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''Good News'' statistics that won't make national headlines

4:09pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003

According to statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics, covering annual numbers and rates of death due to accidents and other reasons from 1981 through 1999, the annual number of deaths involving firearms has decreased very year since 1993, and firearm accident deaths have decreased almost every year for decades. Of course, during this same period of time, the number of Right-to-...

FLA CCW licenseholder dies to save family

3:41pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003

Father Killed While Buying Milk For His Daughter - Victim Shoots Back September 1, 2003 A Jacksonville man is dead after defending his family from an assailant at a gas station late Saturday. Charles Day, 30, of the 3500 block of Broadway Avenue, died about 7:30 yesterday morning after he was shot in the stomach, said homicide Sgt. Shannon Douberly of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The...

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More Ohioans suffer attacks in their cars

12:06pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003

More innocent Ohioans' lives were shattered over the weekend when attacked in their cars. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says they should have been able to "drive off" when attacked, and Senate leaders are obstructing progress on sending a bill to Gov. Taft's desk by refusing to remove provisions which would render many people defenseless in their cars. Bond is set for suspect in carjacking,...

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Gardner, old foe compete for Ohio Senate’s top spot

4:25pm Tuesday, September 02, 2003

Toledo Blade September 2, 2003 COLUMBUS - For 15 years, Randy Gardner walked up the steep path to power in the Ohio House of Representatives. In 1998, the Bowling Green Republican became the No. 2 House Republican, one step from wielding the gavel as speaker. But he never became speaker. Term limits stopped Mr. Gardner. In 2000, he ran for the state Senate and won. His GOP colleagues elected him...

Early posturing under way in quest for House speaker

4:18pm Tuesday, September 02, 2003

Toledo Blade September 2, 2003 COLUMBUS - The selection of Ohio’s next House speaker is more than a year away, but alliances already are being forged behind the scenes. Rep. Jon Husted, a Montpelier native and champion of charter schools, has emerged as an early front-runner in a potential Dayton-area power play for leadership of the House and Senate. Rep. Chuck Blasdel, 32, an East Liverpool...

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ONN: Ohioans Question CA Governor Recall

3:21pm Tuesday, September 02, 2003

Some Ohio lawmakers say they have had questions from upset voters about the possibility of recalling Ohio Governor Bob Taft. "Constituents started calling me, telling me we should do something about the governor,” said Rep John Willamowski (R-4, Lima). The Lima Republican says earlier in the year during the budget debate, people began asking his office if it was possible to recall Governor Taft...

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Tony Gordon wasn't the first, nor will he be the last

2:56pm Friday, August 29, 2003

Cincinnati Enquirer 08/29/2003 Madisonville man killed over his custom rims, prosecutor says Timothy Powell Jr. loved his white 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass, spending hours dressing it up with racing flag decals and $4,000 of 20-inch gold custom rims. Jerome Brown and six of his friends also loved it, Hamilton County prosecutors say. So much so that Brown, 19, is accused of rounding up his buddies in...

Ohio Senate vacancy filled by Democrat

1:14pm Friday, August 29, 2003

Summit Council member Kim Zurz accepts state post Akron Beacon Journal State Democrats picked Summit County Councilwoman Kim Zurz to be the new state senator for the 28th District, which includes southern Summit County and all of Portage County. She will replace term-limited state Sen. Leigh Herington, D-Rootstown Twp., who is resigning Sept. 17 to run for a Portage County judgeship. Zurz will...