Police appeal for help finding stabber

        Cincinnati police are looking for help in finding the man who stabbed a woman on her way to work Wednesday morning at an off-campus office of Children's Hospital Medical Center in Avondale.

        Investigators have passed out fliers of the man's composite sketch to a methadone clinic near the office at 2900 Vernon Place and to the Cincinnati Community Mental Health Board, but no one has recognized him.

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        Helen Forrester, 53, of Dent was still heavily sedated Thursday, so officers have not spoken to her directly about the incident in which a man stabbed her repeatedly in the face, arm, back and chest. She was listed Thursday in serious condition.

        Police think the attacker is drug-addicted or mentally ill.

        Police describe the stabber as black, age 15 to 25, of medium build, and wearing a red shirt, black pants and a gold earring in his right ear.

        Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
       

Rose ex-bookie owes support, county says

        LEBANON — Pete Rose's ex-bookie, Ron Peters, was in jail Thursday, accused of being one of Warren County's most wanted deadbeat parents.

        Mr. Peters, who authorities say owes $45,000 in back support for his daughter, is among 11 people arrested so far in the county's fifth annual child support roundup, according to Mitch Bonham, director of Warren County Child Support Enforcement Agency.

        Mr. Peters, who is jailed in lieu of $25,000 bail, was in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he lives, and flown back to the Cincinnati area last week, sheriff's officials said.

        He is one of 29 parents targeted in August based on the amounts they owe.

        The Rose investigation ultimately sent Mr. Peters to federal prison for two years on tax evasion and drug trafficking charges.
       

Andrew Young speaks here tonight

        Former U.S. ambassador and civil rights leader Andrew Young will discuss public policy and human rights in urban areas nationwide at a lecture tonight.

        Mr. Young, who for more than 60 years has promoted human rights, is in town for the annual Theodore M. Berry Lecture Series, sponsored by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

        The free event is at Music Hall and begins at 8 p.m.

        A ticket is required, and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

        Mr. Young co-chairs the Freedom Center's capital campaign. He was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a U.S. congressman and a longtime mayor of Atlanta during that city's economic renaissance.

        He said in a recent statement that cities' problems are tough to resolve but not impossible.

        “I've been able to find common ground between people in conflict. It is there we will learn to deal with the problems of race and poverty,” he said.
       

Mass today to honor lost emergency workers

        COVINGTON — A Hebron firefighter is behind a memorial Mass here for New York's fallen firefighters, police officers and emergency medical personnel.

        The first thought Mike Fronimos had in mid-morning Sept. 11 was to go to New York City to help his fellow firefighters.

        Instead, Mr. Fronimos organized the memorial Mass at 12:05 p.m. today at Mother of God Church, 119 W. Sixth St.

        Mr. Fronimos expects about 1,000 firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians from at least four states.

        The Mass is open to the public.

Meeting seeks advice on educating Hispanics

        The Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs is sponsoring a town meeting today from 4 to 7 p.m. in Cincinnati City Hall council chambers to gather input on the educational needs of Hispanic students in K-12 public schools.

        Testimony from the meeting — the last of four regional meetings in Ohio — will be presented to Gov. Bob Taft and the Ohio General Assembly by Dec. 31.

        Local perspectives are being sought.
       

Bond Hill shooting death has no suspect

        The Cincinnati Police Division's homicide unit is investigating the Thursday shooting death of a Bond Hill man.

        Police say someone shot Jemar Hughes, 18, of the 1200 block of Laidlaw Avenue, just after midnight as he was standing in his side yard near the corner of Oakdale Avenue.

        Police do not have a suspect in the case.

        Anyone with information about the offense is asked to call the homicide unit at 352-2542 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040. Callers can remain anonymous and may receive compensation for their information.
       

Two men shot; drug tie suspected

        Two people were shot Thursday night near a house in Columbia-Tusculum that neighbors said has been a trouble spot because of suspected drug activity.

        Just after 8 p.m., Cincinnati Police responded to reports of a man shot on Dumont Street, and another man with gunshot wounds near the corner of Tennyson Street and Holbrook Avenue nearby.

        Both were taken to University Hospital with what police described as non-life-threatening injuries.

        Adam Wildt, 24, was in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the chest, a nursing supervisor said. The other man, whose name was being withheld pending notification of relatives, was in surgery late Thursday.

        Police said the the shooting appeared to be drug-related and there was an ongoing investigation of activity in the Holbrook Avenue residence.

        One of the two men lived in the house in the 3900 block of Holbrook. A neighbor said many people have been seen going in and out, day and night.

        The second man lived on nearby Dumont, police said.

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