Compiled from staff and wire reports

Jewish-American history to be honored

CLIFTON HEIGHTS - A free, all-day series of events Sunday on the campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion celebrates the 350th anniversary of Jewish-American history.

The event kicks off with a keynote address at 1 p.m. and follows with family programs, discussions and tours of the new Holocaust exhibit called Mapping Our Tears, as well as the American Jewish archives, which are housed at the college.

Some events require reservations. For more information, reservations or directions, call (513) 985-1534 or log onto www.jewishcincinnati.org.

Two arrested in raid at apartment complex

MASON - Two Mason residents, including the manager of an apartment complex, were arrested after a drug raid at the apartments Thursday.

Darren Hall, a 24-year-old resident of Shady Creek Apartments on Snider Court, is charged with three counts of drug trafficking and one count of illegal manufacture of cocaine. Melissa Burns, a 32-year-old manager at the complex, is charged with permitting drug abuse and complicity to manufacture drugs.

Additional charges are pending against Hall, according to police.

Chemical spill in lab shuts down school

FOREST PARK - Students at Winton Woods High School were released early Friday after a chemical spill in a school science lab.

There were no injuries.

Forest Park firefighters were called to the school at 1:12 p.m. after containers of acids fell from a shelf, releasing the acids, Fire Capt. Carter Pittman said. Crews from the Greater Cincinnati Hazardous Materials Team assisted firefighters in neutralizing the acids.

The building was reopened after about three hours.

Social Security office moving

HAMILTON - The Hamilton office of the Social Security Administration will reopen in a new location on Sept. 15.

The office, now in Hamilton Crossing Shopping Center, will move to 6553 Winford Ave, near Princeton Road.

There will be very limited service at the agency's current location on moving day, Sept. 12. The new office will open at 9 a.m., Sept. 15, with limited service in the morning and full service by the afternoon.

City paves way to develop triangle

MONTGOMERY - Redevelopment of a triangular piece of property at the gateway to the historic district passed another hurdle this week.

The city hired O'Rourke Wrecking Co. to demolish the last building - a former bank - and remove asbestos ceiling tiles there, paving the way for redevelopment of the 1-acre parcel at Main Street and Montgomery and Cooper roads. Council voted to pay O'Rourke $34,610.

Frank Davis, city economic development director, said he plans to begin marketing the property soon.

The city purchased the triangle last year for about $1 million. Environmental cleanup from two former gas stations there is nearing completion, Davis said.

Man may have died from painkiller OD

PIERCE TWP. - Police in this western Clermont County township are investigating the death of a man suspected of overdosing on OxyContin.

James J. Dean, 19, and another man were found unconscious in a residence on Davis Road Friday morning and rushed to Mercy Hospital Anderson, officials said.

Dean was pronounced dead at the hospital. The other man, whose identity was not released, remains hospitalized.

Police are investigating how the two men got the drug.

OxyContin is painkiller, commonly prescribed for cancer patients, which has been illegally abused.

An autopsy will be conducted by the Hamilton County Coroner's office, officials said.

Lemmie chooses site of development center

Cincinnati City Manager Valerie Lemmie has selected a site for the city's new "one-stop development center," which will combine building permits and development assistance under one roof.

Lemmie proposed to City Council this week that the city buy the building at 3300 Central Parkway, north of Hopple Street, for nearly $2.5 million. The building is now owned by Cinergy Corp., which now uses it as a bill payment center.

Lemmie hopes to streamline the city's cumbersome permitting process by putting officials of every department involved - from Buildings & Inspections to Water Works - in the same office.