5-2-25 FRIDAY MORNING NEWS

City of Lima set to implement traffic calming measures; Ohio to limit hemp sales; Authorities shut down a sex trafficking ring near Akron; Cedar Point opens for the season tomorrow. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm a Mayor. Sharita Smith will begin her Walking the
Wards program for this year on Tuesday when she visits
Ward six s. The city's communication officer, Jessica Bagonia said,
last year during the Walk the Wards, the mayor heard
a lot about traffic problems, and the city is set
to unveil plans to help in that regard.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
We heard a lot last year at our Walking the
Wards events that there is concern about traffic through the neighborhoods,
that they're speeding, or that there's running stop signs, things
like that, and so that really was the catalyst for
us implementing the traffic calling initiative that's going to be
coming this year. We've were working with a consultant to

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implement different opportunities to improve the traffic calling in our neighborhoods.
So that was one great example of something that brought
about change from the feedback we heard.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
The Walking the Wards program for this year begins Tuesday
and Ward six CE. The Ohio Senate has passed bill
that would regulate hemp products. The on NS Tracy Townsend
has details Ohio.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Sent a Bill eighty six was approved unanimously. The bill
restricts the sale of intoxicating hemp products to license marijuana
dispenser is eliminating availability at CBD stores and gas stations.
The move was made to address Delta eight THHC products
and other gray market cannabis. The Columbus Dispatch reports that
the bill also criminalizes driving under the influence of hemp
products and having an open THHC drink and a vehicle.

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The bill intends to eliminate consumer confusion about dispensaries, provide
better safeguards, and protect children.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
That's the on n's Tracy Townsend reporting. Ohio State University
says the Black Cultural Center will remain open, but its
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will close along with
some of its services. It says scholarships will be maintained,
but eligibility could be changed to comply with the law.
And another note, The university says the Office of Student

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Life will begin this summer transforming the first floor of
the Ohio Union for a space called the Buckeye Commons. Meanwhile,
police say a sex trafficking prostitution ring has been busted
up outside of akron iHeartRadio's Rick Uchino has the story.

Speaker 4 (02:13):
An eighty three count felony indictment has now been filed
in Trumbull County in connection to an alleged human trafficking
ring that forced women into prostitution. Attorney General Dave Yost
has announced that eight people have now been brought up
on charges that they've used two massage parlors in Warren
as fronts for sex trafficking and money laundering. The crime

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ring allegedly trapped women from Korea at these establishments for
months at a time, but was recently broken up by
the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. One of the
two massage parlors has already been shut down, with additional
search warrants being executed recently at the other. I'm rick Yucchino.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Moving to Washington. President Trump is out with his first
budget plan of his second term. Fox's Jared Halpern has
more from the White House.

Speaker 5 (02:59):
President Trump's Lodget proposal will be delivered the Capitol Hill today,
a document making his case for how much lawmakers should
spend on federal agencies and programs. The fiscal year begins
October first. Congress will need to approve new spending to
avoid any lapse in funding President Trump is also meeting
with top congressional Republicans on advancing what he calls the

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One Big, Beautiful Bill.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
It will be the biggest bill ever passed in the
history of our congress are Senate.

Speaker 5 (03:26):
In addition to expanding in extending tax cuts, President Trump
says he wants legislation to slash energy regulations in boost
spending on border security at the White House Jared Halpern
Fox News.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
The Anthony J. Celebrazy Federal Building in Cleveland is now
for sale. Word that the building would be listed first
came about earlier this year, when a log of more
than four hundred federally owned buildings that the Trump administration
had targeted for sale was released online. That list was
later taken down, but the administration now confirms they hope

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to sell the property and that the move would save
taxpayers millions and maintenance and redevelopment costs and an assign
Summer is quickly approaching. Cedar Point we'll have its opening
day tomorrow. The park's opening day will feature the relaunch
of Top Thrill two. For more information, go to Cedarpoint
dot com. That's the news you need this morning. More

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