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Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Thousands of drivers cited for seatbelt violations in multi-state safety initiative
Over 6,800 drivers were cited for safety belt violations in a 6-State Trooper Project to focus on safety belt enforcement. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] State police from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia joined forces for an eight-day initiative to focus on safety belt enforcement, according to a media release by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. From Monday, May 19, through Monday, May 26, the Ohio State Highway Patrol issued 2,631 citations for safety belt violations, according to the release. TRENDING STORIES: 'Hard to just stand and watch;' Large fire destroys historic Catholic church 22-year-old man killed in head-on crash in Northern Miami Valley Area police chief placed on paid leave pending misconduct investigation Another 83 citations were issued for child safety seat violations in Ohio. In total, across the six states, 6,863 citations were issued, plus another 401 for child safety seat violations. 'The 6-State Trooper Project is a multi-state law enforcement partnership aimed at providing combined and coordinated law enforcement and security services in the areas of highway safety, criminal patrol and information sharing,' OHP Sergeant Brice Nihiser said in the release. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Telegraph
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The Flying Dutchman, Opera Holland Park: Wagner's elemental tale is given a progressive spin
Pity Wagner's heroines, always having to save some errant man from hell or a guilty conscience. In his early masterpiece The Flying Dutchman, the male hero is a sailor, unwise enough to curse the Almighty when He sends him an unfavourable wind. And so he's doomed to sail the seas until a good woman saves him and sacrifices herself in the process. It's 19 th -century patriarchy on steroids, as Julia Burbach's intelligent new production for OHP makes abundantly clear. As is the fashion nowadays, the opera's essential theme is presented before the curtain officially opens, during Wagner's overture. A troop of pining blonde girls in nighties and macs drifts into Naomi Dawson's cleverly designed set, roaming up the narrow and alarmingly tilted platform behind the orchestra on which is the modest bric-a-brac of the heroine Senta's home – bed, table, hard chair. They continue around the orchestra to what seems like a beach at the front of the stage. They are the Eternal Feminine, anxiously looking for a man to rescue. Soon uncanny masked figures appear, premonitions of the supernatural Dutchman's ghostly crew. It's this elemental world of the sea the production stresses, while the solid bourgeois world of Senta's sailor father Daland – who's keen to marry Senta off to the rich, roving Dutchman – is barely hinted at. Senta, touchingly played by Eleanor Dennis, is the very submissive centre amidst the swirling sailor activity and orchestral din, singing of her obsession with a picture of the Dutchman in a voice of such pearly delicacy you could hardly hear it. Her father Daland is somewhat blandly characterized by Robert Winslade Anderson, and the Dutchman played by Paul Carey Johnson is frankly a bit wooden and formal when he first meets Senta. One felt his suffering but not his uncanny power. All this meant the production – suggestive though it is of the opera's underlying themes, and buoyed by sensitive playing from the City of London Sinfonia under conductor Peter Selwyn – needed a dramatic shot in the arm. That was delivered not a moment too soon by Neal Cooper as Senta's betrothed Erik. His aria where he laments Senta's obsession with the Dutchman was truly agonised. He paced about like a tormented caged bear, his voice cracking with emotion. Senta, who until that point had seemed rather milk-and-water, her annoyance with her teasing friends a bit too schoolgirls-larking-in-the-dormitory, suddenly discovered her true stature. In the final scenes the opera really caught fire. The sailors' terrified discovery of the cursed Dutchman's ship was a superb swirl of movement, lit with lurid effectiveness as if from the pit of hell by Robert Price. In the final scene, where Senta promises to go with the Dutchman to the ends of earth, Eleanor Dennis unleashed a vocal power one had never suspected. The orchestral din was thrilling, as were the chorus's terrified outbursts. Nature obligingly lent a hand, rattling the walls of Opera Holland Park's canvas venue with a strong wind. So a wonderful elemental ending, which really got to the heart of Wagner's drama. It's just a shame the production took a while to reach it.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
One dead, one injured in Harpersfield plane crash
