COLERAIN TWP. — Hamilton County deputies searched Sunday for the driver of a stolen car who slammed the vehicle into the driver's side of a police cruiser, causing minor damage to the cruiser, then led them on a chase late Saturday.

        No one was hurt. The stolen car's driver and two passengers, described by deputies as three men in their late teens to early 20s, fled on foot after crashing the car.

        At 11:46 p.m. Saturday, the stolen car's owner spotted the vehicle northbound in the 7400 block of Colerain Avenue, then turning into the Suburban Lodge. The owner notified deputies, but as they arrived at the motel, the car sped away, striking the cruiser. The car eventually hit a utility pole on Millvale Circlewhere the occupants fled.

        Former cook shoots, kills chef, then self

        RICHMOND, IND. — A former cook at a downtown eatery here shot and killed the current chef, and shot the owner, Friday night before turning the gun on himself, police said.

        The gunman, Shu Jeh Lee, 47, died en route to a hospital after the 7: 17 p.m. Friday shooting at Jade House Restaurant, 11 S. 8th St..

        Mr. Lee shot the chef, whose name was withheld Sunday pending notification of family, in the kitchen, police said. He then shot owner Robert Sams in the shoulder. Mr. Sams was taken to Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond, treated and released Saturday.

        Cleves woman killed when car hits wall

        WHITEWATER TWP. — A Cleves woman was killed late Saturday after her car ran off the side of Ohio 128 and slammed into an embankment.

        Mary L. Peak, 59, was pronounced dead at the scene, Hamilton County sheriff's deputies said.

        Ms. Peak was driving a 1994 Toyota Corolla northbound on Ohio 128 when she traveled off the left side of the road, striking a sign. The vehicle went airborne over a creek and struck a stone wall, trapping Ms. Peak inside.

        She was not wearing her seat belt, deputies said.

        Suspicious item briefly closes terminal

        HEBRON, KY. — The busiest terminal at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport was shut down for about 15 minutes Sunday after a suspicious item was detected during security checks.

        Authorities refused to say what the item was.

        The Delta/Comair terminal, which handles 92 percent of the airport's business, was shut down while authorities called the director of the Transportation Security Administration to check whether the item, which security checkers thought was forbidden, could be permitted on a plane, said Ted Bushelman, airport director of communications.

        Mr. Bushelman declined further comment and referred questions to the TSA's press office, which did not return calls Sunday. A Delta spokesman refused to explain the breach and said there was virtually no impact on flight schedules.

        Firefighters lend hand in baby's delivery

        LOCKLAND — Two firefighters delivered a baby girl early Sunday in an ambulance parked outside the mother's house on Arcola Avenue here.

        Shanna Barnett, 21, and baby girl Hannah Marie Howard are fine and were resting at Good Samaritan Hospital in Clifton Sunday, a nursing supervisor said.

        Lockland firefighters Sean Mesley and Stan Strange were called to the home in the 500 block of Arcola Avenue at 7:38 a.m. Sunday. They moved Ms. Barnett from her sofa to the ambulance. Then the realized the baby's head was half out, so they had no choice but to deliver her, Firefighter Mesley said.

        The baby, Ms. Barnett's second child, was born at 7:54 a.m. and weighed six pounds and one ounce.

        Man killed when truck hits utility pole

        FAIRFIELD — A man died early Sunday after he lost control of his truck and slammed into a utility pole in front of a video store just north of the Pleasant Avenue/Nilles Road intersection.

        The man's name was not released Sunday, pending notification of family, but a Fairfield police dispatcher said he lost control of his red pickup truck about 2:16 a.m. Sunday after turning northbound onto Pleasant from Nilles.

        The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

        Ill. man charged with contact with minor

        FLORENCE — An Illinois man was arrested late Saturday for allegedly having continued improper contact with a 15-year-old Florence girl for months.

        David Ramsey, 26, of Naperville, Ill., was charged with stalking and unlawful transaction with a minor, according to Boone County sheriff's deputies. He previously had been warned by Boone County and Naperville authorities not to have direct contact with the girl. Warrants had been issued against him for stalking and harassing communications.

        Mr. Ramsey was arrested shortly after 10:30 p.m. at the girl's home. He is accused of contacting the teen online, by telephone and by making at least two personal visits.

        Mr. Ramsey was in the Boone County Detention Center Sunday night under a $50,000 cash bond.

        Remains thought to be those of missing girl

        WOOSTER, Ohio — Severed limbs and a head, believed to be those of a 14-year-old girl who disappeared from the Wayne County fairgrounds, were found late Saturday afternoon, authorities announced Sunday.

        Kristen Jackson was last seen Sept. 9 walking toward the main gate to meet her mother. Until then, she had been with her older sister and friends.

        Sheriff Tom Maurer would not disclose where the remains were found or other details about the investigation. He said more than 50 law enforcement officials continued the search for more evidence Sunday.

        A suspect, Joel D. Yockey, 46, of Wooster, was arrested Friday night on a parole violation and remains in custody.

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