Toledo police find dead infant in freezer

Toledo police find dead infant in freezer

TOLEDO

Police in Toledo are investigating the discovery of a dead infant in a freezer in a rental property that was being cleaned out.

The landlord of the house on the city’s east side called police Friday after discovering the body.

The Blade newspaper reported that the body was taken to the Lucas County Coroner’s Office for an autopsy.

Police spokesman Sgt. Joe Heffernan told the paper he didn’t know the gender or approximate age of the infant.

Girl still critical after shooting at restaurant

CLEVELAND

A 10-year-old girl who survived a shooting by her father that killed her sister and mother remains in critical condition in a Cleveland hospital.

Kayla Allen was shot in a crowded Cracker Barrel restaurant in suburban Brooklyn on Thursday as her sister celebrated her birthday.

A nursing supervisor at MetroHealth System said Saturday that Kayla’s condition remained unchanged.

Police say Kayla’s father, Kevin Allen, came into the restaurant and shot to death his wife, Katherina Allen, and other daughter, Kerri Allen, then was killed by police as he fled.

Weather bugs farmers

COLUMBUS

While Ohio farmers are getting an earlier start to spring planting thanks to a mild and relatively dry winter, they still have weather concerns.

Some worry because there haven’t been the types of hard freezes that help control the insect population. Another concern is there won’t be adequate rain this spring and summer because of this year’s unusual weather patterns.

But there are also positive signs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers had planted 2 percent of Ohio’s corn and 42 percent of its oats as of Monday. That compares with no corn and only 4 percent of oats this time last year.

Report: Ohio lags in treating youths

COLUMBUS

A new report says the state still hasn’t met its goal of intensively treating Ohio’s most violent and disruptive youths.

The review of conditions at Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility north of Columbus says staff shortages are hampering efforts to deliver needed services to inmates.

The facility houses the state’s female juvenile inmates, boys of all security classifications, as well as boys deemed the hardest to control.

Ohio will halt use of ‘Prepare to Stop’ signs

COLUMBUS

The state is phasing out many flashing “Prepare to Stop” signs in Ohio in favor of a technology considered safer for drivers.

Traffic officials say too often the flashing signals cause drivers to speed up to make a light, causing more accidents at intersections.

Joe Rutherford, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Transportation in central Ohio, says such crashes tend to be more severe because of the speed of cars trying to beat the red light.

Officials are replacing many of the approximately 90 lights around the state with equipment that monitors the speed of vehicles and can extend a green light if cars can’t stop in time.

Dayton officer shot

TROTWOOD, Ohio

The city of Dayton says an undercover police officer is in serious condition after an overnight shooting that also injured a suspect.

Dayton spokesman Tom Biedenharn said Saturday that the officer’s name is not being released because of his undercover work for the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force.

Associated Press

Biedenharn says the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting and the officer is in serious but stable condition.