It may feel like someone has cast a plague of spawning gnats on the downtown area, but hopefully the sun and 70-degree weather should alleviate some plight. Let’s get to the news.
- Last night in Cleveland, Ohio, police recovered three women believed to be missing for nearly a decade. The discovery came after a neighbor heard screams coming from the house, where he met Amanda Berry, who was last seen in 2003. Cleveland’s Channel 5 has the story.
- The New Yorker is reporting that gonorrhea has recently shown to be resistant to the last drug available to fight against it.
- Here’s a quick lesson in opportunism courtesy of Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel. She writes that two men, Michael Nelson and Erik Switzer, and one documentary filmmaker, took raw materials from the Sidney Hih demolition and have been selling coffee tables made from them for upwards of $300. While city officials from the Department of City Development start off with a stern scolding, Jeff Fleming, its spokesman, admits the department has bigger problems on its hands.
- The Shepherd Express previews Electra, Theatre Gigante’s 25th season-closing show, which starts next week.
- The New York Times reports that a 17-year-old soccer player in Salt Lake City, Utah punched a referee in the head during a game, and this caused the referee’s death. The story of 46-year-old Ricardo Portillo, the referee, indicates, according to the Times, a growing problem of violence against sporting officials.
