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Fri. 11:37 a.m.: Arrest warrants issued in case of guns stolen from VFW

WEATHERSFIELD — Arrest warrants have been issued for Frank Leland Hilty and Shawn M. Squires in connection to the theft of nine vintage rifles and up to $15,000 in cash from a VFW Post. Weathersfield police Chief Michael Naples Jr. said Friday morning that Hilty, 51, and Squires, 32, ...

UPDATE: Thu. 3:52 p.m.: Dayton air base says there was no active shooter incident

DAYTON (AP) — Wright-Patterson Air Force Base now says there was “no real-world active shooter incident” this afternoon. The base said the report occurred during a "normal, scheduled installation exercise" that included an active shooter scenario. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base says via Twitter that base personnel remain safe. Traffic is coming and going at the Air Force base in Dayton hours after authorities responded to reports of an active shooter. Earlier this afternoon, Wright-Patterson had sent a tweet saying it was responding to a "reported Active Shooter incident." ...

Thu. 2:31 p.m.: Active shooter reported at Air Force base in Dayton

DAYTON (AP) — Federal and state authorities in armored vehicles and unmarked cars swarmed onto a sprawling Air Force base in this afternoon in Dayton amid reports of an active shooter at a medical center. Workers at the base were told to shelter in place on the sprawling base. WHIO-TV reported that an announcement was made at the medical center telling some people inside the building to leave with their hands on their heads. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said via Twitter it was among several agencies responding to the active shooter ...

Update: Sun. 11:37 p.m.: Body believed to be that of missing Warren man

WARREN — The body found this evening in a wooded area off Risher Road SW is believed to be that of Jerry "Jay" Hughley, the missing boyfriend of a woman whose body was found a week ago today outside nearby Deemer Park. “Can I get somebody on Risher Road? I've been out here looking for my nephew, Jay Hughley. I think I just found him in the woods,” a frantic voice can be heard saying on a 911 recording about 7:20 p.m. A half dozen city police cruisers and two coroner's vehicles converged on Risher Road between Martin Luther King Boulevard SW and Pershing Avenue SW. The road was ...

Sun. 9:28 p.m.: Body found off Risher Road, Warren

WARREN — Police are combing through a wooded area off Risher Road in southwest Warren, where a body was found this evening. A half dozen city police cruisers are parked on Risher Road between Martin Luther King Boulevard and Pershing Avenue SW, near the Warren Township border. The street has been roped off. Police are not commenting yet on the investigation, nor have the identified the body. According to dispatch logs, someone reported finding a body in the grass about 7:20 p.m. A Tribune Chronicle reporter is at the scene and we will post more information as it becomes available.

Wed. 11:10 a.m.: Ohio executes killer of man met in bar in 1985

LUCASVILLE — Ohio has put to death a killer sentenced to die for stabbing and dismembering a man he met in a bar in 1985. The execution of Robert Van Hook by lethal injection was carried out this morning at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. The time of death was 10:44 ...