HARPERSFIELD TOWNSHIP — A plane crash about a half mile east of the Whispering Willow Mobile Home Community killed one person and injured a second Sunday morning, said Ohio State Patrol Lt. Tim Grimm, who commands the Saybrook OHP Post. Grimm said preliminary investigation indicates the plane had taken off from Germak Airport and had trouble gaining altitude over Route 307, narrowly missing a utility pole and striking a tree, coming down about 50 feet south of Route 307 in a grassy area. "There were two males on board, one of them is deceased and the other was transported to the hospital for treatment of burns," Grimm said. He said he was not sure what hospital the man was taken to for treatment. The incident was called in at 10:11 a.m. Grimm said the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Department was first on the scene, and found one man out of the aircraft, then the pilot was pulled from the wreckage. Harpersfield Fire Chief Frank Henry said two fire trucks were sent to the scene from his department, and another from Geneva. He said they were able to put out a small fire and assisted in getting the victims to two ambulances. He said the ambulances were from Northwest Ambulance District, and the man suffering from burns was taken to UH Geneva Medical Center. The pilot was declared dead at the scene, Grimm said. Investigators from the Ashtabula County Coroner's Office were on-scene around 11:30 a.m., as the investigation continued with one lane of traffic allowed on the road. Grimm said the OHP reconstruction team was called to the scene, and an OHP aerial team was able to photograph the area from the air. He said the plane was a 2007 Zenith 701, and was in pieces under a tree on the side of the road. Ashtabula County Sheriff William Niemi said one of his units arrived on-scene and found a man walking outside the plane. "They weren't too far away, and the troopers arrived soon thereafter," he said.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Yahoo
Memories and lessons from ‘the darkest day in OHP history'
CADDO, Okla. (KFOR) — The spotlight of memory can glow or glare depending on what those memories contain. For both Bob Young and OHP Capt. Ronnie Grimes, the events of May 26th, 1978, are impossible to forget. Young was 21 years old in the Summer of that year. Hampton was just a kid, but as they pore over old headlines and pictures from a 47-year-old crime scene, neither can look away. 'I needed to know exactly what happened,' explains Young. 'What were Dad's footsteps?' As Memorial Day approached in 1978, Hampton recalls that people in Bryan and Hughes Counties were scared. Two escapees from the prison in McAlester had been on the loose for more than a month, robbing and killing across three states. 'They were very, very violent people,' states Hampton. Fugitives and law enforcement finally came together on a county road north of Durant, at a place called Nails Crossing. Bob Young's father, Billy, and another veteran trooper, 'Pappy' Grimes, headed off a stolen pickup truck driven by the escapees. Both Young and Summers lost their lives in a hail of bullets. From the original shooting scene near the community of Kenefic, Hampton points, 'Trooper Young was struck in the forehead, and he fell at the back of the car.' The manhunt for both fugitives ended violently in the town of Caddo. 'Just a few seconds at Kenefic, then a few seconds at Caddo,' Hampton continues. Two more troopers who were first on the scene took fire as well. Pat Grimes was killed there. His partner, Hoyt Hughes, was wounded but recovered. Both fugitives were slain. 'It was a high price to pay,' Hampton remarks. There are two separate memorial sites now. The marker at Nails Crossing was placed there in 2019. Both men have dedicated parts of their lives to studying what happened that day, Young to keep his father's memory alive. 'It was on my mind every day,' he says. Hampton says his memories of the event convinced him to become a highway patrol officer. 'It was really a defining incident in my life,' He claims. Studying what happened, walking the same ground as those who gave their lives, doesn't ever get easier. Polishing the marker at the site in Kenefic, Young admits, 'It took a long time to actually want to be out here at this location.' But they insist it's still important to draw the proper lessons, to remember the sacrifices three men made that day to serve and protect. 'They were doing what police officers, deputies, and troopers are doing all over the country, every day,' explains Hampton. For more information on the three killed on May 26, 1978, and other troopers who lost their lives in the line of duty, visit the Officer Down Memorial page by clicking here. Great State is sponsored by True Sky Credit Union Follow Galen's Great State adventures on social media! Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigating crash that killed 2 in Sequoyah County
SEQUOYAH COUNTY, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — Oklahoma Highway Patrol says it is investigating a crash that killed two people on Saturday afternoon in Sequoyah County. A fatal crash report from OHP said around 1:51 p.m. a 2005 Ford Mustang and a 2009 Harley Davidson were involved in a collision at the intersection of Oklahoma Highway 100 and S 4490 Road. The driver, Chadrick Hornback, 49, and the passenger, Rachel Fox, 41, both of Gore, Okla., of the motorcycle were pronounced dead at the scene by EMS, according to the report. Arkoma mayor says sewer rate hike is 'unsustainable' The driver of the Ford was Life Flighted to a Tulsa hospital with injuries to their extremities. OHP says the cause of the crash and what happened are under investigation. Conditions were clear and dry at the time of the crash, according to the report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
