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Youngstown ''assault weapons'' ban gets first public hearing

10:47am Friday, June 13, 2003

Wednesday's public hearing in city council chambers on a proposed ban on possession or sale of assault firearms brought out raw emotion on both sides. More than four dozen people attended the unusual pair of hearings, arranged by Artis Gillam Sr., D-1st, council's safety committee chairman. Massive feedback on the proposed law led him to set aside two hours in the afternoon and two hours in the...

Alltel 911 cell calls misdirected to Kent

1:02pm Thursday, June 12, 2003

File this under the "only you can protect you" category: 6.11.03 The Kent Police Department recently found itself answering misdirected 911 calls from as far away as southern Ohio. The calls came from Alltel cellular phone users. When a call was pointed to a certain number -- in this case, 911 -- it was being incorrectly translated by the local telephone company, SBC, said Nina Gagliardo,...

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Letter to the Editor: ''Gov. Taft is right!''

11:40am Thursday, June 12, 2003

An anti-self-defense letter to the editor from Toby Hoover has been published by the Middletown Journal. The letter contains many of the same false statements Hoover made in Senate testimony last month. Commentary by Chad D. Baus inserted in blue . 6.12.03 ‘Right choice for Ohio’ Gov. Bob Taft stated, after the Columbine massacre in 1999, that he would veto concealed weapons legislation if law...

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Alaska's new concealed carry law

10:17am Thursday, June 12, 2003

Law allows Alaskans to carry concealed guns without permit By MIKE CHAMBERS Associated Press Writer JUNEAU--Alaskans will no longer need a permit to carry a concealed weapon under a bill signed into law Wednesday. In signing the bill, Gov. Frank Murkowski lauded the work of the Legislature and the National Rifle Association in protecting the Second Amendment rights of Alaskans. The bill would...

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Oh, if only they knew how effective this would be...

12:45pm Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Turn on your speakers and listen to how in flight announcements SHOULD be done .

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Tale of Two Cities: 20th Toledo bank robbery this year; Louisville robber killed

12:12pm Wednesday, June 11, 2003

A man with dreadlocks yesterday robbed the National City Bank branch at 3890 Monroe St. of an undisclosed amount of money in Toledo's 20th holdup of a financial institution this year. The man entered the bank about 10:20 a.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money. The teller gave him the cash, and then fled the branch in an easterly direction. No weapon was seen, and the robber didn't...

Bowling Green police provide nightly escort to bank for Burger King employees

11:58am Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Burger King employees here are taking no chances of being robbed again. After the manager of a south side restaurant was robbed June 1, employees at that Burger King and two others in the city have been making a habit of calling local police each night before they close. When Bowling Green police receive the call, an officer heads to the respective Burger King and follows the store manager to a...

Tale of Two Cities: Elderly Cincinnati woman raped, Col. Springs woman defends

11:15am Wednesday, June 11, 2003

A 17-year-old Over-the-Rhine boy who is being prosecuted as an adult on a charge that he beat and raped his literacy tutor has been found competent to stand trial. Next week, Wilkins is scheduled for a hearing where a trial date will be set unless he enters a plea. Wilkins is charged with rape and felonious assault in connection with a March 7 attack against a 57-year-old woman in a basement...