CINCINNATI (AP) — The family of a teenager killed by a police officer in a struggle on Cincinnati’s downtown Fountain Square last summer is suing city police. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday charges that police used excessive force and violated 16-year-old Davon Mullins’ constitutional rights. Mullins was fatally shot Aug. 20. Police say he had […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal court in Akron is set to consider scheduling matters for five men charged with plotting to bomb a northeast Ohio bridge. The court scheduled the Thursday status conference and said it also would consider whether the case should be tried in Akron or Cleveland. The highway bridge named as the […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lost in the hoopla over the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after he took on union rights is an ongoing secret investigation that has already ensnared a handful of the Republican governor’s former aides. The investigation by Milwaukee County’s district attorney hasn’t resonated with voters, but with the June 5 […]
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A psychiatrist testifying for the defense says a man accused in a series of deadly stabbings in Michigan is a paranoid schizophrenic. Dr. Norman Miller testified Thursday in the trial of Elias Abuelazam (EE’-lee-us ah-BOOL’-ah-zahm), an Israeli immigrant facing his first murder trial stemming from 14 stabbings in and around Flint […]
Comets track coach Darline Elsasser ended her final Southwest Conference competition on Friday with her girls at the top of the rankings. “It was a fantastic ending conference meet for my career. The girls winning the SWC and the boys winning the 4x400 was totally unexpected,” she said. Amherst hosted the championships, and the girls team […]
Celebrity chefs Fr. Michael Denk and Fr. Larry Martello of St. Joseph Church, Herb de la Porte of LifeCare Ambulance in Amherst, sheriff Phil Stammitti, and more will cook for charity tomorrow at Lorain County Community College. They’ll whip up tasty dishes in the second annual “Celebrities Cook for Pathways” event from 11:30 a.m. to […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal workplace safety investigators say they’ve cited a cement contractor for six safety violations with proposed fines totaling $38,000 after part of a parking garage deck collapsed at the site of the new Cleveland casino. No one was seriously hurt when the deck collapsed while concrete was being poured Dec. 16 at […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tests indicate the blue-green algae growth that has hampered tourism near a western Ohio lake appeared about two months earlier this year than last, possibly because of unseasonably warm weather. The algae blooms, which produce a nerve toxin that can sicken humans, have led to previous closures of Grand Lake St. […]