Saturday, October 30, 1999
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Police review panel not limited by date
Cincinnati's Citizen Review Panel voted Friday in a special meeting to review cases of alleged police misconduct retroactive to Jan. 21 of this year.
A City Council ordinance created the panel on Jan. 21, and did not bar the panel from reviewing police misconduct cases closed before that.
Members said the panel's decision allows a closer look at more recent cases without an overwhelming backlog.
The panel's next regular meeting will be Monday at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 801 Plum St., Committee Room B. Members will review two police shooting cases.
For more information contact the panel's office at 352-2499.
Reece leads the pack in West High vote
If it were up to students at Western Hills High School, Democratic challenger Alicia Reece — at 28, the youngest of the 20 candidates for Cincinnati City Council — would be the next mayor.
Ms. Reece was the top vote-getter in the high school's traditional mock election, conducted Thursday.
The first-time candidate drew 790 votes of the nearly 800 high school students who participated.
Republican incumbent Jeanette Cissell placed second.
Only two other non-incumbents were among the nine council candidates chosen: Democrat Charlie Luken (third place) and Republican Pat DeWine, who was tied for fifth place with Republican incumbent Phil Heimlich.
Charlie Winburn placed fourth with 614 votes, while three other Democratic incumbents rounded out the nine — Minette Cooper (506 votes), Todd Portune (496) and Paul Booth (490).
The only incumbent not chosen by the Western Hills students was Charterite Jim Tarbell, who came in 12th with 386 votes.
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join museum's board
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has added two local businessmen to its board of trustees.
Former Procter & Gamble Co. Chairman John Pepper and Ross Love, president and chief executive officer of Blue Chip Broadcasting, were named to the board during its meeting Thursday.
Mr. Pepper also is leading the center's national fund-raising campaign and is a member of the center's national advisory board.
The freedom center is working to raise $80 million to $90 million. Of that, $10 million will be used for an endowment. The rest will be spent for construction costs, exhibits and programs.
The Freedom Center is designed to celebrate the courage and cooperation of the Underground Railroad, the secret network that helped enslaved African-Americans find freedom.
The museum is scheduled to open in 2003.
Ex-student pleads guilty to 2 killings
COLUMBUS — A former Ohio State University student has pleaded guilty in connection with two campus-area deaths and a series of armed robberies.
Carlo Lamar Marquis Owens, 19, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to nine charges Friday before a three-judge panel in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, said Kari Kittrell, spokeswoman for the Franklin County Prosecutor's office.
These included two counts of aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of Loretta Long, 21, and Patrick Pryor, 20, who were killed Jan. 14 at Ms. Long's apartment.
Mr. Owens also pleaded guilty to one count of felonious assault involving the Jan. 24 shooting of Ohio State student Joshua Sixt, who was shot in the knee during a robbery, Ms. Kittrell said.
Dance will help send kids to karate meet
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — A fund-raising dance for travel expenses for Cincinnati-area youngsters on the National Karate Team will be from 8 p.m. to midnight Nov. 6.
The team will compete Dec. 3-5 in Miskole, Hungary, for the 1999 World Karate Cup.
Local team members: Jordan Finley, 9, North College Hill; Ryan Jennings, 18, Mount Healthy; Jason Nishime, 14, Monfort Heights; Ashley Wagner, 10, Monfort Heights; and David “DJ” Wanner, 10, Maineville.
The event will be at St. John Neumann parish hall, 12191 Mill Road, Pleasant Run.
Cost: $20 per person; $30 per couple, includes food, drink and door prizes.
Information: Mary Beth Nishime, 481-0400.
School massacre averted
Educators here ask: Have we done enough?
Government offers handbook for school security
Pressure's on to commit now to a college
Mother suspect in kids' deaths
Some Hoosiers living on the edge of time
Another October, another OU bash
Lawmakers slam 2% Club
$25M awaits reform programs
3 firefighters hurt in brush fire
Body may have been in park four days
Collectible shop sued over Ruth baseball
Hustler store moves but stays downtown
Uncle gets 5-year prison sentence in child's death
Democrats' radio spot zeros in on Heimlich
Lebanon candidates look at growth, spending
Sole voter's ballot locks deannexation
Write-in candidates aim to beat odds
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PBS host, party planner make area appearances
Pops' show for holiday slick, vibrant
Child removals criticized
Clock a gift to mark century
Eastern link of Butler regional highway opens
Ex-pastor returns for service
Five sets of twins born at Good Sam
Great Danes displaced by fire
Haunted paper factory has fearsome debut
Meister sentenced to 9 years
Railroad commission not obsolete, hopeful says
Tornado warning system on order
Trio accused of bilking Rumpke
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Volunteers build a sidewalk
Water deal for Mason
