Compiled from staff and wire reports

Jury indicts 2 in separate shootings

A Hamilton County grand jury Thursday indicted a Springfield Township man in a May slaying on Fountain Square and indicted a Walnut Hills man in a December shooting death.

Anthony Baltimore was indicted on a murder charge that accuses him of shooting to death Antonio Owens May 2 after an argument on Fountain Square. A judge Thursday increased Baltimore's bond to more than $1 million.

A Humvee seen leaving the scene is registered to a Dayton business owned by Baltimore, 33.

He also was charged with receiving stolen property stemming from a robbery at 25 Hours convenience store on Glenway Avenue, another of Baltimore's businesses. The store was robbed May 1and police found a gun reported stolen last year, according to prosecutors.

Court documents said Baltimore admitted buying the pistol at a gun and knife show.

Also, 26-year-old Lorenzo Burns was indicted on two counts of murder, and one count each of felonious assault and illegally possessing a weapon in the shooting death Dec. 20 of Roosevelt Baker.

Burns remains in the Hamilton County Jail on $250,000 bond.

Man sets himself and car on fire

HAMILTON - An unidentified man was burned over most of his body Thursday after dousing himself with gasoline and igniting himself.

Police responded to a call at 3:45 p.m. of a man who had poured gasoline over himself and was threatening to set himself on fire in the parking lot of the CVS Pharmacy at 1115 High St.

Police saw a woman outside a vehicle struggling with a man inside the vehicle.

As police tried to get the man to come out of the vehicle, he ignited himself. The man and the car both erupted in flames, and the man left the vehicle and was doused by Hamilton Police officers. But the vehicle, which was also on fire, rolled across the street and hit houses at 38 and 40 Hancock Ave. Those houses received heat and fire damage.

The man was flown by Air Care helicopter to University Hospital with burns over most of his body. His condition was not released Thursday night. Police did not release names of those involved.

An unidentified officer was slightly injured when the fire erupted.

N.Ky. man could face death sentence

HAMILTON - A Kentucky man faces a possible death sentence if convicted in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend.

A Butler County grand jury on Thursday made public an indictment against Anthony Darnell Mason, 44, of Erlanger.

The charges stem from the May 14 shooting death of Angela Lynn Turley, 27. Police records say the victim's mother, Janie Turley, 58, was pistol-whipped when she tried to intervene between her daughter and an attacker, identified as Mason, who forced his way into their Hamilton apartment.

Butler County Assistant Prosecutor Craig Hedric said Mason is accused of aggravated murder with specifications that it involved the purposeful murder of a witness in a criminal proceeding and that it occurred during an aggravated burglary. He also is charged with two other offenses: aggravated burglary and felonious assault. All three charges also carry a specification that the crimes were committed with a gun.

Mile marker signs changed for safety

The Ohio Department of Transportation Thursday unveiled a new set of mile marker signs that it says will help increase safety and could reduce freeway congestion by allowing accidents to be cleared more quickly.

The new 10,000 "freeway reference" signs will be put in along 700 miles of the the state's most congested highways at a cost of $800,000.

The signs have been used in the Cincinnati area since 1995, with ODOT officials saying they helped dispatchers provide more accurate locations to emergency responders.

As part of the statewide expansion, Cincinnati will get additional signs.

Art museum changes hours of operation

The Cincinnati Art Museum changed its hours of operation effective immediately. The hours are: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Monday, closed.

General admission to the museum is now free. Information on the Web is at cincinnatiartmuseum.org, or call (513) 721-ARTS.