Motorists taking hits in wallets
Gas prices have risen more than 10 cents a gallon in the Tristate over the past two weeks, with Greater Cincinnati continuing to exceed the national average and with more increases expected in coming weeks.
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His greatest sermon
Every so often comes a man whose hope brings new life, whose faith changes a community. Father James Willig is one such man.
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Local Headlines for Friday, April 20, 2001
Rhodes: Levy scare is political
Hamilton County Auditor Dusty Rhodes thinks the county's gloom-and-doom warnings about next year's budget are politically motivated.
After the Holocaust: Starting over
About 40 students from Covington Independent Schools' First District Elementary toured “Rebirth After the Holocaust” at Cincinnati Museum Center on Thursday afternoon,
Blood test can help predict infertility
A Tristate fertility expert says many women are wasting thousands of dollars on near-hopeless in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments because they aren't getting, or don't know about, a blood test.
Police: Woman ran previous spa
MIDDLETOWN — A Korean woman accused of being the madam of one of two illicit massage parlors raided here this month ran a similar business in northern Ohio, police testified in a court hearing Thursday.
Blows to head killed woman in river
BURLINGTON — Boone County police said Thursday the woman whose body was found in the Ohio River last week died from multiple blows to the head.
Fix-up scam reported in Butler Co.
HAMILTON — Authorities in at least two Butler County communities are investigating nearly a dozen reports of a home-improvement scam, in which homeowners say they spent tens of thousands of dollars for work that went uncompleted.
Boy's death still probed
MIDDLETOWN — Police and child-protection workers are continuing to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy who will be buried today.
Campbell seniors' redone writing due today
ALEXANDRIA — Today is the deadline for seniors at Campbell County High School to turn in their writing portfolios, which they've been scrambling to redo.
Clinic licenses heart-assist pump for production
CLEVELAND — A heart-assist pump developed at the Cleveland Clinic to help diseased hearts is being licensed to a Pennsylvania company for production and human testing.
Earth Day events include park party
People across the Tristate will celebrate the 31st anniversary of Earth Day.
Falmouth to investigate mayor
FALMOUTH — City Council voted 5-1 Thursday to begin an investigation of Mayor Gene Flaugher's actions regarding the alteration of a Kentucky Ethics Commission opinion.
Hamilton's North End spiffs up
Volunteers will be treated to refreshments, said Sue Stephenson, program manager for Butler County Recycling and Litter Prevention. All ages are welcome.
Judge approves sale of some of Wilkinson's stores
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A bankruptcy judge Thursday gave preliminary approval to the piecemeal liquidation of a bookstore company founded by former Gov. Wallace Wilkinson.
Ky. on foot-and-mouth alert
OWENSBORO, Ky. — State and federal veterinarians and agriculture officials met Wednesday to discuss the possibility of Scottish tourists bringing foot-and-mouth disease into Kentucky.
Lawsuit filed in shooting death
The mother of Cassandra Betts filed a $9 million wrongful death suit on Thursday against downtown barbershop owner Tony Ringer, who is charged with murder in Ms. Betts' shooting death in December.
McConnell challenger to visit
CRESTVIEW HILLS — The Democrat taking on the formidable Mitch McConnell in next year's U.S. Senate race makes her first official campaign visit to Northern Kentucky next month.
Ohio miniature railroad chugging to national fame
WEST CARROLLTON — Part of a 40-year-old miniature railroad that was among the first to be run like the real thing is moving out of the basement and into a museum.
Popular Rodger is sacked from 'Survivor'
Rodger Bingham, the Crittenden, Ky., teacher who gained a national following in 12 weeks of prime-time television appearances, got dumped in Thursday's episode of Survivor: The Australian Outback and lost his chance at the $1 million dollar prize.
Queensgate crash kills 3
Two Over-the-Rhine brothers and a Norwood teen were killed Wednesday night in a one-car accident on an Interstate 75 exit ramp in Queensgate.
Sayler Park chorus rises against plant
More than 350 residents of Sayler Park pleaded with the Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday to save their riverfront from a cement distribution facility.
School sale advised
A deal is in the works that would allow a state charter school to buy an unused Cincinnati Public Schools building.
Wilkens Blvd. opens
DEERFIELD TWP. — The public is invited to a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the opening of Wilkens Boulevard and a reception at the Snyder House at Deerfield Township Cottell Park, 5847 Irwin-Simpson Road.
Withrow gets $10,000 for students' computer access
Withrow High School's efforts to give every student 24-hour computer access received a boost Thursday when the Pfizer Foundation donated $10,000 to the school.
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