Tuesday, April 13, 1999
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Lakota shifts 180 elementary pupils
UNION TOWNSHIP — Some pupils in the Lakota Schools will change buildings in August to ease crowding at Cherokee and Freedom elementary schools.
Children who live in Butler County's Meadow Ridge subdivision will move from Freedom to Adena Elementary. Those who live in the Countryside Estates Trailer Park and Cherokee Estates subdivision will move from Cherokee to Liberty Elementary.
About 180 students will be affected by the move, which is a change from the redistricting plan presented to the school board last month. Several parents, angered at the moves, spoke out against the original plan. Their comments prompted the board to postpone its decision and schedule two meetings on it.
The original plan had about 280 students changing schools. The revised plan was adopted Monday.
New hearing date for demoted officer
HAMILTON — A hearing for a demoted police sergeant has been rescheduled.
The Civil Service Commission, which last week began hearing the appeal of Joseph P. Booher, had planned to resume the hearing Monday.Instead, the hearing will begin at 5 p.m. today in city council chambers.
Mr. Booher, a 14-year veteran of the force, was demoted two ranks last month after Capt. Joseph Murray, acting police chief, found him guilty of three departmental violations. Those charges stemmed from a Nov. 24 scuffle with Detective James Cifuentes at the police station. Mr. Booher put his hands around the detective's neck, and several other officers intervened.
Motel clerk gone along with receipts
A Travelodge clerk has been missing since Sunday, along with $1,300 from the motel at 3244 Central Parkway in Clifton.
Cincinnati police say Sheila Hardy, 19, was reported missing after would-be customers found the motel office locked about 1:50 a.m. Sunday. Motel workers discovered the cash was gone.
Police are investigating whether it was theft or foul play.
Anyone with information about Ms. Hardy's whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
Driver, passenger injured in crash
Two women were in serious condition Monday afternoon at University Hospital after a traffic accident in Mount Auburn.
Mary E. Brown, 45, of Greenfield, Ohio, was driving east on the 200 block of McGregor Avenue when she went off the right side of the road, struck a tree, crossed Maplewood Avenue and struck another tree. Her car came to rest on its roof.
A passenger, Gustie Church, 44, of Lima, Ohio, also was injured.
Clerk admits he put oil in drinks
DAYTON, Ohio — A former service-station clerk accused of injecting an oil into soft drinks that were for sale at the station pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to a charge of tampering with consumer products.
Nicholas Stidd, 19, of Spring Valley, could be sentenced to as much as 10 years in prison but also could be placed on probation. Mr. Stidd, a clerk at a BP station in Bellbrook, on Nov. 10 punched tiny pin holes in two 2-liter bottles of soda and sprayed petroleum distillate inside.
The FBI said Mr. Stidd told investigators he did it because he was bored.
Ohio modernizes gas credit cards
COLUMBUS — Drivers of state vehicles will be able to gas up and go more quickly under a credit card deal the state Controlling Board approved Monday.
Eventually, 8,700 workers who drive state cars will participate, said Department of Administration Deputy Director George Kaitsa.
The state uses credit cards dating to 1973 that require carbon paper imprints. The new cards have a magnetic strip.
Will Newport bell rattle its neighbors?
Seniors score well on Ohio test
CPS improves on 12th-grade test
New Reds stadium could be delayed
Y2K poses monumental problem for cemeteries
Bridge connects Covington, downtown
Experts say contempt ruling hurts Clinton
Hyde appearance raises $100,000 for Chabot
Junior high kids back at home after fire
Proposed hate crime law takes hits from gay-rights opponents
School secretary pleads guilty to thefts
'Daddy Don't' takes tough look at sex abuse
Pokemon having monstrous impact
Tom Petty still young at his art
$56,000 to mail out mayor proposal
Bellevue getting veterans clinic in June
Campbell Co. school debating dress code
Cheyne Kehoe tells Ark. court his brother bragged of killings
Fairfield taking year off from summer festival
Family faces 2nd tragedy
GOP builds strong base in Boone Co.
Group works to buy fire truck
Kentucky school testing simplified
Lebanon making downtown plan
Man, 19, killed in Price Hill
Mason roads getting overhaul
Office manager pocketed funds
Road may be named after commissioner
Roommates charged in Indiana death
Students part of 'blitz build'
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