SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) — A western Ohio sheriff charged with sexual battery has been indicted on charges alleging misuse of a computer program used in investigations. Shelby County Sheriff Dean Kimpel was indicted Thursday by a Shelby County grand jury in Sidney on five counts of unauthorized use of the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway program. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans earned less last month, the first decline in nearly two years. With less income, consumers could cut back on spending and weaken an already-fragile economy. Consumers spent a little more in August despite seeing their incomes drop 0.1 percent, the Commerce Department said Friday. Consumer spending rose just 0.2 percent, after […]
CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — A 67-year-old man who survived for five or six days on leaves and creek water after his car plunged 200 feet off a remote mountain road was found by his children, who tracked him down like television detectives. Chardonnay, Sean and Lisa Lavau appeared on NBC's "Today" show Friday, describing how […]
Joyce Evelyn Beckman Lumsey,died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 at her home in Indianapolis following a brief illness. Joyce was born on Sept. 2, 1938, in Bandana, Ky., to Henry A. Brown and Blanche Shaw Brown. As a young woman, Joyce moved to Oberlin to attend Oberlin High School where she graduated in 1957. Eventually Joyce moved […]
On International Day of Peace, Wednesday, Sept. 21, hundreds of handmade pinwheels braved a steady rain on Tappan Square. Oberlin’s tribute to “whirled peace” was part of a global event this year that saw an estimated 3.5 million pinwheels planted on six of the seven continents. The Day of Peace was established by a United […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — An Ohio letter carrier who has helped save the lives of three people will be honored at a luncheon Thursday in Washington, D.C., for his latest heroics. Thirty-year post office veteran Keith McVey of Barberton near Akron will be honored by the National Association of Letter Carriers with its 2011 "National […]
HOUSTON (AP) — At age 84, Elmer Pitchford knows time is running out for him to learn who killed his teenage daughter four decades ago in Houston. "I would like to know before I die, that's for sure," he said. But the retired dock worker said he's not sure what to think of claims being made […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, an encouraging sign that layoffs are easing. The Labor Department says that weekly applications dropped 37,000 to a seasonally adjusted 391,000, the lowest level since April 2. It's the first time applications have fallen below 400,000 since Aug. 6. Applications typically need […]