All the way into Ohio.
"Man kills Ind. scoutmaster on hike" August 23, 2011|Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS - As a 76-year-old scoutmaster led two young charges on a nature hike, they stopped to identify a tree - a pause authorities say put them in the path of a man who emerged from a nearby home with a 12-inch knife and stabbed the group’s leader, leaving him to bleed to death on the trail.
The attack Sunday afternoon on the Nickel Plate Trail in Bunker Hill, 60 miles north of Indianapolis, killed Arthur Anderson, a scouting volunteer for 50 years who also mentored young computer whizzes at Kokomo High School and held a patent for an electrical device.
Authorities say that after approaching Anderson from behind and stabbing him without provocation, 22-year-old Shane Golitko returned to the home where he had earlier assaulted his mother, breaking her arm, and stabbed his two dogs, killing one of them. He fled in his mother’s Jeep, leading police on an 8-mile chase before he was arrested.
Authorities said it wasn’t clear what set Golitko off, and neither drugs nor alcohol were involved....
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"A cheerleading coach from Ohio has died from head injuries she suffered when a powerful storm toppled a stage at the Indiana State Fair, making her the seventh person to die in the tragedy, the coroner’s office said....
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"Indiana mourns 5 who died in stage collapse; State authorities to look at storm, structural issues" August 16, 2011|By Tom LoBianco, Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS - Hundreds of mourners gathered yesterday at the Indiana State Fairgrounds to remember five people killed when high winds caused an outdoor stage to collapse onto an audience awaiting the start of a country music concert.
Governor Mitch Daniels told the roughly 500 mourners that the tragedy broke the hearts of the state’s residents. He became emotional as he praised those who rushed to the stage to help the injured.
“I cannot tell you how proud I am,’’ Daniels said, “to be the employee of 6 ½ million people like that.’’
Daniels said Saturday’s stage collapse was especially sad because the state fair is “a family reunion of all Hoosiers,’’ where farmers and city dwellers gather for fun.
Wind gusts between 60 and 70 miles per hour toppled the stage Saturday night as an estimated 12,000 people were waiting to see the band Sugarland....
The Indiana Occupational Health and Safety Administration and the state fire marshal are looking into the accident. Officials said the investigation could take months.
As they investigate, inspectors will be looking for any structural or design flaws in the stage. Another issue is whether fair organizers responded quickly enough to forecasts of an approaching storm, especially because another concert nearby was canceled because of the weather....
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Also see:
Wind razes concert stage at Indiana state fair, killing 5 and injuring dozens
Student hurt in Indiana stage collapse dies
Time for a drink.
"Ohio’s State House might add tavern" August 18, 2011|Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - After spending their day serving the public, lawmakers might soon be able to head to the basement and get served at a pub.
Ohio officials are debating a proposal to establish the nation’s only state house bar - a venue where lawmakers and members of the public could tip a few back after hours.
Opponents say it would be inappropriate in a government building frequented by schoolchildren, while others note that alcohol already flows freely at State House events.
“Prohibition ended in the 1930s, so what’s the big deal?’’ said Senator Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican. “We’re not talking about putting George Jones and Willie Nelson on the jukebox and having people spending all their waking hours in the Capitol Cafe, drowning their sorrows. But the idea that there’s alcohol in the State House should be completely unsurprising to anyone.’’
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