Ohio man bulldozes $350K home to avoid foreclosure

MOSCOW, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio man says he bulldozed his $350,000 home to keep a bank from foreclosing on it. Terry Hoskins says he has struggled with the RiverHills Bank over his home in Moscow for years and had problems with the Internal Revenue Service. He says the IRS placed liens on his carpet store and commercial property and the bank claimed his house as collateral...More

Ohio strip club hosts 'Lap dances for Haiti'

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A strip club in Ohio has raised $1,000 for Haitian earthquake relief during what was billed as "Lap dances for Haiti....More

Ohio county pays man $1,500 for bat bite

DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio county has agreed to pay $1,500 to a man who was bitten by a rabid bat and turned to a little-known state law that allows for compensation. Commissioners in Delaware County, north of Columbus, voted Thursday to provide 61-year-old David Froehlich with the maximum reimbursement under the law, even though he put in his request for the money two days late---...More

Ohio-2 people, 65 horses killed in fire

Ohio - Two people and 65 horses were killed Saturday when a blaze engulfed a barn at an Ohio harness racetrack, a state fire official said. The fire destroyed a large enclosure at the Lebanon Raceway near Cincinnati in southwestern Ohio. One of the people killed was a man, and there was no information yet on the other, state Fire Marshal spokesman Shane Cartmill said. Autopsies will be conducted Sunday, he said. There are 80 stalls in the barn, and 65 stalls were occupied. All the horses in those stalls died....More

Ohio police say man tried to take their candy bars

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Talk about sticky fingers: Police arrested a man they say tried to take their candy bars. Police in the southwest Ohio city of Middletown, around 30 miles north of Cincinnati, charge that Derek Kidd, 32, tried to walk out of the station with two candy bars and a police toboggan cap. Police Maj. Mark Hoffman said Kidd and his girlfriend had just been released Wednesday after disorderly conduct arrests and were asking passers-by to use a cell phone. He invited them insi----...More

Ohio man's private football party crashed by deer

LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- A man in Ohio said he had to do some running of his own while watching football on TV when a deer came crashing in through a window. Jeff Berger said he managed to get out of the way when the animal charged at him Sunday evening inside his fiancee's house in Lima in northwest Ohio. The deer jumped on the living room sofa Berger had been lying on---...More

'Gold' rings stolen from Ohio shop just brass

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio jeweler says thieves who smashed their way into his store and got away with rings are in for a surprise when they try to sell them. Henry Triplett of Henry's Jewelers in Toledo says what appeared to be thousands of dollars in gold rings in his display cases were actually rings made of brass and worth barely 25 cents apiece----...More

Ohio 8th-grader suspended for wild Bengals haircut

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) -- A young Cincinnati Bengals fan has been penalized for clipping. Dustin Reader got the NFL team's stripes and "B" insignia cut into his hair as a tribute to the team's good season. When he showed up to school in the southwest Ohio city of Hamilton on Monday, officials put the eighth-grader into in-school suspension. The school said its code of conduct prohibits extreme and distracting hairstyles---More

Foreclosed Ohio homeowner leaves cats, mess behind

AKRON, Ohio – When an Ohio man vacated his foreclosed home near Akron, he left behind nearly 100 cats and a stench. Rescuers have been chasing cats in the Lakemore house for two weeks, and there are still some felines left. Cats were found in the heating ducts, under furniture and mattresses and in dressers, closets and cabinets.

Cat rescuer Eric Schickendantz said he had to put on protective gear before shoveling cat waste off the floors and disinfecting the place.

Outside, the lawn and landscaping were well-manicured, but neighbors could smell a stench when the windows were opened.

Information from: The Plain Dealer,

Stupid News-Ohio man pleads guilty to shooting at tractor

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio – A central Ohio man who fired five gunshots at a tractor being used to mow a ditch along his property has pleaded guilty to felonious assault and could be sent to prison. Pickaway County prosecutor Judy Wolford says Randall Turner entered the plea Friday. The 53-year-old Turner faces two to eight years in prison.

A tractor operator told sheriff's deputies Aug. 4 he'd been confronted by an angry man with a handgun while he mowed the edge of Turner's property in Ashville, 20 miles south of Columbus.

Turner said he fired the shots to disable the tractor. The operator wasn't hurt, but a bullet ricocheted and grazed Turner's forehead.

Turner sued the county in 2007, saying his property had been damaged by the mowing. The lawsuit was dismissed last week.


Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com

Stupid News-Ohio family feud leads to dueling candy stores

GRANVILLE, Ohio – Candy makers Greg and Socrates Goumas are opening a new store and are armed with their grandfather's secret recipes, but so is their older brother — and he's moving in 100 feet away. When George Goumas returned to Ohio from Sanibel Island, Fla., to run his family's candy business, he had his mother's blessing — filling the prodigal son role — but he squeezed out his brothers, long the chief chocolatiers at Goumas Candyland.

