LOCAL NEWS FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2003
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It's a lovely summer - if you're a mold
Six weeks of above-average rainfall this summer has left Greater Cincinnati with high levels of mold, fungi and algae that have affected people's health, stained outdoor decks, clouded swimming pools and stunted growth in gardens.
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Blueprint to end boycott offered
For the second time in two years, the Coalition for a Just Cincinnati has offered Mayor Charlie Luken a blueprint for ending the economic boycott against the city.
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Pulfer: Can lawyers work out a kinder, gentler divorce?
A lawyer friend once told me criminal court is mostly bad people on their best behavior. And domestic relations court is mostly good people on their worst behavior.
Bronson: Lynch acts within theater of politics
Suppose Damon Lynch III gets elected to Cincinnati City Council, and an angry mob shows up at a meeting and threatens to block the doors until they get what they want - just as he did.
Howard: Some good news
Two weeks shy of a century of life, Carl Weitzel admits he has never learned to like cockroaches or soggy newspapers.
Hey, kid! What're you doing?
Every day, thousands of kids in Greater Cincinnati are doing things that make their communities a better place to live. Do you know a student - high school age or younger - who's involved in individual or group activities that benefit people around them? If so, tell us about them.
Fernald tower toppled
CROSBY TWP. - It took less than five seconds to wipe out the skyline at Fernald. The west water tower, easily the most dominant feature in the former uranium processing plant's skyline, was imploded with a series of quick blasts of nitroglycerin Saturday, then toppled over with a thud.
Black students narrow the gap
African-American students showed the most improvement of any group on this year's Local Report Cards, released last week by the Ohio Department of Education.
New designs freshen schools
The biggest school building boom in more than 50 years has Greater Cincinnati educators rethinking the features they'd like to see in their schools.
No use crying: Crash spills milk
A semi-truck carrying 4,500 gallons of milk overturned Saturday on the Fort Washington Way ramp from southbound Interstate 75, spilling at least half the milk.
Reading streetscape vetoed
READING - This city's recent financial struggles have raised questions about the wisdom of proceeding with a planned $2.5 million streetscape project for the Reading Road business district.
Workers rush to ready classes
Work crews in at least three school districts are racing against the clock to set up modular classrooms before students return this week.
Bidders purchase 'steals' at car sale
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - Audrey Sandlin of Milford came looking for an inexpensive car for her grandson and thought she got a good deal - $800 for a 1993 Ford Taurus.
Good boy! Top cop pooch wins award
LOVELAND - Loveland's police canine is a top dog - again.
Man buys box, finds human ashes inside
COLUMBUS - A man who bought a wood box for $2 because it looked interesting opened it and found ashes inside, with a note identifying whose cremains they were. He located the woman's daughter and will be sending the remains to her.
Regional Report
MIDDLETOWN - A judge has dismissed felony charges against 14-year-old twin boys who were accused of plotting to kill their brothers.
'Short' story to end Monday
One of Greater Cincinnati's last relics from the streetcar era will soon exist only in old-timers' memories.
'Vietnam wall' coming to Florence
Harold B. Deatherage isn't sure how he'll react when he sees the large black wall standing across from the Florence city building.
Wounded pilots support own kind
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Apache helicopter pilots Emanuel Pierre and Stuart Contant trained together, deployed together and then crashed together in Afghanistan.
Boone kin want name put back on highway
HAZARD, Ky. - Descendants of Daniel Boone are furious over Kentucky's decision to drop the frontiersman's name from a mountain highway and give that honor to the area's congressman.
School dropout audit sought
FRANKFORT - A Kentucky legislative committee is calling for an audit of the state's high school dropout rate as a new report questions its accuracy.
Searchers find body of missing woman
FRANKFORT - Search crews found the body of a woman Saturday morning who had been missing since her home was washed away by flash flooding during heavy storms that hit Franklin County.
Town threatens fine over 9-11 memorial
COLFAX, Ind. - George Benefiel suggests his makeshift memorial to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is a type of landscaping or even public art.
Margaret Heisel was a volunteer, leader
Community and church volunteer Margaret C. Heisel died Aug. 12 at Mercy Franciscan Hospital Mount Airy. The College Hill resident was 85.
Jeff Allan Rodgers, Gulf War veteran
WARSAW, Ky. - Jeff Allan Rodgers, a veteran of Operation Desert Storm, died Wednesday in an automobile accident in Owen County, Ky. He was 43.
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Priests and Sexual Misconduct
Four priests in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and two priests who formerly served in the Diocese of Covington have been suspended and/or accused of sexual misconduct in a scandal that has swept across the country. Click here for an archive of Enquirer reports.
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Erpenbeck Investigation
Bill Erpenbeck was one of the Tristate's biggest home builders before his company crumbled in a bank fraud scandal that affected lenders, subcontractors and home owners. Click here for links to all Enquirer reports.
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