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Local Headlines For Friday, November 20, 1998
Cliff RAdel column
Reds don't get museum basic: You need stuff
The Reds need to bone up on playing the baseball museum game. They think you can hit a home run without stepping up to the plate.
Police ban blanks in training
Cincinnati police will stop using blank rounds in training until they find out what went wrong when recruit Rebecca Hopkins was shot in the back by a trainer.
Funeral says farewell to a player with dreams
EDGEWOOD - Arthur "Artie" Steinmetz looked forward to fulfilling a Kentucky boy's fantasy: Next year, he would wear the blue and white football jersey of the University of Kentucky Wildcats.
For $350, dear departed's DNA stays
Funeral directors in Cincinnati and several states have gone beyond selling burial services, caskets and flower arrangements. They are offering to collect and store your loved one's DNA in perpetuity.
Dems ask in on probe of governor
COLUMBUS - Democrats sought a way Thursday to officially pursue charges that Republican Gov. George Voinovich approved an alleged scheme to launder money from his campaign to his brother and a Statehouse lobbyist.
Friend tries in vain to save woman
MIDDLETOWN - As he tried to break down the door of the burning house Thursday to rescue his friend and landlady, he could hear her calling his name.
Hamilton gets new leader
HAMILTON - The Tristate's second-largest city is getting a new leader, and he's determined to raise the city's prominence in the region.
Holiday food aid a bit iffy
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, food pantries and soup kitchens are scrambling to prepare for another busy season of giving.
Ky. agrees to join tobacco deal
UNION - Boone County tobacco farmer Bob Flaig was glad to learn late Thursday afternoon that Kentucky had signed off on a settlement with the nation's largest cigarette makers.
Miami building to get rehab funds
OXFORD - Most of the $25.5 million in state capital improvement funds that may come to Butler County will go to repair and rehabilitate a building at Miami University's main campus.
Clermont seeks more state money
BATAVIA - An application for $550,000 in Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) funding was approved by Clermont County commissioners Wednesday - the second such application the commissioners have approved this year.
Trail's cyclists to get restrooms
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - State legislators want to give riders on the Little Miami Bike Trail a little relief.
2 suspects sought in UC assault
University of Cincinnati police have released composite drawings of two suspects wanted in the kidnapping and assault of a female UC student early Tuesday while she was walking to her dormitory.
Caller helps snag burglary suspects
INDEPENDENCE - A report of a suspicious vehicle led police to three arrests for a burglary they hadn't known about.
Coroner suggests Cleves pair died in murder-suicide
A coroner's finding in the deaths of two Cleves teen-agers suggests they died as the result of a murder-suicide.
End to nursing home shortage seen
ELSMERE - The opening of three Kenton County nursing homes within the next two years will mean "a happy homecoming" for the 331 patients displaced by last year's closing of St. John's Health Care Center in Covington, an advocate for seniors said.
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Ex-guard accused of sex with inmate
HAMILTON - A former Butler County Jail corrections officer is accused of having sexual relations with a 22-year-old female inmate.
Gambling: Indiana's salvation or addiction?
INDIANAPOLIS - Sitting elbow to elbow during a hearing of the Indiana Gaming Impact Study Commission on Thursday, casino employees and anti-gambling activists weighed addiction and crime against economic and development gains.
Killer's execution canceled for appeal
Monday's death date has been canceled for William Lee Garner, convicted of setting fires that killed five children.
Lebanon wacky for Warriors
Signs are propped in storefront windows. Banners are strung throughout downtown. Merchants are adorned in maroon and white. Lebanon High School's football team is the talk of the town.
Ruling may lead to ex-cop's trial
A former Cincinnati police officer may soon return to court to face charges of planting drugs on a suspect.
TRISTATE DIGEST
AKRON, Ohio - The state's E-check tailpipe testing program violates the Ohio Constitution and should be stopped, according to a class-action lawsuit.
Union planners need ideas
UNION - Under the terms of the present Union Town Plan, Rick Newman feels caged in.
Veggies help resist smokes
Keeping a plate of crunchy vegetables on his desk at work is how Dave Everson of Anderson Township survived the Great American Smokeout on Thursday.
Warder Nursery will be a park
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP - Warder Nursery will be developed into a park, with both recreational and green space, after the Cincinnati Park Board agreed Thursday to sell or lease the area to the township.
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