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Employees: It can happen to you. Does your employer care?

8:52am Friday, December 24, 2004

Akron: Restaurant driver robbed at gunpoint - just drive away, right? A restaurant delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night in the 500 block of Elbon Avenue in East Akron, police said. The driver, who is employed by Juwuan Kitchen, told officers he had made a delivery about 8:30 p.m. and was walking back to his car when a man with a gun approached. The gunman demanded money. After...

Snow Job? It may be more than the white stuff causing delays in Shelby Co.

6:06pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry continues to receive requests for updates on problems with Shelby Co. Sheriff Kevin O'Leary and Jeffrey Billiel, editor of Brown Publishing's Sidney Daily News. In recent weeks, we have received information about Miami Co. Prosecutor Gary Nasal's "investigation" that is deeply discouraging. Before that, some background: On June 17, Nasal was appointed special...

SIGNS COME DOWN: ACE Hardware points to ''numerous'' letters from OFCC members

3:48pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Yet another Ohio-based business has made the corporate decision to remove discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders from their restaurants. Like Frisch's, MicroCenter, Home Depot, Giant Eagle, Perkins Family Restaurants, Kroger, and the Ohio Auto Dealers Association (to name a few), Handyman ACE Hardware has responded to customers' questions about why these businesses were posting signs in Ohio...

Op-Ed: Justice Department To America: Lock and Load!

2:52pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004

But the shooting will continue in the political war over guns Article by Brian Doherty originally appeared at Reason Online on December 21, 2004 (republished with permission) Last week, the United States Justice Department publicly released a long document, signed by three deputy assistant attorneys general, spelling out in great detail the linguistic, historical, and case-law reasons why it...

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Guilty conscience? Blade offers reward for information in rape

12:54pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004

The Toledo Blade announced yesterday it is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who raped a female newspaper carrier in northwest Toledo early Sunday. Police said the man forced himself into the car of the woman in the 2800 block of Tremainsville Road about 5:30 a.m. and sexually assaulted her. Commentary: How sensitive. The Blade is offering a...

Armed men rob ''no-guns'' Fifth Third bank

12:37pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that two men entered Fifth Third Bank at 6301 Wilmington Pike about 3 p.m. and took an undetermined amount of cash at gunpoint, Centerville police Lt. Bruce Robertson said. The first suspect, who brandished a silver semiautomatic handgun, wore a hooded gray sweatshirt with the logo "Old Navy" in black letters across the front, blue jeans and black boots,...

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Police say gunman robbed (no-guns) credit union

11:57am Wednesday, December 22, 2004

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a man brandishing a handgun robbed a credit union Tuesday afternoon. The story says the robbery happened at the Seven Seventeen Credit Union, 4450 Belden Village Ave., about 1:50 p.m. Police told the newspaper a man demanding money from a teller placed a handgun on the counter. The teller gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash. Police said he left in...

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''Life after the legislature'': Doug White likely Taft pick for commerce dir.

11:13am Tuesday, December 21, 2004

FLASHBACK: Sen. White admits to existence of HB12 vote trading for Taft job appointments The Columbus Dispatch is reporting today that outgoing Senate President Doug White is likely to find the "life after the legislature" that he so eagerly sought during 2003 deliberations on concealed carry reform. The December 21, 2004 Dispatch story reports as follows: Gov. Bob Taft today is expected to...