Happy Birthday Tina Weymouth!

 Happy Birthday to Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club!

REMEMBERING JFK: President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas 60 years ago today.

 REMEMBERING JFK: Presidetnt Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas 60 years ago today.

 

An event in Hamilton on Wednesday evening paid tribute to an iconic episode from "WKRP in Cincinnati" called "Turkeys Away."

 

An event in Hamilton on Wednesday evening paid tribute to an iconic episode from "WKRP in Cincinnati" called "Turkeys Away."

Hamilton businesses, the Hamilton Fire Department and fans of the old show got together in a clever tribute to the episode, dropping 120 rubber ducks dressed as turkeys from a fire truck, to simulate them falling out of the helicopter like in the TV show.

The American sitcom aired from 1978 through 1982, featuring the misadventures of a Cincinnati radio station. And the "turkey drop" episode is by far the most iconic, first airing on Oct. 30, 1978.

Forty live turkeys were dropped from a helicopter onto an unsuspecting Cincinnati shopping mall below. In what was supposed to be a Thanksgiving giveaway promotion, the station's hapless manager — Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson — decided to drop live turkeys from a helicopter.

Les Nessman, the station's newsman, provided the play-by-play as the carnage unfolded.

"One just went through the windshield of a parked car. This is terrible. Oh, the humanity!" Nessman recapped.

The rubber ducks were $10 each, with half of the money raised supporting the Butler County Veterans Memorial Wall. The other half went to the person whose duck came closest to the target upon landing.

The event was held at the Casual Pint Hamilton parking lot at Riverfront Plaza.

The fiasco ends as Carlson, covered with feathers, returns to the station and mutters the iconic line, "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

Two occupants of car killed in explosion at Rainbow Bridge In Niagara Falls NY

 

Two occupants of car killed in explosion at Rainbow Bridge

Two occupants of a car that exploded after it sped the wrong way into an inspection booth at the Rainbow Bridge were killed in the blast, according to law enforcement sources at the scene.

The Wednesday morning incident shut down all international crossings in the Western New York area.

Traveling down Niagara Street, the car sped onto the bridge plaza, went through a fence separating the inbound lanes from the outbound lanes, and toward the inspection lanes where it exploded, according to law enforcement sources.

Two occupants in the car were killed in the explosion.

A border protection agent was injured in the blast. He's being treated for non-life threatening injuries at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, sources said.

Patrol cars representing multiple local police agencies, including the Niagara Falls Police Department and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, responded to the scene following the incident that witnesses told the Niagara Gazette occurred at around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday.

The FBI's field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.

Photos and video taken by news organizations and posted on social media showed a security booth that had been singed by flames.

Further information wasn't immediately available.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she had been briefed on the incident and was “closely monitoring the situation.”

The Rainbow Bridge is one of four border crossings connecting Ontario to western New York.

The others are Lewiston, Whirlpool and Peace Bridge. The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission reports all four crossings are closed.

 LOCAL NEWS

City files motion to hold Colonial Village receivership group responsible for relocation costs

Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein said that those with young children and those living in units in disrepair have been relocated to temporary offsite housing.

Author: Mix 614 Columbus News

 The City of Columbus is taking further action against the former property manager and current receiver of a troubled apartment complex on the city’s east side.

According to Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein’s office, officials filed a motion to add the current receiver and former property manager of Colonial Village as defendants in the nuisance property case before the Environmental Court. The move will allow the city to ask the court to hold the lender, current receiver and former property manager in contempt of a court order to improve safety, security and living conditions. The city also filed a motion on Tuesday to hold the receivership group responsible for covering the cost of relocating residents and families to temporary housing. The property leadership has reportedly declined to cover the costs associated with relocation. “The City is taking legal action to hold accountable those who failed to abide by the Court’s order to improve safety and security and bring Colonial Village into compliance. Now, hundreds of hundreds of residents and families are left wondering what comes next,” said Klein. “The City will continue to take appropriate legal action where necessary to hold parties accountable and require them to cover the cost of relocating families. Taxpayers should not be on the hook for the actions that result from derelict landlords.”

City and county officials have partnered with local health and human service organizations to offer resources to the more than 800 affected residents. Some of the help being provided includes housing relocation, food assistance, legal services, job search assistance and education resources.

Klein said that those with young children and those living in units in disrepair have been relocated to temporary offsite housing.

Prior to the motions being filed, Klein’s office gave the Colonial Village management company, Capstone Real Estate Services, and the lender a Nov. 10 deadline for a plan to address the issues at the apartment complex. Klein’s spokesperson said that the deadline wasn’t met and the city filed two lawsuits: one in common pleas and the other in environmental courts.

One resident gave  a look at the conditions she’s been faced with since she moved to Colonial Village apartments in 2021.

She showed that her bathtub leaked anytime she ran a bath, which then leaked into the unit below her. She must cover the peeling and cracked linoleum in the bathroom with a bathmat. There’s also a gaping hole in the living room carpet below what appears to be water damage or mold on the ceiling.

A woman in one portion of the complex has taken it upon herself to help the large Haitian population that now lives in the buildings. She expressed her frustration with the living conditions at the property that some are subjected to.

“It's like... God.. it's very frustrating. Sometimes I go home and I scream. If it weren't for my German Shepherd, I wouldn't come outside,” said LaToya Bonner.

She said many of the Haitian families were put into the condemned properties and then charged a high price for rent by someone.

“When they say they're paying the rent at $1,200? $1,200? No, never that. Now that I know they don't have light and gas. I don't know what agreement they had with whoever they made it with,” she said.

 New study names Akron as best city in the US to retire on a budget

Cleveland, Alliance, and Steubenville also made GOBankingRates list of the '15 Best Cities To Retire on $2,500 a Month.'

 The personal finance resource site, GOBankingRates, has put together a list of the "15 Best Cities To Retire on $2,500 a Month" in the United States. 

The list features three Northeast Ohio cities, including the one at the top spot. GOBankingRates put Akron on top of its list. 

Here's the complete list of the"15 Best Cities To Retire on $2,500 a Month" in the United States:

Akron

Pampa, Texas

Robstown, Texas

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Borger, Texas

Jackson, Mississippi

New Castle, Pennsylvania

Cleveland

Freeport, Illinois

Amherst, Texas

Riverview, Missouri

Steubenville

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Alliance

Memphis, Texas

 Classic Hits WBLE'S 12 Days Of Christmas 

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