Friday, October 29, 1999
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p9 22 tickets written on Ft. Wash. Way
Cincinnati police wrote 22 citations to drivers on Fort Washington Way during a four-hour blitz Thursday morning on the downtown highway that is still under construction.
Police wrote 18 citations to drivers with vehicles wider than 7 feet. All such vehicles are banned from the highway as construction continues through August 2000. That's when a $280 million renovation to make the highway safer is scheduled to be completed. Now, drivers are sharing four lanes of the eventual eight-lane highway.
Police also wrote two speeding tickets and two tickets for commercial vehicle log book violations.
Most of 25 suspects in drug probe arrested
HAMILTON — After a grand jury issued an 80-count secret indictment naming 21 adults and four juveniles on drug-related charges, Hamilton police on Wednesday rounded up most of the suspects, said Sgt. Thomas E. Kilgour, police spokesman.
The indictments resulted from a 10-month undercover investigation by Hamilton police and federal agents into drug trafficking, with assistance from Butler County Prosecutor John F. Holcomb.
The operation, dubbed “Casper” after the department's new drug-detection dog, was conducted with the help of a federal grant.
Of the the 25 indicted, 17 have prior drug convictions, Sgt. Kilgour said, and the average “buy” was $200 to $300.
Demolition accident kills 2, injures 1
RAVENNA, Ohio — Two people were killed and one was injured Thursday when the roof collapsed at a building being demolished at a former military ammunition factory.
Firefighters scrambled across the collapsed roof and cut holes to check for anyone trapped, while a rescue crew formed a bucket brigade to remove debris to aid the search at the Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant, a former munitions storage site and a training area for the Ohio National Guard.
Plant spokesman Mark Patterson said the names of the two people killed will not be released until their families are notified.
Jay Hooker, 43, of Moundsville, W.Va., suffered head cuts and was in stable condition at Robinson Memorial Hospital. His injuries didn't appear to be life-threatening, said hospital spokeswoman Jill Lewis.
The cause of the collapse wasn't immediately known. It occurred while workers with Environmental Construction, Inc. of Tallmadge, were demolishing 12 buildings on the sprawling arsenal located about 20 miles east of Akron.
Pollution preventers win awards from Taft
Moellering Industries and the Regional Ozone Coalition won Ohio Gov. Bob Taft's outstanding achievement award in pollution prevention Wednesday.
The award recognized the coalition's 1998 program that provided free tests for gas caps and free replacements.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said tighter caps prevented about 3.5 tons of smog-building gasoline fumes from venting into the air each day.
The coalition covers the seven-county smog region: Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Hamilton, Butler, Clermont and Warren counties.
Moellering, in Cincinnati's West End, voluntarily reduced its use of materials that emitted hazardous fumes and saved money doing it.
Police review panel has special meeting
Cincinnati's Citizens Police Review Panel will hold a special meeting today to determine if it can review alleged police misconduct cases closed before Jan. 21.
A City Council ordinance created the panel that day. The ordinance does not bar the panel from reviewing cases retroactively.
The public meeting begins at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 801 Plum St., Room 104.
For more information, contact the panel's office at 352-2499.
Fears of violence close Cleveland school
CLEVELAND — Mayor Michael R. White on Thursday night ordered a high school closed today while authorities investigate what they believe is a group of students' plot to “disrupt the school with violent acts.”
Mr. White said 11 students at South High School face possible disciplinary action for their alleged involvement.
“We're talking about a plan to disrupt the school with violent acts,” said Mr. White, also the 77,000-student Cleveland school district's top official.
Mr. White said the high school, which has an enrollment of about 1,500, is being checked locker by locker for weapons and explosive devices. None were found Thursday night.
The high school's principal, acting on information received from students Thursday, uncovered evidence of a possible violent attack in the school today.
School district security and police were called in to assist in the investigation.
Mr. White said some “documents” that were found appear to be evidence of the planned attack. He refused to specify what those documents were or what was described.
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