• Wed. Dec 18th, 2024

Local

  • At 6:20 p.m., Rosevelt Rappley was shot and killed by a store clerk after attempting to rob a Dollar General on 2228 North Gettysburg Avenue. Rappley entered the store armed and demanded money from the clerk who “shot him in self-defense.”
  • 108 employees will be out of work as Kroger’s Northridge location on Needmore Road will be closing in a month’s time on Nov. 14 due to poor profits. Spokeswoman for the Cincinnati Division of stores, Erin Rolfes said: “The store has been unprofitable for a while and that was the reason we chose to close it.” All inventory items will be transferred to other Kroger locations.

U.S. News

  • Two more deaths by vaping related illness occurred in Indiana on Thursday 10th, thus raising the e-cigarette death toll in America to 29 with 1,299 confirmed or probable cases of the illness according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • 21-year-old man charged with opening fire in a Walmart in El Paso, Texas in Aug. enters plea of “Not Guilty.” Patrick Crusius fatally shot 22 people in an attack that happened within hours of a shooting in Dayton.
Patrick Crusius (FBI/Tribune News Service)

World

  • On Oct. 8, Activision Blizzard stripped professional Hearthstone player Chung “Blitzchung” Ng Wai of his winnings, banned him from competitive play for a year and fired two broadcasters covering his stream after Ng Wai declared a pro-Hong Kong message on stream.
  • Turkey bombs Ras al-Ain, Syria on Oct. 10, pushing backing U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in an attempt to extend Turkish control over Northern Syria. The Turkish Defensive Military is said to have hit 181 targets thus far.