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HOME STATE ORDEAL ALMOST OVER
The 15-year struggle to sell off the remains of Home State Savings Bank will end in the next few months, when more than $140 million is returned to the state of Ohio.
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Local Headlines for Saturday, Jan. 8, 2000
Portune takes on Bedinghaus
Democratic Cincinnati Councilman Todd Portune will take on Hamilton County Commissioner Bob Bedinghaus, a Republican, in this year's elec tion. But another disgruntled Democrat may put some roadblocks in Mr. Portune's way.
Flu or not, we're feeling crummy
It seems as if everybody in town either has been sick or knows somebody who has been in the past few weeks. Chalk it up to the annual flu season, right? Not necessarily.
Vaccine is best way to escape flu
So how can you protect yourself from the flu? The best way to avoid the flu (along with most other infectious winter bugs) is to follow basic personal hygiene, said Malcolm Adcock, Cincinnati's health commissioner.
Employers accused of profiting at kids' expense
At least three corporations responsible for withholding child support from their employees' paychecks are accused of sitting on those payments, potentially earning interest, as needy families awaited their checks.
Firefighters suspended in flap over testing
FAIRFIELD — Seven firefighters accused of improperly possessing paramedic training tests are being punished but will keep their jobs.
How to dispose/recycle your Christmas tree
If you don't need a little Christmas right this very moment, topple that tree in your living room and drag it out the door closest to the street.
Flynt preparing designs for store
MONROE — Jimmy Flynt's dream is to open a new Hustler megastore here by March. To others, it's a nightmare.
Group homes found lacking
COLUMBUS — A state program that places mentally retarded residents in group homes fails to make sure they are adequately cared for or are safe from abuse, according to a new federal audit.
New pool may give school's a break
As the only Northern Kentucky high school with a pool, Scott High School's facility in Taylor Mill gets year-round use from early morning to late evening.
School levies moving toward forefront
Cincinnati Public Schools leaders showed a disturbing lack of urgency about their need for a $24 million levy last fall and must mobilize immediately to convince voters how desperately the district needs two lev ies it will seek in March, former Gov. John Gilligan said Friday.
2nd District up for grabs
LEBANON — In Republican-dominated Warren County, the primary election traditionally decides the next round of elected officials. It is especially true this year.
Butler Co. races heat up
HAMILTON — Union Township Trustee Catherine Stoker will try to unseat incumbent Butler County Commissioner Chuck Furmon in the November general election.
Congressional ballots fill out
A short, intense battle is in store for central Ohio's 12th Congressional District, where the retirement of Rep. John Kasich brought out seven challengers by Friday's filing deadline.
Two judges to run for Ohio Supreme Court
Timothy S. Black, a Hamilton County Municipal Court judge, and James A. Brogan, a judge on the Ohio 2nd District Court of Appeals in Dayton, filed as candidates Thursday for the Ohio Supreme Court.
Zoo's female cheetah dies
Maya, a 9-year-old female cheetah who graced stages at Riverbend and Music Hall and traveled to Greater Cincinnati classrooms, died in her sleep last month at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
Warren judge retiring midway through term
LEBANON — After more than three decades in the Warren County criminal justice system and midway through a second term as juvenile-probate judge, Mark Clark is hanging up his robe.
N.Ky. man in line for top utilities job
FORT MITCHELL — Fort Mitchell attorney Martin Huelsmann, a Democrat who has held various positions in Gov. Paul Patton's administration, is a top contender to head the commission overseeing utilities in Kentucky.
Krista Ramsey column
Now is good time to take time with kids
If there is a time when family life settles down — and some of us doubt such a time exists — it is now, in the heart of winter.
Queen City's moments to shine reflected in book
There's a new book about a city that is hard not to love. It's a city of romantic sites and daring deeds, of caring people and good times, a place that treasures small-town values as it pursues big-city dreams.
Tornado cleanup closes college
OWENSBORO — The 700-plus students at Kentucky Wesleyan College won't begin spring semester Monday. The tornado that swept Owensboro this week saw to that.
College designs grab top grades
Building projects at Xavier University, the University of Cincinnati and Miami University Middletown took honors at this year's Cincinnati Design Awards, which, for the first time, drew architects and interior designers together for the presentations late last year.
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Firm owned by Voinovich's brother files for bankruptcy
CLEVELAND — The V Group, a company owned by U.S. Sen. George Voinovich's brother, filed for bankruptcy Friday to try to recover after losing a multimillion dollar lawsuit.
Gender equity to be discussed at Beechwood
FORT MITCHELL — Members of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association will visit Beechwood High School Monday to discuss gender equity in sports with school officials, parents and the public.
Long family tradition ends with fire chief's retirement
FRANKLIN — When Franklin Fire Chief Hugh DePew officially retires later this month, he will end a longstanding tradition of having a DePew on the city's fire department.
Man who put weedkiller in medication gets 4 years
BATAVIA — Joe Lee Peters, 21, of Union Township, Clermont County, was sentenced Friday to four years in prison by Common Pleas Court Judge Robert P. Ringland for trying to poison his grandmother's husband.
New bride will be Boone Co. PVA
BURLINGTON — Paula Goff was appointed Friday by Gov. Paul Patton to fill a vacancy as Boone County property value administrator. She takes over the office Monday. Sunday night, she will get married.
New school found for boy who sued
BELLEVUE — A Bellevue eighth grader who sued the school system after he was refused readmittance to Bellevue High School following a six-week absence will begin classes at an alternative school in Newport next week.
Patton visits Owensboro, offers state assistance
OWENSBORO, Ky. — Gov. Paul Patton toured storm-wracked Owensboro on Friday, offering state assistance to families whose homes were damaged or destroyed by a powerful tornado that swept through the area.
Rest home owner to fight revocation
DAYTON, Ohio — The owner of a Dayton rest home where four mentally ill residents died during 1999 plans to formally object to a recommendation that the home's license be revoked, the man's attorney said Friday.
Slow water problem fixed
LEBANON — A computer glitch at a Warren County water plant left more than 1,000 households in Deerfield and Hamilton townships with low water pressure for about four hours early Friday.
Subdivision wants trees around proposed store
GREEN TOWNSHIP — In an ongoing zoning dispute, residents of the Chateau Lakes subdivision say they don't want to see an 80,000-square-foot store instead of trees.
TRISTATE DIGEST
A Hamilton County grand jury indicted two men Friday in connection with the Dec. 13 theft of an automated teller machine.
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