March to honor King is today

CLIFTON - The 32nd annual Memorial March and Ceremony to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is 11 a.m. today - King's birthday. The march will begin at the Kresge Auditorium lobby of the University of Cincinnati Medical Sciences Building, at 231 Albert Sabin Way, and proceed to King's monument at Reading Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Students take cue from 'CSI'

SYMMES TWP. - High school students at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy are taking a cue from the hit television show CSI in learning about forensic science. They have analyzed blood, visited a jail and watched a court proceeding as part of a two-week special study program. The Crime Scene Investigation course, an alternate education program started four years ago, provides students with real-life application of what they've been learning in school and exposes them to career options.

Runners to make dash nearly naked

EVANSTON - Runners will almost bare all when they make the dash in the "Near Naked Mile" on the Xavier University campus Friday evening. Runners are required to dress either in costume or minimal attire. The event is open to the public and starts at 7 p.m. at Bellarmine Circle, where Ledgewood Avenue dead-ends into the Xavier campus near Bellarmine Chapel. Registration is at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $12 for the public and includes a T-shirt. Xavier students will be charged $5 or $7, depending on whether they want a T-shirt. The race benefits Imago Earth Center in Cincinnati, an urban nature preserve.

TRAFFIC WATCH

Watch for lane closures on north and southbound Interstate 275 between the Hopper Hill overpass in Clermont County and Five Mile Road in Hamilton County from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. tonight and Friday night.

CORRECTION

The amount of lead-contaminated soil to be removed at Kings Junior and Senior High School is estimated to be as much as 10,000 tons. An article in Wednesday's Enquirer misstated the figure.