5-6-25 TUESDAY MORNING NEWS

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
An Indiana woman was killed in a crash in Putnam
County yesterday morning. It happened at just before eleven o'clock
on US two twenty four in State Route sixty six
near Ottoville. The Lima Post of the Highway Patrol says
that seventy two year old Dorothy Smith of Anderson, Indiana,
was driving a Honda SRV eastbound on two twenty four,

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and twenty eight year old Britney Patton of Van Wert
was driving a Ford Van southbound on State Route sixty six.
Patten failed to stop at a stop sign and struck
Smith's Honda. Smith's vehicle went off the roadway and overturned.
Patten's vehicle also went off the road. Dorothy Smith was
pronounced dead at the scene. Seventy two year old Nathan Smith,

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a passenger in her car, suffered life threatening injuries and
was taken to Saint Ritaz and Lima. Britney Patton suffered
non life threatening injuries. There were three children in her car,
all under five years of age. They were not injured.
The Buckeye State Sheriff's Association is calling on the online
fundraising platform go fund me to shut down the multiple

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fundraisers that are supporting Rodney Hinton Junior. He is currently
charged with murdering a Hamilton County Deputy sheriff this past weekend.
Hinton allegedly intentionally ran over the deputy, who was directing
traffic at the time. It was later learned he is
the father of a eighteen year old who was shot
by Cincinnati police previously. The Buckeye State Sheriff's Association, in

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a news release, says they implore the GoFundMe organization to
immediately take down the efforts of fundraising for an assassin again.
A reminder, beginning today, the Sonovs Line of Refinery will
be holding firefighter training on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the
month of May. Smoke and fire may be visible at
the refinery's fire training center between the hours of eight

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am and four pm. Signs will be placed along for
demand a road advising travelers of the activity. The conclave
to select a new Pope stars later this week. NBC
News Radio's Mark Mayfield reports.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Catholic cardinals from around the world are making final preparations
to select a successor to Pope Franc's through the secret process.
Once the conclave begins on Wednesday. The one hundred and
thirty three cardinals taking part in the election will remain
behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel until a candidate
four pope receives a two thirds majority vote. After each vote,
cardinals will burn the ballots and send up black smoke

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from a chimney, but when the new pope is finally chosen,
they will release white smoke. Conclaves historically have lasted about
four days. A Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
The Trump administration announced yesterday it would give immigrants in
the US illegally one thousand dollars to self deport and
pay for their flight out of the country. Fox's Jeff
Paul reports.

Speaker 3 (02:49):
This, of course, is all contingent on if they download
the CBP app self deport and then confirmed to the
government they did in fact leave the US for the
country of birth. Dhsfice estimate self deportation in that route
is seventy percent cheaper, with the average cost to arrest, detain,
and deport someone right around seventeen thousand dollars. Compare that

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to the self deport option with a stipend, which is
estimated to cost around forty five hundred dollars. DHS also
says it's safer for the migrants and safer for law enforcement.
President Trump adding it could also help someone's chances of
one day returning.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
That's Fox's Jeff Paul reporting and today's primary election day.
In the state of Ohio, the only statewide issue is
Issue Too. If approved, two point five billion dollars would
go toward projects including roads, bridges, sewers, and waterline improvements
over ten years. Since the issue is funded with bonds,

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there would be no change to property taxes. Locally, Allen
County Children's Services has a renewal levee on the ballot,
and Elida Schools are asking their taxpayers to renew an
emergency property tax levee. The school board recently authorized over
one million dollars in budget cuts for next year that
included the elimination of eleven teaching jobs. That's the news

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