Lifeguard Shortage Hits Ohio Beach Parks This Summer
Ohio parks face a 60 lifeguard vacancy as 76 state beaches see one quarter unattended amid low unemployment and pool competition. Dan West cites ongoing recruitment efforts since 1995 including pay, promotions, and training subsidies. Nationally, lifeguard shortages persist as teens seek higher paying apprenticeships and internships rather to lifeguard roles at beaches. Common safety tips accompany warnings to avoid alcohol, swim with a buddy, and know limits at state beaches.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dan West
West
AIDS rapist sentenced to 20 years
Gary Lee Cooper Jr., 39, of Middletown, pleaded guilty to rape and felonious assault for abusing a male relative in 1997 and 1998 and infecting him with AIDS. He was sentenced to 20 years in Butler County Common Pleas Court. the victim, now 13, speaks via a caseworker. Cooper must register as a sexual predator after prison.
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Cooper
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Jennifer Lozada
Butler County Children’s Services Agency
Man harassing victims' relatives arraigned in Ohio
Police say Larry Mullins 58 of Hamilton kept journals spanning 34 years and made up to 100 calls to victims’ families saying he had new information about cases. Mullins faces a misdemeanor charge of telephone harassment in Oxford amid ongoing investigations.
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Hamilton
Larry Mullins
Oxford
Maj
Anthony Dwyer
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Dwyer
Mullins
Clermont County
Miami Township
Karen Spencer
Cincinnati
Spencer
Norwalk blaze kills 7 year old child in apartment fire
In Norwalk a fire started when children playing with a cigarette lighter killed 7 year old Hayley Harp and left siblings Noah 4 in critical condition and Dalton 9 treated and released. Fire Chief Robert Bores said the incident occurred while Mamie Harp slept upstairs.
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Norwalk Blaze
Norwalk
Robert Bores
Hayley Harp
Toledo Hospital
Jean Burkard
Noah Harp
Dalton Harp
Fisher-Titus Medical Center
Troy Corwin
Charlotte
Bores
Mamie Harp
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