BROWN CO.

Search for body is suspended

Rain forced Brown County sheriff's officials to call off a search Sunday morning for murder victim Carrie Culberson's body in Perry Township. Police began the latest hunt for Culberson, who disappeared in 1996, on Thursday, digging at a barn 40 miles east of Cincinnati. Police have not said what prompted the search. Culberson's former boyfriend, Vincent Doan, was convicted in 1997 of murder and kidnapping. He has refused to say what happened to the body.

DOWNTOWN

Retired general is dinner speaker

Retired four-star general Tommy Franks will speak Thursday at a $400-per-plate dinner to benefit the Bethesda Foundation. The former commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command led operations against terrorism in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq. Previous speakers at the Bethesda Lyceum event were former first lady Barbara Bush and former New York City mayor Rudolph Guiliani. It begins 7 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, downtown. Proceeds benefit a paramedic training program at Bethesda North Hospital. Information: (513) 745-1616.

CARTHAGE

UniverSoul Circus at fairgrounds

Dubbed "Hip Hop under the Big Top," the Atlanta-based UniverSoul Circus will perform May 19-23 at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 7801 Anthony Wayne. Ringmaster Casual Cal, the first African-American ringmaster of a traveling circus, and his sidekick, Zeke, join about 150 circus performers, singers, dancers, aerialists, elephants, acrobats, daredevil bikers and double-dutchers. Performances will be 7:30 p.m. May 19; 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. May 20-21; 12, 4:30 and 8 p.m. May 22; and 1, 4 and 7 p.m. May 23. Tickets run $10-25 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster, (800) 277-1700 or www.ticketmaster.com.