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Father Who Beat Daughter With Hammer Is Sentenced - 05-09-2008
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - A man accused of hitting his adoptive daughter's fingers with a hammer and throwing one of his adoptive sons off a roof was sentenced to 65 years in prison Friday.
Clark County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard O'Neill sentenced James Ferguson, convicted last month of felonious assault, child endangerment and permitting child abuse.
Ferguson, 48, of Springfield, was accused of abusing five of his six adopted children.
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Children's Health Clinic To Close Doors At Month's End - 05-09-2008
The Allen County Board of Health voting this morning to shut down the Children's Health Clinic, and not all members were confident about the decision.
The clinic which has been providing services to under-privileged youth since the early 1970's, will close it's doors at the end of the month.
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Impeachment For Dann Not Advised - 05-09-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Urging impeachment was a radical step that Ohio Democrats are ill-advised to carry through, a former longtime chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party said Friday.
"There has been a reason for not doing this for 200 years. The people back then were smart people too, and they realized that it is not an efficient or effective tool," said Paul Tipps, who led the state party for eight years.
Gov. Ted Strickland, U.S. Sen.
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Judge Rules Against Tobacco Lawsuit - 05-09-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A judge has ruled against the dismissal of a lawsuit by a Washington-based foundation claiming a portion of Ohio's tobacco use prevention funds.
The ruling Thursday keeps alive the American Legacy Foundation's claim to $190 million of the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation's funds. The Ohio foundation was dissolved this week after Gov. Ted Strickland signed a bill transferring its remaining $40 million in funds to the state Department of Health.
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Governor Reconsiders Impeachment of Dann - 05-09-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is leaving the door open for not going through impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Marc Dann.
Strickland says he won't support impeachment against the fellow Democrat if there's no credible evidence that Dann committed a serious crime in a sexual harassment scandal in his office. Republican lawmakers in the House have been working on outlining the process for impeachment.
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Wrong Way Crash Driver Pleads No Contest - 05-09-2008
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A Michigan man has pleaded no contest and was found guilty of charges in a wrong-way crash in Toledo that killed a mother and four children from Maryland.
Police say Michael Gagnon (GAG'-nuhn) of Adrian, Mich., was driving drunk and in the wrong direction on a Toledo interstate Dec. 30 when his pickup truck hit a minivan filled with eight people coming home from a Christmas trip.
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Associated Press Friday Morning Newsminute - 05-09-2008
Here is the latest Ohio news from The Associated Press
ROME (AP) - The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Italian government have reached deal to return artifacts that Rome says were looted or smuggled out of the country. Culture minister Sandro Rutelli says 16 artifacts are on their way back to Rome.
CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati Zoo's baby bearcat is taking the name Lucy and will join resident male bearcat Ricky.
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Kristen Jorris Sentenced After Plea Deal - 05-08-2008
An Allen county woman accused of doing nothing to stop her boyfriend from beating her two year old daughter to death has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
33-year-old Kristen Jorris was the mother of 2 year old Mia Jorris.
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Area Health Professionals Gather for 2008 Cardiovascular Symposium - 05-08-2008
To address changes in the area of cardiovascular health, the 2008 Cardiovascular Symposium was held Thursday at the Veterans Civic Center.
Around 300 physicians, critical care nurses and other health professionals, heard speakers on a wide-range of cardiovascular topics. The group heard about heart failure, congestive heart disease, and a new option for imaging the heart and coronary arteries.
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Father David Ross Returns to Serve Two Lima Catholic Parishes - 05-08-2008
One pastor is coming home, the other is going home. Father Bill Rose of St. Rose and St. John's Catholic Churches in Lima announced today he'll be leaving to be the Pastor of Christ The King Church in Toledo.
Rose says the departure is bittersweet, having spent 8 years in Lima. He is originally from Toledo. Replacing Rose is a familiar face who will be Father David Ross.
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Allen County Children Services Honor Foster Families - 05-08-2008
According to Allen County Children Services there are 143 children in foster care in Allen County.
In celebration of National Foster Parent Awareness Month, Children Services is saluting the more than 40 families who make a difference in children's lives by becoming foster parents.
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Dayton Police Shoot Man Not Involved with Robbery - 05-08-2008
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - The man shot and killed by police after a chase in Dayton this week was apparently not involved in two robberies that led to the chase to begin with.
Montgomery County sheriff's Maj. Greg Laravie said Thursday that even though 44-year-old Lary Labensky of suburban Kettering was driving a stolen car, deputies would not have pursued him had they known he was not a suspect in the robberies.
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Cicadas Invade Cincinnati - 05-08-2008
CINCINNATI (AP) - The wakeup of millions of ugly, loud but essentially harmless periodical cicadas has started a few days earlier than expected.
Each brood usually emerges every 17 years when the ground temperature reaches about 65 degrees. But some have already been sighted around Cincinnati.
By next week, there will be millions of them.
Experts say they do not carry diseases and do not sting or bite people.
