrensville Heights 230 jobs and reduce the company's local employment to about 100 workers.
BP and Amoco Corp. announced a merger Aug. 11, but officials at the time indicated that BP Chemical might stay in Cleveland. Now officials say that only the roughly 100 employees who service BP's local retail operation will remain.
BP has not set a specific date for the relocation, but company officials said they expect to finish by the end of next year.
