Edgewood student Jake injured in Tolbert Road crash
About 100 students gathered in the Edgewood Schools gym to pray and seek grief counseling after teen Jake, a Cougars baseball and football player, was injured in a car crash en route to baseball practice. Sheriff's deputies investigated the stretch where the airborne car struck a pole and flipped, ejecting the driver into a northbound ditch. Jake was airlifted to Dayton hospital. authorities cite possible speed and nonuse of a seat belt as factors.
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al Sheriff’s Office
Tom York
Edgewood Schools
Jake
York
Cougars
John Thomas
Tolbert Road
Dayton
Mayer
Cemetery vandalism prompts plan for safety upgrades
Moon and city officials, including Acting Middletown Police Chief Mike Bruck, met to curb cemetery vandalism after a prior murder and robbery. They consider repairing the fence, adding lights and locking gates, pursuing grants, and urging tips from the public. The cemetery holds 7,000 burials including 233 veterans, with Middletown detectives reachable at 513 425 7737.
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Moon
Middletown
Mike Bruck
Bruck
GOP mulls removing chair over term dispute
The Ohio Republican Party weighs removing chair Shelton for not resigning after a four year term. A bylaw allows Ken Blackwell to act if she no longer holds the post. Nichols now serves as acting chair. A motion supported by 77 percent asked Blackwell to replace Shelton with Nichols.
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Ken Blackwell
Shelton
Quentin Nichols
Nichols
Blackwell
Smoke free Ohio campaign kicks off in Columbus
About 300 public health workers and volunteers joined the Ohio Division of the American Cancer Society for a kickoff promoting a statewide smoke free law for all public places by 2007. Campaign leaders said they will seek 100000 signatures to bring the measure to the 2006 General Assembly and another 100000 to place it on the November 2006 ballot if needed. Gov Taft favors local control. House Speaker Husted and Senate President Harris would consider the measure.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Cancer Society
The
Ohio Society
McClure
Tracy Sabetta
Bly
Bob Taft
Mark Rickel
House
Jon Husted
R-Kettering
Senate
Bill Harris
Ashland
Husted
Karen Tabor
Franklin seeks new police chief as 19 apply
Nineteen men from Franklin and nearby towns apply for the police chief post to replace retiring Robert Rockwood. Applicants include Lt. Christopher Musgrave of Franklin, Middletown sergeants John Terrill and John Magill, and other officers from Springboro, Miamisburg, Monroe, Canfield, and more. The city Civil Service Commission narrows the field after testing and interviews, with final decision by City Manager Jim Lukas expected in May. Compensation starts around 62 thousand dollars plus car and pension costs.
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Franklin
Robert Rockwood
Middletown
Monroe
Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police
Christopher Musgrave
Rockwood
Musgrave
John Terrill
John Magill
Terrill
Magill
Jeff S. Lentz
Springboro
Miamisburg
Jonathan Wheeler
Timothy P. Fenlon
Huber Heights
Fenlon
Microsoft
David H. Willoughby
Miami
Allan Baer
Perrysburg
Aubrey Baker
John M. Boal
Wadsworth
Timothy M. Carney
North Bend
Gordon L. Ellis
Canfield
Timothy P. Fenton
Garry L. Kimpel
Urbana
Curt Muehling
Sandusky
Daniel R. Oglivie
Cincinnati
R. Clinton Patterson
Gallipolis
Isburg
New Vienna
Lukas
EPA rule targets coal plants with billions in costs
The EPA unveils the Clean Air Interstate Rule affecting 28 states and Washington DC, forcing coal fired utilities to invest about 3.6 billion dollars annually to curb nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. Environmentalists hail health benefits while industry warns about electricity prices. By 2015 NOx and SO2 emissions drop sharply from 2003 levels. Ohio faces the heaviest reductions.
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J.M. Stuart
Aberdeen
Ohio
U.S. Epa
Cleveland
Midwest
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Mississippi River
District of Columbia
Douglas Aburano
Chicago
Dan Riedinger
Edison Electric Institute
Riedinger
Casino debate sparks Ohio gaming debate and legal questions
Zanotti questions contracts for activities now illegal in Ohio while University of Dayton law professor Blake Watson says casinos won’t arise soon. He notes federal law limits tribal gaming to state-approved activities and stresses the interplay of intergovernmental agreements in Ohio.
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Zanotti
Ohio
Blake Watson
University of Dayton
U.S. Department of Justice
Petro
Casey
Watson
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