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Defiance Based Orphanage Threatened by Cyclone - 05-08-2008
DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) - Over the last year, members of the Family Christian Center church have sold pies and raised money to pay for the construction of an orphanage in Myanmar's largest city.
Now they are praying that the orphanage withstood the devastating cyclone that hit the Southeast Asian country last weekend.
The orphanage in Yangon was almost complete, Sue Nofziger, a member of the church's mission team.
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Sick Day Legislation Fails To Make Deadline - 05-08-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A coalition that wants to require most Ohio businesses to give their employees paid sick days says it wants to put the issue on the November ballot.
State lawmakers did not meet Thursday's deadline to act on the proposal.
Ohioans for Healthy Families gathered 154,693 valid signatures, which was enough to present the issue to lawmakers in January.
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Ohio Top Court to Hear Lima Residency Case - 05-08-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether cities have the right to require police officers and other employees to live within city limits.
The high court agreed yesterday to hear appeals brought by the cities of Lima and Akron, where officials have fought a 2006 state law that blocked cities from imposing residency requirements.
The cities argue that home rule powers ensure their right to set the mandates.
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PaPa John's Appologizes to LaBron James - 05-08-2008
CLEVELAND (AP) - It's time for Papa John's Pizza to make good on its promise to sell a large, one-topping pizza for 23 cents in Ohio.
Eighty-six stores in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo and Youngstown are in on the deal, each prepared to sell more than 900 pies on Thursday.
The Louisville, Ky.-based company agreed to the deal as an apology to Cleveland Cavaliers fans after a franchisee in Washington, D.C.
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Cause of Death Undetermined for Man Dragged - 05-08-2008
IRONTON, Ohio (AP) - A coroner says he can't determine the cause of death for a southern Ohio man dragged beneath a police cruiser in March.
The autopsy report on 46-year-old Guy Thomas says it's not clear if he was alive or already dead when Ironton police Officer Richard Fouts' cruiser drove over the man on a snow-covered street and dragged him for about a half mile.
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Assocated Press Thursday Morning Newsminute - 05-08-2008
CLEVELAND (AP) - Papa John's is selling a 23-cent pizza today in Ohio as an apology for a franchisee in Washington, D.C., that printed T-shirts call Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James a crybaby. Eighty-six stores in Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo and Youngstown are in on the deal, each prepared to sell more than 900 pies.
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More Information Released On Westergaard Shooting Death - 05-07-2008
Lima Police releasing more information on the shooting death of Wendy Westergaard last week. Police have re-interviewed the passenger in Westergaard's Jeep Cherokee, 19 year old Durrelle Grant. He continues to say the shooter was in a blue mini-van. Police say it could be a Dodge, Chrysler or Plymouth.
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Strickland Signs Bill That May Help Cancer Patients - 05-07-2008
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland signed Senate Bill 186 yesterday, which prohibits certain insurance plans from denying coverage to patients participating in cancer clinical trials. In a big step for all clinical trials in the state, Governor Strickland approved a bill which will require insurance companies to cover routine costs associated with experimental cancer trials.
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Medical Makeovers Part 2 - 05-07-2008
In part two of our series Medical Makeovers, St. Rita's Medical Center is also addressing the challenges of competition and adding medical services. In many instances the decision to grow wasn't made by medical center leadership, it was made for them. St. Rita's is by far Allen County’s largest employer with about 3 thousand employees.
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Latest Break-ins Nearing Double Digits - 05-07-2008
The weather has been perfect for burglars to do their thing. The Departments Detective Bureau is investigating a number of break-ins at homes on Lima's north side.
The number of break-ins at homes on the west and north sides of Lima are nearing double digits.
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House Seeking Dann's Help Getting Independent Investigator - 05-07-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted says
lawmakers determining whether Attorney General Marc Dann should be
impeached over a sex scandal need help from an unlikely source: the
attorney general himself.
Husted said Wednesday the House isn't equipped to investigate
whether Dann has committed any impeachable offenses.
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Local Television Managers Educate Legislature on Digital Television. - 05-07-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio television stations hope to make it hard for viewers to escape the message that the switch to digital broadcasting is coming.
More than 40 Ohio TV stations say they'll run public service announcements about the transition at the same time: 7:58 p.m. Wednesday. NBC Lima President Bruce Opperman and Vice Presicent Kevin Creamer went to the Statehouse representing WLIO-TV.
On Feb. 18, 2009, major U.S.
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Forever Stamp Won't Be 41 Cents Forever - 05-07-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Forever stamp is a very popular item this week at post offices in Ohio and throughout the U.S. and its territories.
The stamp with the Liberty Bell now costs 41 cents, and you can continue to use it after the cost of mailing a letter goes up to 42 cents on Monday.
Sixty-two-year-old Bill Lindley of Columbus says he's retired now and trying to save some money.
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Ribeau's Says Good-Bye to BGSU In Warm Letter - 05-07-2008
 To my friends,
This is a message I never imagined writing, but the time has come. I will leave BGSU at summer's end to assume the presidency of Howard University, one of 48 private doctoral/research intensive universities in the United States, located in Washington, D.C.
