Saturday, May 01, 1999
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Police accuse mother of leaving kids alone
A 29-year-old mother of six is in jail, accused of leaving her children home alone for three days.
Cincinnati police say Bridgett Williams, of the 3100 block of Bracken Woods Lane in Westwood, left her children in a filthy home with little food until officers found them Thursday night.
The children range in age from 4 months to 12 years.
The Hamilton County Department of Human Services has placed the children with relatives and family friends while the case is pending.
Ms. Williams faces six misdemeanor counts of child endangering. She was being held Friday at the Hamilton County Justice Center.
Divers find body of missing boater
Divers found the body of Charles Hodge Friday afternoon, a day after his boat capsized in Caesar Creek Lake, 50 miles northeast of Cincinnati.
Mr. Hodge, 57, of Huber Heights was fishing Thursday with Robert Reed, 51, of Dayton when water swamped the boat. Neither man was wearing a life jacket, said Chuck Thiemann, acting manager of Caesar Creek State Park.
A nearby boater was able to grab Mr. Reed and drag him to shore. Mr. Reed was treated Thursday at Bethesda Warren County Hospital and released.
A Loveland-Symmes Township diver found the body about 1:30 p.m. Friday 58 feet below the lake's surface, Mr. Thiemann said.
Meanwhile, Middletown authorities continued to search Friday for the body of 42-year-old Bill Heavrin, who apparently drowned Monday in the Great Miami River near Ohio 122 while swimming with a friend.
Nurse will speak about AIDS in Africa
Kushatha Mosieyane, a nurse from Botswana in southern Africa, will speak on general inequalities and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa at 7 p.m. Monday.
Her talk will be part of the May meeting of the National Organization for Women at First Unitarian Church, Linton Street and Reading Road, Avondale.
Ms. Mosieyane is a master's candidate at the Center for Women's Studies at the University of Cincinnati.
UD student studying soil at Fernald site
A University of Dayton doctoral student is getting her hands dirty at the former Fernald uranium processing plant in Crosby Township.
Season Snyder, 25, of McKees Rocks, Pa., received a $24,000 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to study the condition of the site's depleted and damaged topsoil. Over two years she will use a new methodology, gauging the health of microorganisms in the dirt to determine whether it will support seeds and plants.
Ohio EPA will use her findings in determining the best way to restore the site's original ecosystem once it is cleaned up in 2008.
Farm bureau members visiting Honduras
Two members of the Indiana Farm Bureau are in Honduras this weekend, delivering $13,000 cash plus $5,000 in medical supplies to victims of Hurricane Mitch.
Andrew Cleveland, field representative from two east-central Indiana districts, and Cary Blake, electronic communications manager, arrived in the country Wednesday and are staying through Sunday. They are carrying cash, equipment and good will from farm bureau members statewide.
The medical supplies were donated by Muncie-based Ball Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Cleveland's sister and her husband, Elaine and Roger Twitchell, are missionaries in Honduras. They will guide the tour and ensure that the relief reaches those who have not yet recovered from the hurricane that hit six months ago.
Youths with big hearts provide hope
Rumors send cops to schools
Abortion foes take credit for decline
Emergency-service students aid tornado cleanup
Party planned for tornado volunteers
Cincinnati's Century of Change
Man files civil rights suit against police
Officer charged with drunken driving
Shortened life may have long reach
Fish just keep coming
Mysterious powder empties office
Duke's 'Muir Woods' mesmerizes CSO crowd
'Strings' comes alive when Andrews sings
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American Heritage Girls expanding
Ark. jury begins deliberations in Chevie Kehoe's murder trial
Bauer looks for cause of school shootings
Deerfield requests three more deputies
Florence officers apply for chief
Former Lebanon student denies gun charge
Golf Manor can't open its pool
Local VA hospital found in compliance with standards
NCH schools hoping levy wins this time
No more bumping along Grand Avenue
Pupils re-enact Civil War
Trial will test Ohio sham law
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Wreck dumps acid near state park