The feud came to a head in December, when detectives were called to one of the family's stores and Greg and Socrates were ordered off the premises.

This was no problem that could be solved by covering it in chocolate and a miracle or two.

So the two younger brothers opened their own store and now plan a second in Granville, just down the street from their brother's third planned location.

But shoppers will likely be the ones to determine which Candyman can — and which ends up stuck in a chocolate swamp.

"I think it's too early to tell if people will pick one over the other," said Dena McKinley, whose printing business is located between where the two stores will set up shop in Granville. "I call it the Battle of the Bonbons."

George, 58, said their father had always wanted a location in Granville, about 30 miles northeast of Columbus.

Socrates, 56, said he believes George's decision is a copycat move.

"My mom was thinking all of us would work together again and be a happy family," Socrates Goumas said. "That wasn't going to happen."

Mannequin threatens to bust Ohio barbecue joint

READING, Ohio – A man who runs a Cincinnati-area barbecue joint says the busty mannequin he tethered to the front of the building has been good for business, but city officials say he needs a permit to keep her there.

Under Reading (REH'-ding) city rules, the 5-foot-10 brunette is considered a sign and requires a permit.

Restaurateur Kenny Tessel says the bikini-clad figure in the tight short-shorts cost him nearly $200, but he quickly made that back in profit.

He already has made one change. He removed a chain that kept the mannequin latched to a utility pole after police said that was against the sign code.

Tessel had chained the mannequin because he said he didn't want some "yahoo" tossing her into the back of a pickup truck.

Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com

School: Ohio teacher took students to strip club

HAMILTON, Ohio – A school spokesman said a southwest Ohio teacher has resigned after acknowledging she accompanied four female students to a male strip club. Butler Tech school district spokesman Bill Solazzo said the 47-year-old teacher resigned Thursday.

He said the teacher told Edgewood High School administrators that the students, all cheerleaders, asked her to take them to the bar in February.

The teacher told school officials in an e-mail that she got permission from the parents of the 17- and 18-year-olds to bring them to the club.

The teacher taught marketing at the school and previously served as a coach for the district's eighth-grade cheerleaders.

Odd News-The Sarah Cuda Hunting Bow

XENIA, Ohio - A western Ohio manufacturer is offering a custom-designed hunting bow inspired by Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Lakota Industries Inc. announced its "Sarah-Cuda" bow Wednesday in honor of the Alaska governor's "lifelong passion for the sport of hunting."

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The pink camouflage bow weighs 3.4 pounds and is designed to accommodate female hunters and archers. It retails for $590.

Lakota chief executive Dick Williamson said the bow also pays tribute to women who "bear the responsibility of family and work while strengthening the moral fiber of society."


The company will donate 10 percent of Sarah-Cuda proceeds to the National Association for Down Syndrome. Palin, 44, is a mother of five who gave birth earlier this year to a son with the genetic condition.

Lakota Industries: http://www.lakota-industries.com

National Association for Down Syndrome: http://www.nads.org

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Stupid News - Ohio Burger King worker fired for bathing in sink

Stupid News - Ohio Burger King worker fired for bathing in sink

XENIA, Ohio - Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it had parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in a utility sink in one of its restaurants in a video that ended up on his MySpace page.

The nearly four-minute video, which was posted online Thursday, shows the man taking the bath to celebrate his birthday. In the video, shot by another worker, the employee refers to himself only as "Mr. Unstable" and appears to be naked.

Timothy Tackett, 25, told WDTN-TV in Dayton that he is the sink-bather and that he made the video for his MySpace page. The video had been removed by Tuesday night.

Tackett said he regretted taking the bath because it led to the firing of the employee who did the recording, as well as the restaurant's shift manager.

Burger King spokeswoman Denise Wilson said earlier Tuesday that two employees involved in the incident were fired and a third quit. She declined to identify the employees or say whether the man who took the bath quit or was fired. Tackett said he was fired.

A message left by The Associated Press for a Timothy Tackett in Centerburg was not immediately returned.

Greene County Health Commissioner Mark McDonnell said he dispatched an inspector to the restaurant, but workers had already sterilized the sink, which is used to clean large pieces of equipment.

Stupid News - Ohio students' hotel room doors duct-taped shut

Stupid News - Ohio students' hotel room doors duct-taped shut! Very dumb!

MILLBURY, Ohio - Parents have complained to a northwest Ohio school board that a chaperone sealed students in their hotel rooms with duct tape during a high school choir field trip.

At a heated meeting Monday, Michelle Mata told the Lake Local school board in Millbury that the tactic panicked her son during a recent weekend trip to Chicago.

Sylvia Keeler said she may file charges. Her son, Mark Hummel, said he worried he could be trapped during a fire.

School board president Timothy Krugh (kroo) told parents the tape was meant to keep students safe.

Schools Superintendent Jim Witt said the tape would show if students violated curfew but wouldn't have kept them from escaping in an emergency.
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