MORNING NEWS DIGEST –
December 18, 2012
"NEW" LOCAL
*Toledo Fire Station Fix
An old Toledo fire
station that was closed because of safety concerns earlier this year, could get
new life today. Toledo City Council is expected to vote on four-and-a-half
million dollars in funding today. That would both fix the cracks in the floor
at fire station three and pay for the construction of a new fire station in the
city. Council will meet this afternoon.
*OHP Trooper Accident
An Ohio
State Trooper is now out of the hospital after he was involved in a crash last
night. It happened a little after 8:00pm in Carroll Township in Ottawa County.
Investigators say another car pulled out in front of Trooper Carl Gutman.
Gutman was taken to a hospital in Port Clinton where he was treated and
released. The driver of the other vehicle, 51-year-old Mark Swift, was taken to
an area hospital with what are described at incapacitating injuries.
*Toledo House Fire
A fire broke out this
morning in a duplex in the 800 block of Indiana Avenue. Firefighters say it
appeared the fire started on the first floor and then spread. The back of the
home had significant damage... but there were no injuries. The home is not a
total loss and the cause is under investigation.
*Amanda Bacon in Court
A Toledo woman will
be in court this morning facing multiple charges after severely injuring her
six-month old son. Amanda Bacon is charged with felonious assault for allegedly
throwing her son to the ground in a fit of anger causing severe brain damage
and several skull fractures. The incident was witnessed by a person who was in
the home at the time and the child is said to be in critical condition. She is
also being charged and admitted to failing to provide medical attention.
*Lake Erie Threat
A 3-year study shows
that Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are the most threatened of the Great Lakes.
Scientists came to that conclusion after considering 34 environmental problems
including things like toxic pollution, and runoff. The lead researcher says the
project will help state and federal officials develop a restoration program for
the lakes.
"NEW"
State News
*OH – Kasich will sign law
allowing guns at Statehouse (AP)
Gov. John Kasich says
he'll sign a new law allowing guns into the Ohio Statehouse parking garage -
despite calls that he veto the bill in the wake of the Connecticut school
shooting. The Plain Dealer reports that Kasich is expected to sign the
legislation this week. It will allow guns for the first time in the parking
garages underneath the Statehouse in Columbus. Guns would have to be kept in
cars, and would not be allowed into the Statehouse. Kasich says he's a Second
Amendment supporter "and that's not going change." He adds there are
many other issues besides gun control involved in the Newtown, Conn., massacre.
*MI – Student Brings Gun to
School (AP)
A 13-year-old boy has
been caught carrying a loaded handgun into a Detroit school. WDIV-TV reports
the boy felt threatened by other students yesterday at Marquette
Elementary-Middle School. Officials say the gun was seized when it set off a
metal detector at the entrance. The teenager was taken to a youth facility.
"NEW"
NATIONAL/INTERNAT'L. News
*Boeheim Questions American
Stance on Guns
Syracuse head
basketball coach Jim Boeheim final remarks last night were not about his
milestone 900th career victory. Instead, he commented on the two 6-year-old
boys, victims at Sandy Hook, who were buried Monday They along with 18 other
children and six adults died in a shooting massacre at an elementary school in
Connecticut. Boeheim said, "If we in this country as Americans cannot get the
people who represent us to do something about firearms…we are a sad, sad
society."
*Fiscal Cliff Talks of
Compromise (AP)
Some congressional Democrats may not like what
they're hearing from the talks aimed at averting the "fiscal cliff."
President Barack Obama has made an offer that includes lower cost-of-living
increases for people on Social Security. His concession followed one from House
Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur), who said in a phone call on Friday that he'd
accept an increase in tax rates for people who earn more than $1 million a
year. Obama now wants to raise the top tax rate on those earning over $400,000
per year, abandoning his insistence on increasing top rates on individuals
earning more than $200,000 and families making more than $250,000. And Instead
of demanding permanent borrowing authority, Obama is now asking for a new debt
limit that would last for two years -- putting any renewal fight beyond the
politics of a midterm election.
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