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BGSU President Picked By Howard - 05-07-2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Howard University has picked Bowling Green State University's president to become the 16th leader of one of the nation's most prestigious historically black schools.
The school said Wednesday that Sidney Ribeau will succeed H. Patrick Swygert.
Ribeau has been president of Bowling Green for 13 years. Under his leadership, the Ohio school has been recognized for its residential learning communities and innovative graduate programs.
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Suspect Shows Up At Victims Funeral - 05-07-2008
CLEVELAND (AP) - Services for a shooting victim in Cleveland were interrupted when mourners spotted a suspect at the funeral home.
Police say several mourners at Wednesday's services for 22-year-old Deandre Flake saw the suspect, pounced on him and held him down until police arrived.
Officers arrested 20-year-old Terrance D.
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State Turns to Dann on Impeachment? - 05-07-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted says lawmakers determining whether Attorney General Marc Dann should be impeached over a sex scandal need help from an unlikely source: the attorney general himself.
Husted said Wednesday the House isn't equipped to investigate whether Dann has committed any impeachable offenses. He says it would be helpful if Dann appointed an independent investigator to review all the information from the scandal.
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Associated Press Wednesday Afternoon Headlines - 05-07-2008
Here is the latest Ohio news from The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - There they go again. Ohio gasoline prices have taken off, rising to $3.79 for regular all over the state after oil prices hit a record $122 a barrel. Some analysts predict prices will rise to a national average of $4 before long.
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Medical Makeovers Part 1 - 05-06-2008
We begin a 4 part series entitled "Medical Makeovers". Million dollar add-on's at local hospitals and specialty off-campus facilities, and the changes are not only physical, but medical services being offered have also expanded by leaps and bounds. We begin with Lima Memorial Health System.
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Ada Community Comes Together After Tragedy - 05-06-2008
Shortly after 4:30 am on April 4th investigators say a fire broke out inside the mobile home at 536 East Lehr Avenue.
Heavy flames filled the kitchen area, and the rest of the mobile home with smoke.Killed was 39 year old Thomas Farkasdi, his wife Shirley and their 4 and a half month old baby boy Joseph.
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Former Banker Will Leave Prison Four Years Sooner - 05-06-2008
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A former banker who embezzled nearly $49 million from a small-town bank in northwest Ohio will get out of prison four years earlier than he expected.
A judge agreed to reduce the sentence for Mark Miller after prosecutors say he cooperated with the government in a related case.
An attorney for the former chief executive of the Oakwood Deposit Bank says he could now be released in three and a half years.
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No Charges Against Former Lawmaker Over Porn Presentation - 05-06-2008
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A Democratic state lawmaker who resigned after his computer displayed an image of a topless woman during a presentation to high school students will not face criminal charges.
Norwalk Law Director Stu O'Hara says former Rep. Matthew Barrett of Amherst will not be prosecuted for lying to police about whether he knew women who appeared topless in images on his computer.
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College Fire Victims May Have Drowned - 05-06-2008
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) - The mother of one of the two 22-year-olds found dead last weekend near Ohio University told a 911 dispatcher she thought they had drowned themselves in a bathtub.
In the 911 call made Saturday morning, Cynthia Welden said she pulled her son and his girlfriend out of the tub at an apartment in Athens.
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State Troopers Lose Job Over KKK Costume - 05-06-2008
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) - Two State Highway Patrol troopers have now lost their jobs over a prank involving what looked like a Ku Klux Klan outfit.
A patrol spokesman announced Monday that Craig Franklin and Eric Wlodarsky of the Sandusky post were terminated. Lt. Tony Bradshaw also says there was just cause for discipline.
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Associated Press Tuesday Morning Newsminute - 05-06-2008
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) - A Lorain County judge holds a hearing today to go over expert testimony given last month in a challenge to Ohio's lethal injection execution method. One anesthesiologist called the procedure humane but another testified that it's not even fit for dogs or cats.
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) - The state has fired two troopers at the Sandusky Highway Patrol post for their antics involving a get-up similar to a Ku Klux Klan costume.
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Market Street Shooting Update - 05-05-2008
Progress continues to be made to find out who gunned down a Lima woman last week on Market Street. Lima Police Lieutenant Jim Baker says detectives worked through the weekend on the case. He says he believes progress was made and there may be more information to report on the case before the week is over.
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Arson Fire Awareness Week - 05-05-2008
This week, the first full week of May is considered to be Arson Awareness Week.
Arson's have been a substantial problem for the Lima Fire Department in 2008 so far.
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High School Seniors Waiting To Hear From Colleges - 05-05-2008
The waiting game has begun for many high school seniors to find out if the colleges or universities they've picked, have picked them for the fall quarter.
Nationwide, colleges are preparing for the largest graduating class of high school seniors since 1977.
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City Council Meeting - 05-05-2008
Barring any unforeseen issues, it could be a relatively short night for Lima City Council. One agenda item for Council tonight is an ordinance to pay off the remaining balance to the lobbying firm for the most recent fight to re-open Lima Correctional Institution.
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