Columbus plans seven police hires as body cameras roll out
Columbus will add seven positions as police officers receive body cameras and public records demands grow. The hires fund records requests staff and an IT analyst, with four posts in the City Attorney's office to handle evidence and domestic violence cases, plus two administrative assistants and a paralegal. The first cameras will reach over 80 traffic officers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Andrew Ginther
Columbus Dispatch
Lara Baker-Morrish
Akron Overnight House Fire Kills Four
In Akron an overnight fire at a three story house killed two adults and two girls aged about seven or eight. A 12 year old was rescued and a woman escaped by attic window. Investigators have not determined the cause and counselors will aid local schools next week.
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Akron
Ellen Lander
Mark Williamson
Teen Pleads Not Guilty in Brother's Halloween Death
A 16 year old boy in Springfield has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to aggravated murder and related charges in Clark County Common Pleas Court. Authorities say he beat his 14 year old brother with a baseball bat and stabbed him after an argument over Halloween candy. The grandmother found the boy dead in his bed on October 31. The defense plans a mental health evaluation per the insanity plea.
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Springfield
Springfield New Sun
Clark County Common Pleas Court
Clark County
Jim Marshall
Marshall
Ohio teacher sues three districts over blindness denial
Kyle Conley, a substitute music teacher, files a federal suit against Lakota Fairfield and Ross school districts in southwest Ohio alleging failure to accommodate his blindness under the Americans with Disabilities Act. He seeks back pay, fees, and a jury trial amid safety concerns cited in a 2014 letter.
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Cincinnati
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Fairfield
Ross
Kyle Conley
Robert Klinger
Conley
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Klinger
Butler County
Roger Martin
Warren County Educational Services Center
Southwest Ohio Council of Governments
Martin
Scott Gates
Lauren Boettcher
Billy Smith
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