Friday, June 18, 1999
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Teen to be tried as adult in killing
A 15-year-old was sent to adult court Thursday, charged in the Christmas Eve beating death of an Evanston man.
Julius Evans of Evanston is charged with one count of aggravated murder.
Prosecutors say Robert Hicks, 48, was attacked with bricks and pieces of wood as he walked along Fernside Avenue about 1:30 a.m.
Mr. Hicks died in January after lapsing into a coma. Prosecutors say the cause of death was trauma to the brain he suffered in the December beating.
They say Mr. Evans and “a gang of youths” taunted and attacked Mr. Hicks as he walked home.
After a hearing Thursday in Hamilton County Juvenile Court, Mr. Evans was ordered to stand trial as an adult.
Prosecutor Mike Allen said he hoped the order would lead investigators to other possible witnesses and suspects in the case.
I-75 crash victim was Batavia man
MONROE — Police have identified the victim of Wednesday's fiery truck crash.
Terry Beagle, 44, of Batavia was pronounced dead at the scene on northbound Interstate 75 near Ohio 63 about 5:45 a.m.
Mr. Beagle's small work truck went off the road and hit the rear of a tractor-trailer rig parked on the berm. Both vehicles burst into flames.
Mr. Beagle was trapped, but the tractor-trailer driver, Alvin Appleby, 52, of Elkhorn City, Ky., was able to escape. He was treated at Middletown Regional Hospital and released.
Mr. Appleby was cited for failing to obey a sign prohibiting nonemergency stopping.
The crash, which occurred near a rest area, snarled rush-hour traffic for hours and jammed surrounding roads.
Police don't know why Mr. Beagle's truck went off the road.
Lone gunman robs Colerain Twp. store
A man held up a SuperAmerica in Colerain Township Thursday, sparking a manhunt by Hamilton County Sheriff's officers in the air and on the ground.
A female clerk at SuperAmerica, 9251 Colerain Ave., told sheriff's officials that a white male, about 5-foot-11, 175 pounds, entered the store about 6:30 p.m. and demanded cash at gunpoint. The suspect fled with an undetermined amount of money.
The sheriff's department combed the area around the store and searched by helicopter for the light-brown-haired man, who was wearing a red tank top and red sports shorts.
Worker cut, bruised in mall accident
SPRINGDALE — A construction worker suffered minor injuries Thursday after ceiling tile collapsed on him in a store being remodeled in Tri-County Mall.
The man suffered cuts and bruises, mall officials said, and was taken to Mercy Hospital Fairfield.
Hospital officials said Gary Austin Nichols, address unknown, was treated and released. The accident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. on the second floor in what used to be Children's Place. The area had been blocked off from the public.
Mr. Nichols was standing on scaffolding about 6 feet off the ground and was removing tiles from a drop ceiling when the tiles began to fall on him.
Mr. Nichols was knocked to the floor, Fire Chief Dan Sharoyer said.
Dayton schools lose bid for more money
DAYTON, Ohio — A federal judge Thursday ruled he has no authority to order the state to pay the Dayton Board of Education more money for the cost of desegregating the city's public schools.
U.S. District Court Judge Walter Rice said the state has met its obligations by helping pay to trans port the students to school and is not obligated to pay additional expenses.
Judge Rice said the failure of the Dayton school board to eliminate the last vestiges of segregation doesn't warrant changing a 1987 agreement between the board and the state that established what the state would pay.
The school district referred calls to its attorney, Dwight Washington, who said he did not want to comment until he read the judge's decision.
The case began in 1972 when a group of Dayton schoolchildren and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed a lawsuit alleging the school system was segregated. In 1976, U.S. District Court Judge Carl Rubin ordered the schools be racially balanced.
Under the agreement reached in 1987, the state agreed to pay the school board $25 million in past desegregation costs and half of the future cost of transporting Dayton students to school.
The case lay dormant until 1997, when the school board asked Judge Rice to order the state to help with a $431 million education reform plan.
Priest named to head school-aid fund
The Rev. Terence J. Meehan, pastor of Holy Name Church in Mount Auburn and St. Andrew Church in Avondale, will chair the 1999-2000 Parish Appeal for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati's Catholic Inner-City Schools Education (CISE) Fund.
The fund provides tuition aid for low-income students and some operating expenses in eight urban elementary schools. Father Meehan is asking all Catholic parishes in Greater Cincinnati to take up one collection during the coming year for the CISE Fund. To date, the 1998-99 Parish Appeal has raised $89,000 from 49 parishes.
Last week's weather may hurt wheat yield
The hot and humid weather that smothered Ohio and the Midwest last week may take a slight toll on this year's winter wheat crop.
Although most farmers still expect a high quality crop, they say the solid week of 90-degree days probably will reduce yields around the state.
Hancock County Extension Agent Gary Wilson said yields could be down by as much as 10 bushels per acre. A wheat farmer can typically get 70 to 90 bushels per acre.
Losing 10 bushels an acre could cost a farmer about $25. For a farmer with 400 acres in wheat, that's $10,000.
Ohio Turnpike opens convenience centers
FREMONT, Ohio — The first two new travel centers along the Ohio Turnpike opened Thursday, giving motorists more restrooms, parking spaces and food choices.
The $9 million centers are not fully completed, but each now offers fuel, vending machines and restrooms.
The restaurants, including Max & Erma's, Burger King, Jody Maroni's and Starbucks, probably won't open until early August.
The centers are midway between Cleveland and Toledo.
House backs Ten Commandments in schools
House makes gun show sales easier
Robbed lemonade seller drenched with gifts
Gambling panel's report inconclusive
Argosy visitors advise limits
Researchers test fish as toxic alarms
Strollin' on the river
Area congressmen disclose their assets
Area's ozone war continuous
Lucas lists assets of $2M
Lunchtime at drive-up means rush-hour lite
Mall walkers threaten boycott after hours reduced
Girl honored for tackling attacking dog
Summer the time to watch for biting dogs
Banker to be Turfway's president
Garbage transfer station opposed
Lakota schools get $4.5 million in deal with Coca-Cola
Teen kept fire from being tragedy
Women get new refuge from abuse
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Anti-landslide rules suggested
County saves with insurance switch
Fairfield acting chief job hunting
Fishing tournament catches a crowd
Kenton Co. jail move gets dicey
List for NCH school leader down to 3
Ohioans jump at tax-filing innovations
Private dispatch idea dies
Proposal: Buy a house, cut taxes
Townships plan to share fire station
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