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Ohio preacher avoids jail in road rage case
CINCINNATI (AP) - A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher convicted of waving a gun and threatening another driver won't be going to jail.
A Hamilton County judge on Thursday sentenced Thomas Howell to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service on his conviction for aggravated menacing. Howell can't possess any weapons while on probation and must give up his concealed weapon permit.
The judge said most gun threat cases lead to jail but Howell would be spared because the minister has prostate cancer and glaucoma.
Howell was driving to First Commandment Church of the Living God in the East Walnut Hills neighborhood in June when another driver cut him off. The cars chased each other, and the other motorist said Howell threatened to shoot her and called her names. |
Crash probe underway
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board says a cargo plane had received extensive routine maintenance before it crashed in Ohio, killing all three crew members.
Air safety investigator Jim Silliman said Thursday that maintenance on the plane owned by cargo transporter Air Tahoma was not unusual given its age.
The twin-engine 1956 Convair 580 crashed Monday after leaving Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus.
Silliman said the pilot called flight control to request permission to return to Rickenbacker for an emergency landing, but the pilot did not specify what the problem was. |
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Strickland releases plan
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Ted Strickland released a plan Wednesday that ties Ohio's economic growth over the next decade to the development of nine key industries, including renewable energy and aerospace.
The strategic economic plan presented to hundreds of business leaders seeks to develop Ohio's work force and promote development in urban communities. The plan is thick on ideas and numerical goals for economic growth, but thinner on specifics on how to reach those goals.
The plan is also about creating an upbeat image to counteract negative national perceptions of Ohio's economy.
Strickland, a Democrat, did not mention unemployment or the loss of manufacturing jobs - two chapters of Ohio's economic story that get frequent coverage. Ohio's unemployment rate reached 7.2 percent in July, the highest level in more than 15 years.
Instead, he emphasized bright spots in the economy that will be used to sell Ohio to businesses: a low cost of living, a state whose exports have grown every year for the past 10 years, and the fact that in a few years it will be one of only two states that don't have a general tax on corporate profits.
"In the past (the economy) always provided for its people, and it always will - if we build on our strengths, if we cultivate the talents of our people, and if we invest in ourselves, and if we take this opportunity not to look back but to look forward," Strickland told business leaders gathered at an auditorium in a downtown state office building. |
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Anti-Obama graffiti decried
UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (AP) - A brick wall on an Ohio home has been defaced with the message "Death Obama."
It was spray-painted on early Wednesday near a yard sign for Democrat Barack Obama outside Lisa Carroll's house in the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington.
Carroll says it's a sad day when a citizen can't express support for a presidential candidate without fear of persecution, intimidation or retaliation.
Police are investigating. They say they're not aware of any other incidents.
Local Democratic and Republican leaders are united in their disgust over the vandalism. County Democratic Party Zach Manifold calls it shocking and pretty scary. His Republican counterpart, Brad Sinnott, says it's "hooliganism" having nothing to do with politics. |
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