Here’s the latest news headlines for the Dayton Ohio area
for September 8, 2015. I am making this post about 950 on Tuesday evening. There
seems to be quite a bit of stuff going on around the the Valley tonight.
The male worker was operating the crane to pour concrete in the construction of a parking garage when the crane became unbalanced and toppled over, according to Dayton District Chief Paul Raisch.
The worker suffered what paramedics characterized as moderate injuries. Raisch said he was conscious as he was taken to Miami Valley Hospital.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration of Ohio has been notified to investigate the work-place accident.
A hazardous materials crew responded to cleanup hydraulic oil and fuel that spilled from the crane.
The bike path is expected to be closed to pedestrians and bicyclists for the rest of the day.
Dayton is one of three Ohio cities where Google’s next-day delivery service, Google Express, started Tuesday, company officials said.
Launched in 2013, Google Express expanded Tuesday to 16 markets in six Midwest states, also including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
In Ohio, Google Express also expanded to Columbus and Lima, a company spokesman said.
Google Express allows consumers to shop their favorite stores online on a single website and have their products delivered the next day. Participating retailers include Costco, Toys “R” Us, Kohl’s, Staples and Barnes & Noble, as well as specialty stores such as L’Occitane and PetSmart.
Previously, Google Express was available to shoppers in seven U.S. cities, including San Francisco and parts of Los Angeles and New York City. Tuesday’s Midwest expansion was the first since last fall, when the service expanded to Chicago, Boston and Washington, D.C.
One potential effect is that marijuana sometimes becomes a substitute for psychotropic medications that presently are prescribed by physicians. In my own private practice, for example, I engage clients who [illegally] smoke marijuana in order to self-medicate psychiatric symptoms—rather than taking their prescribed meds. The problem, of course is that through the use of medications, physicians monitor the client’s health, increase/decrease various dosages, and guide clients to make prudent lifestyle and volitional choices while taking psychoactive drugs. When such controlled medications become substituted with marijuana, however, the client loses this needed accountability and safety monitoring. As a concrete example, numerous clients who have discussed their situations with me have indicated using marijuana as a substitute for benzodiazepines, particularly since many Ohio community mental health centers now have significantly curtailed or stopped prescribing these particular psychotropic medications.
A 15-year-old will face two counts of attempted abduction in juvenile court after he allegedly grabbed a woman on the Simon Kenton Trail in Urbana Tuesday morning.
Authorities received a 9-1-1 call from the victim shortly after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, said Capt. David Rapp, of the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office. The victim provided a description of the teen, who was taken into custody a short time later, he added.
The woman told police she was jogging south along the bike path just south of Ohio 55 when she saw the teen sitting along the side of the bike path. She turned around and headed north, but told authorities the teen followed her.
“She had that strange vibe not to continue and not to run past this individual,” Rapp said.
The woman ran but the suspect eventually caught up to her, grabbed her around the chest and tried to pull her off to the west side of the bike path, Rapp said. When the woman screamed, the suspect let her go and she was able to run away and call 9-1-1, according to the report.
- See more at: http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/attempted-abduction-reported-on-local-bike-trail/nnZrt/#sthash.8Pzv4qNn.dpuf
The Dayton racino’s monthly numbers have been predictable, but racino operator Penn National Gaming says it’s too early to gauge long-range revenue trends.
“While we’re very pleased with the performance of Dayton, it’s still way too soon to get a long-range handle on what revenue will be,” Penn National Gaming spokesman Bob Tenenbaum said.
The harness racing season at the Dayton racino begins Sept. 14. There will be 75 race dates — up from 56 last year — and the season ends Dec. 30.
Miami Valley Gaming in Warren County, which is larger than the Dayton racino, had net winnings of $10.4 million in August — its sixth straight month with revenue of $10 million-plus. Its slots payout percentage was 91.27 — which means $91.27 of every $100 gambled goes back to customers.
Hollywood Gaming’s payout percentage was 90.28 last month.
Eleven motorists died on Ohio roadways over the long Labor Day holiday weekend, during the beginning of a month-long campaign by state troopers to promote safe driving habits.
Over the same Friday through Monday of 2014, marking the unofficial end of summer, there were 12 traffic-related fatalities by comparison, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol.
This brings the year-to-date total to 751 deaths of drivers and their passengers in Ohio, an approximately 18 percent increase from the same time last year when 634 people died, said spokesman Lt. Craig Cvetan.
Traffic deaths have been trending up this year and there are several factors why, Cvetan said.
“Every crash starts out with a bad decision and when people make those bad decisions, ultimately that’s what leads to these fatal crashes,” he said.
Bad decisions include speeding, impaired driving, distracted driving and not buckling up, he said.
Also, the numbers are a reverse-course from recent years when 2013 was the safest year for fatalities on Ohio roadways. Last year was the second safest year since Ohio began keeping track in the 1930s, according to the highway patrol.
