Ohio meth lab cleanup tests brave agents and dangers
Ohio agents in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation confront rising numbers of illegal meth labs, with 770 found statewide by Aug 24, the highest since 2005. Special unit members like Dennis Lowe wear $1,800 suits with oxygen tanks to guard against fires and fumes amid dangerous one pot operations.
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London
Dennis Lowe
Lowe
Bureau of Criminal Investigation Special
BCI
Ohio
John Butterworth
$15 Million Pledge Boosts Museum and Case Western Programs
A $15 million gift from Case trustee Joseph Keithley and his wife Nancy funds a doctoral program at the Cleveland Museum of Art and Case Western Reserve University. It will enroll three new students annually, cover full tuition and provide a $25,000 yearly stipend, aiming for debt-free graduation in five years. An earlier $500,000 grant supports two students for five years.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art
Case Western Reserve University
Case
Joseph Keithley
Nancy Keithley
Art Museum
Museum and University
Museum University
Catherine Scallen
the Plain Dealer
Keithley
Scallen
David Franklin
Ohio Tourism Office chair and board seats discussed
The head of the new tourism office gains a seat alongside JobsOhio’s chief investment officer on the board. David Goodman said interest exists for seats and emphasized broad regional representation. Tourism Ohio is a $43 billion industry with 443 000 jobs and 188 million visitors last year.
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JobsOhio
David Goodman
House Oversight Committee
Goodman
Ohio
House
TourismOhio
Ohio bridges remain unsafe with most slated for repair
Transportation officials say all but one state bridges are slated for repair replacement or construction with work finishing to end structural deficiency. The list includes two I 90 spans in Cleveland and Ashtabula County along with Ohio's only suspension bridge the Anthony Wayne Bridge in Toledo. The state has spent 7.4 billion on bridge preservation in the last decade while counties bear upkeep amid funding shortfalls and tax revenue drops.
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Transportation Department
Faulkner
Cleveland
Ashtabula County
Anthony Wayne Bridge
Toledo
Ironton Russell Bridge
Lawrence County
Hope Memorial
Detroit Superior
Fred Pausch
State County Engineers Association
Pausch
Ohio
Texas
Ohio Department of Transportation
The
Engineers Association
Allen County
Tim Piper
Piper
Women Business Owners Network meeting at The Feve Oberlin
The Women Business Owners Network will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at The Feve on 30 South Main Street in Oberlin. Speakers Mary Ann Biggrigg and Barb Przybylowicz of The Tuck Shop will present after members dine at The Feve, then move to The Tuck Shop for the program and dessert.
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Women Business Owners Network
Feve
S. Main St
Oberlin
Mary Ann Biggrigg
Barb Przybylowicz
Tuck Shop
Thursday meeting prompts exchange of business cards and literature
Members are advised to bring sufficient business cards and literature for an upcoming exchange. For reservations and directions contact Deb James or Karen Cheshire by phone, or email info jrmovers.net. Further information is available at www.wbonlorain.org.
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Deb James
Karen Cheshire
Jrmovers.net
Wbonlorain.org
Hospitalized Elyria teen shows improvement after crash
An Elyria teenager injured in a Sunday morning crash on Route 113 near Bechtel Road is improving. Alan Bowen, 17, was upgraded from critical to fair at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. The driver, also 17 and from Elyria, faces charges of drunken driving and under age consumption.
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Amherst
Elyria
Bechtel Road
Alan Bowen
MetroHealth Medical Cen
Ter
Cleveland
Bowen
Bus crash injures 35. several still hospitalized near Cincinnati
A Greyhound bus carrying 51 passengers to Detroit left Interstate 75, struck a tree and a fence, and overturned into a cornfield about 25 miles north of Cincinnati. More than 30 were injured, at least six remained hospitalized, and nine were kept overnight. None of the injuries was life threatening. State Patrol offered no new details Sunday. The driver was 64 year old Dwayne Garrett of Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Greyhound
State Highway Patrol
James Russell
Dwayne Garrett
Detroit
Interstate 75
Pepper spray used as Columbus march ends arrest spree
About 60 people gathered for an annual march honoring Daymon Dodson, a Columbus rapper and DJ who died in 2006. An off duty officer said the crowd became unruly, leading to pepper spray use and three arrests after organizers had a city permit but no police escorts.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
Columbus Dispatch
Daymon Dodson
Dodson
Cleveland Mounted Police Parade Draws 700 Riders Downtown
About 700 riders on horseback paraded through downtown Cleveland to honor the city's 102 year old mounted police unit. The Plain Dealer notes the event featured draught horses in wagons and miniature horse carts, with Sgt. Mark Medwid saying turnout was the largest yet. Proceeds support the eight mounted officers and include raffles, food trucks, and unit merchandise.
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Cleveland
The
Plain Dealer
Mark Medwid
Cleveland Mounted Police Unit
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