Compiled from staff and wire reports
Teen seriously hurt standing along I-71
A 17-year-old from Oregon was in critical condition Friday at University Hospital after he was struck Thursday night by a car that veered out of control on Interstate 71 in Evanston.
Tyler Burns, of Clatskanie, was standing on the berm waiting for assistance for a disabled vehicle at 10:10 p.m. when a vehicle driven by Mandy Askins traveled into the right berm and struck the disabled car, pushing it into Burns and Ryan Oldendick.
Oldendick, 26, of Liberty Township, was unhurt. Askins, 26, of Reading, was not seriously injured and was treated at University Hospital, police said.
No charges have been filed. The crash remains under investigation.
Activist with new name runs for council
Democrat Independent and longtime social activist Brian Garry chose Independence Day to announce his candidacy for Cincinnati City Council.
Garry, 38, a father of two and Clifton resident, said he wants to promote equality, unite city hall with neighborhoods and prioritize the city's spending.
"Brian feels there is a division in not only race, but in class as well. He would like to see the people's needs placed before the projects needs, that being corporate projects," said campaign spokesman Suzy Stath.
Garry might be best remembered under his former name, Crum, as the man who was accused and acquitted of punching a police horse during an October anti-war protest during an appearance by President Bush at Cincinnati Museum Center. Garry recently changed his surname to his mother's, Stath said.
Garry also runs a monthly local-access TV show about nonviolent civil disobedience.
Flight celebration continues in Dayton
"Time Flies: Catch it in the Act," a program that's part of the Inventing Flight extravaganza celebrating the centennial of the Wright brothers' first powered flight, will continue through July 20 in Dayton, Ohio.
