4-8-25 TUESDAY MORNING NEWS

Todd Walker reports
Lima students at the LPD and LFD today
Wapak preparing for State of the City, County and Schools
Ohio River has crested
Voter roll integrity stressed by Ohio Secretary of State
Supreme Court gives Trump a deportation win

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
There will be Lima students at the Alima Police Department
and Lima Fire Department today. They'll be there for the
gen Next nine to one to one Career Day. It's
a safety service career day that allows high school juniors
and seniors to increase their knowledge of the day to
day activities of first responders through hands on learning and demonstrations.
The students will be at the police department from May

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thirty to ten and the fire department from ten to
fifteen to eleven thirty. Planning is underway for this week's
Wapakanetta State of the City, County and School's Luncheon. It
will happen Thursday at the Wapawk Eagles. The luncheon is
open to the public with a paid ticket and will
feature speakers Wapakanetta Mayor Dan Lee, Auglais, County Commissioner Dave Bambauer,

(00:44):
and Wapawk School's Superintendent Aaron Rex. The National Weather Service
says the Ohio River has crested at sixty point seven
nine feet at Cincinnati. That is about nine feet above
flood stage, and flooding will be an ongoing problem. The
Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency says flooding is still occurring

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in many low lying areas across Greater Cincinnati. The Ohio
River is in what experts call moderate flood stage and
is forecast to remain that way for another three days.
Floodwater from three of the Ohio River's tributaries, the Great Miami,
Little Miami, and Whitewater rivers, is beginning to recede. Meanwhile,
Norfolk Southern Railroad continues clean up efforts following the East

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Palestine train derailment two years ago. The Steubenville Herald Star
reports that cleanup efforts in East Palestine have shifted to
the waterways. The Ohio EPA has directed at Norfolk Southern
to investigate potential contamination in the creeks adjacent to the derailment,
as a visible sheen in the creeks has caused residents

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concern since the derailment. The railroad confirms that it will
be installing and enhanced the groundwater well monitoring network in
the area and will also be continuing to address air
quality issue us. The Ohio Secretary of State's office is
taking steps to help secure the integrity of state elections.

(02:07):
Then N's Bring cast Well reports Ohio's.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Voter Data Integrity tool is now in eighty eight counties.
Secretary of State's office says this will help boards of
elections keep accurate voter registration records. It helps flag voters
who cannot be verified with the usual information like their
driver's license number, the last four digits of their social
security and date of birth. The Secretary of State says
boards have to be able to keep better and cleaner

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records with this tool.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
That's the onnn's bring cast Well reporting. The Supreme Court
has ruled that the Trump administration can use an eighteenth
century law to accused trend Dear Ragua members, but that
accused migrants needed to have a court hearing first. Fox's
Brooks Singman with more.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
President Trump responding to this, saying quote, the Supreme Court
has upheld the rule of law in our nation by
allowing a president, whoever that may be, to be able
to secure our borders and protect our families and our
country itself a great day for justice in America. US
District Judge Jims Boseburg initially halted those deportations as two

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flights carrying two hundred and thirty eight men was en
route to El Salvador. The move by the Supreme Court
could prevent Bosberg from holding the administration in contempt, a
move he had been signaling he was prepared to take.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
That's Fox's Brooks Singman Reporting and Health and Human Services
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior wants local governments to stop
adding fluoride to the water supply. Floride has been added
into public water supplies for decades as a way to
help prevent tooth decay. Kennedy said yesterday it makes no sense,

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and praised Utah for being the first state to ban
it outright. Kennedy said he'll be reconvening a task force
to review the health effects of fluoride. The task force
last reviewed fluoride in twenty thirteen and recommended using it
as a low cost and safe method to improve public health.
Kennedy warns it could have several health risks, including hyperthyroidism

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and osteoarthritis. That's the news you need this morning. More
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