CINCINNATI (AP) — A radiologist has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge that he secretly videoed a girl using the shower in his home. Jeffrey Dardinger apologized at his sentencing Tuesday. Hamilton County Judge Dennis Helmick ordered him to serve three years of probation, 200 hours of community service, and to report his [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s three largest cities are enjoying downtown booms after years of effort and a combined investment of about $10 billion — booms that officials say could help boost Ohio’s overall economic development. Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati have all added residents, jobs, economic impact and vibrancy in what Edward Hill, dean of Cleveland [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Award-winning chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay will open his 14th Bobby’s Burger Palace at the new Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati in March. Rock Gaming officials said Tuesday that Ohio’s first BBP will be in the casino next to the gambling floor and feature an assortment of burgers. Flay also is owner and executive [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — The government is proposing to inject healthy trees with pesticides to help battle the tree-killing Asian longhorned beetle in southwest Ohio. The beetle was discovered in a Clermont County area east of Cincinnati in June 2011. The Columbus Dispatch reports that U.S. Department of Agriculture officials on Wednesday proposed pesticide injections for [...]
By LISA CORNWELL Associated Press Writer BATAVIA (AP) — The CEO of Ohio-based amusement park operator Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. says he believes parks will benefit from people embracing “staycations” and visiting attractions near home even as the economy improves. CEO Matthew Ouimet said Wednesday he’s encouraged about the company’s future and the industry and [...]
By LISA CORNWELL CINCINNATI (AP) — A national criminal justice organization is backing an Ohio murder suspect’s renewed efforts to exclude a dying man’s eye blinks allegedly identifying him as the gunman from his trial. Ricardo Woods is to go on trial Monday in the October 2010 fatal shooting of 35-year-old David Chandler in Cincinnati. [...]
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An unusually warm winter followed by a hot spring and summer turned 2012 into one of the hottest years on record across Ohio. Cleveland and Columbus both had their highest average annual temperatures this past year while the state’s other big cities just missed out on breaking their records. Toledo, Cincinnati [...]
Just before midnight, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, we had the privilege of holding our sweet Mom’s hands, Phillis Jean Garber (Iles), while we prayed her from this life into the loving arms of our Lord. She was golden — inside and out. She was born May 31, 1933. She leaves a legacy of love, [...]
