Regional Summary, Tuesday 4/29

Indiana Summary Hillary Visits Indiana Again (Indianapolis) -- Hoosiers for Hillary have announced new details of Hillarys trip to Indiana on today. Hillary will make stops in Indianapolis, Hobart, and Princeton. On Wednesday, Clinton will stop in Kokomo and on Thursday, she will stop in Terre Haute. At each stop, Clinton will discuss her plans to jumpstart the economy, create new, high-wage jobs, and restore the middle class. --- Police Find Human Remains Found In Shallow Grave (Johnson County) -- The Johnson County Sheriffs Department is investigating the discovery of a shallow grave, where police say it appears the grave also contains remains of at least one human body. According to authorities, they say the grave is about two feet deep, in Area 14 of the Atterbury Military Installation. A mushroom hunter was the one who found the grave and immediately called 911 from his cell phone. The sheriffs office is working with a forensic anthropologist from the University of Indianapolis in recovering the body. --- AMBER Alert Issued For Wayland Teen (Wayland, MI) -- State Police have issued an AMBER Alert for a 15-year-old Wayland boy believed to be in extreme danger. Wesley Ayers disappeared from his home Saturday and may have been abducted by a 24-year-old woman who has a history of physically and sexually abusing children. Ayers is described as a six-foot, 230-pound teenager with brown hair, brown eyes and he has a tattoo of a cross on his left leg. The pair may be en route to Newberry, Mackinaw City, Pennsylvania or Indiana in a black KIA sportage. Anyone with information should call police immediately. --- Here Are The Latest Winning Numbers From The Hoosier Lottery Daily Three-Midday: 5-2-9; Daily Three-Evening: 9-8-6; Daily Four-Midday: 5-8-9-4; Daily Four-Evening: 9-4-0-5; Lucky Five-Midday: 2-13-15-19-21; Lucky Five-Evening: 2-4-20-25-28. Kentucky Summary (Harrodsburg, KY) -- An overnight fire has damaged the grandstand at the Mercer County Fairgrounds. Units from Harrodsburg and several other communities responded. The same grandstand was damaged by a tornado some months ago. Its not known what caused last nights fire or how the damage will affect several upcoming events. There were no injury reports. (Versailles, KY) -- A jury will begin the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Versailles today. A Woodford County jury found 31-year-old Jason Lee Todd guilty of murdering 51-year-old Valerie Monjure and stabbing her friend, June Brown, in the neck with a grilling fork. The incident occurred in August 2006. (Frankfort, KY) -- Kentucky State Police report four of five people who died in motor vehicle accidents last week were not wearing seat belts. State Police report eight people died in eight separate crashes. Two motorcyclists were killed, one was not wearing a helmet. One pedestrian was killed. Through last week 221 people had lost their lives on Kentucky roadways this year. (Frankfort, KY) -- Governor Steve Beshear has vetoed House Bill 79, the legislatures version of the highway construction plan. The governor says the bill puts unnecessary limits on the Transportation Cabinet. The governor says he has directed the Transportation Cabinet secretary to come up with a new plan. The governor notes there will not be enough money available to proceed with every project in the plan. (Frankfort, KY) -- The Kentucky Democratic Party confirms Hillary Clinton will be attending a state party fundraiser on May 9th in Louisville. The party has also invited Barack Obama to attend. Tickets to the event are being sold for 50-dollars each. (Frankfort, KY) -- Governor Steve Beshear has signed a bill into law that increases the punishment for those who would torture dogs and cats. The so called Romeos Law makes it a felony. The dog the law was named after attended the signing. (Winchester, KY) -- The U.S. Forest Service has temporarily closed a trail that runs along the shore of Cave Run Lake. Officials are closing Buckskin Run Trail to protect a new bald eagle nest discovered near the trail. Forest rangers have confirmed two eaglets in the nest and plan to keep the trail closed until July 1st to give the eagles time to grow and leave the nest. Illinois Summary The Latest Here are the latest stories making news this hour: A financial settlement is reached with victims of the Cook County Administration Building fire five years ago. Someone elses prescription drugs were reportedly found with the driver whose semi crashed into a CTA Red Line station Friday afternoon. Barack Obamas former pastor again speaks his mind, this time at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Obama donates more money linked to a friend of indicted fundraiser Tony Rezko to charity. And a plan to get rid of the FBIs top prosecutor in Chicago is unveiled at the Rezko trial. --- Full County Building Blaze Settlement Reached (Chicago) -- The money is important, but changes made to city fire codes in the wake of the 2003 fire at the Cook County Administration building are life-saving. So says Randy Roberts, one of the victims who will share in a 100-million-dollar settlement agreed to just before jury selection in a civil case was to begin yesterday. Six people died and 16 more were injured in the fire at 69 West Washington Street. Chicago emergency officials were criticized for their response to the blaze, while the contractors were accused of faulty construction. The City of Chicago will be responsible for half the settlement, 50-million-dollars, though a majority of that will come from insurance. The company that managed the county building and a contractor will combine to pay 25-million-dollars. Cook County itself, two security firms, and four other companies are on the hook for the rest. Mayor Daley says the settlement allows the victims to avoid having to testify in multiple trials. --- Report: Illegal Drugs, Odd Behavior From Driver In Red Line Crash (Chicago) -- The driver whose semi crashed into a CTA station during Fridays rush hour reportedly behaved oddly while in police custody. A police official tells the "Chicago Sun-Times" that 64-year-old Donald Wells refused paper garments offered to him when authorities took his clothing as evidence. He sat in his jail cell naked, and sources tell the paper he also refused to use jail toilets, instead urinating on his cell floor. Those sources also report that Wells had someone elses prescription drugs with him at the time of the crash. Initial tests showed no signs of illegal drugs in Wells system, but officials are waiting for more results. Police cited Wells for negligent driving and released him Sunday night, but more charges are possible. The Michigan natives semi slammed into the CTA Red Lines Cermak-Chinatown station. Two women died in the crash, and 21 more people were hospitalized. --- Rev Wright: Criticism Amounts To "Attacks On The Black Church" (Washington, DC) -- Attacks on him are actually "attacks on the black church." Thats what Barack Obamas controversial former pastor told the National Press Club. Reverend Jeremiah Wright called for a national dialogue on race and religion. Obama is confronting an ongoing controversy over his long-term association with Wright and his controversial sermons, which some have criticized as anti-American. Obama has been trying to distance himself from Wright and move past the controversy, without much success. --- Obama Donates More Rezko-Linked Cash To Charity (Chicago) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is donating more money linked to indicted fundraiser Tony Rezko to charity. The "Chicago Sun-Times" reports Aiham Alsammarae 1/81/8 EYE-ham ahl-suh-MAHR-ee 3/83/8 has given Obamas campaign 23-hundred-dollars since the start of the year. Alsammarae is Iraqs former electricity minister and a long-time friend of Rezko. He was once charged with corruption in Iraq, but broke out of a Baghdad jail, came to the U.S., and has since had the charges vacated. A spokesman for Obamas campaign says Alsammaraes donations came online in the first three months of the year. The campaign has now given more than 160-thousand-dollars in donations with ties to Rezko to charity. --- Rezko Case Witness Alleges Scheme To Oust U.S. Attorney (Chicago) -- A witness in the Tony Rezko fraud trial says the indicted ex-fundraiser was a key player in a bipartisan plan to fire U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. Elie Maloof was once Rezkos business associate. He testified yesterday that Rezko told him in February of 2005 not to worry about a federal grand jury subpoena. According to Maloof, Rezko told him that Fitzgerald "will be terminated and Dennis Hastert will name his replacement." Hastert was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the time. Last week, former Illinois Finance Authority chief Ali Ata testified that Republican heavyweight Bob Kjellander would seek the help of White House official Karl Rove to get Fitzgerald fired. Ata has already pleaded guilty to lying to a federal agent about pay-to-play politics in Governor Blagojevichs administration. Blajojevich, Kjellander and Hastert have not been charged. --- Former Schools CEO Vallas Considers Another Governor Run (Chicago) -- One-time gubernatorial candidate Paul Vallas is hinting that he might make another run at the states top office. Vallas, who lost to current governor Rod Blagojevich in the 2002 Democratic primary, told reporters yesterday he would be "open to running again" in 2010. Vallas was once the Chicago Public Schools CEO and ran Philadelphias school system. He is currently superintendent of the Recovery District in New Orleans. Speaking about education to the City Club of Chicago yesterday, Vallas says he would not make a decision until after the first of the year. He also criticized Governor Blagojevich, saying "a lot of opportunities have been squandered" as "some people have been dodging indictments." --- Robbery Gone Wrong Suspected In South Side Shooting (Chicago) -- A botched robbery is the apparent motive in the murder of a shoe salesman on Chicagos South Side last night. A police spokesperson says the 33-year-old victim was making a delivery near the 82-hundred block of South Aberdeen Street at about 9:30 p.m. yesterday. Someone tried to rob him, eventually shooting the man in the head. Police found the body after the mans SUV crashed into a house. No one else was hurt. Police have not made an arrest, or released the victims identity. --- Media Groups Petition To Open R-Kelly Trial (Chicago) -- Three major news organizations are asking the Illinois Supreme Court to order musician R-Kellys pornography trial be opened to the public. The "Chicago Tribune," the "Chicago Sun-Times," and the Associated Press are asking the court to unseal court records, release hearing transcripts, and lift a gag order barring lawyers from discussing the case. Judge Vincent Gaughan has held nearly all of Kellys court proceedings behind closed doors. The singer is on trial for allegedly videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl, and Gaughan says opening the trial to the media would cost Kelly the right to a fair trial. His trial is expected to start May 9th. --- School District To Allow Commercial Programming On Buses (St. Charles) -- Hannah Montana will soon replace "Wheels On The Bus" for students headed to one suburban school district. St. Charles District 303 officials have signed a five-year contract with Minnesota-based Bus Radio to play a fifteen-minute program each morning on school buses. In return, about one-hundred buses will be loaded with GPS devices, digital video recorders, and other advanced technology. School board member Jim Gaffney tells the "Daily Herald" the trade-off will mean cost savings for the district and safer buses. Bus Radios program includes about ten minutes of music, one minute of advertising, a PSA, and some disc jockey banter. --- Police Wake Up Crooks Caught Sleeping With Loot (Aurora) -- Aurora police gave three suspected robbers a rude wake-up call Sunday morning. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle caught the three napping in the car alongside several stolen electronic devices. Police say six GPS devices, a laptop computer, and cell phones recently reported stolen from four Naperville locations were in the car. Felony and misdemeanor vehicle burglary charges have been filed against 17-year-old Reginald Jackson of Chicago, 20-year-old Gregory Balano of Aurora, and 18-year-old Fernando Hernandez of Aurora. Theyre all being held in lieu of bail. (Copyright 2008 by Newsroom Solutions) RNS-04-29-08 0632CDT