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Page A3 r-i cri a '( St'. I 1-1! i ri SSI County grand jury returned a mur Sister of Niqui McCown offers condolences, es more information will come out on case hop der indictment against Swint, according to a story posted on the Dayton Daily News Web site, for the December 199J death of Tina Marie Ivery. ment for less than two months in 2007. He was forced to resign when Richmond police informed Trotwood police that Swint was a person of interest in the McCown disappearance. "Will this help us or hurt us? We don't know at this point in time.

It's just too early," said Lt. Brad Berner, Richmond Police Department chief of detectives. "It's unfortunate, especially if he had any information in the Niqui McCown case." McCown was last seen July 22, 2001, at a coin-operated laundry in the 1000 block of South Street in Richmond. In November 2004, police located McCown's 1990 GMC Jimmy at an apartment complex in Dayton. Family and friends have kept a constant vigil since McCown's Please see Case, Page A2 Swint, a former Trotwood, Ohio, probationary police officer, was found dead in his Alabama home Wednesday by police authorities who were preparing to arrest him in connection with the death of a Dayton prostitute.

Earlier in the day, a Montgomery By Bill Engle Staff Writer Richmond police officials on Wednesday said it's too early to tell if the death of Thomas L. Swint in Alabama will have any impact on the disappearance case of Marilyn "Niqui" McCown. Niqui McCown Disappeared in July 2001 Swint worked for the Trotwood Police Depart- I Rod Hospital (r. i Schools must play by rules State officials say IPS can't have two-hour delay on day after Super Bowl By Andy Gammill The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis Public Schools on Wednesday changed its plans for a two-hour delay on the Monday after the Super Bowl after state education officials threw a Reggie flag on the play. Wayne won't IPS instead will root for delay the start Saints of classes at all Page B1 schools' by one Schools hour and dismiss chief makes half an hour later right call at the end of the Page B4 dayonMonday Read more The district was at pal-item, trying to avoid a comcolts repeat of the day after the Colts 2007 Super Bowl win, when bus drivers called in sick en masse and forced the district to decide to close in the wee hours of the morning.

State officials, though, said IPS elementary school students must be Please see Schools, Page A2 Open heart opens minds about health 0 v- People visiting Wellness on Wednesday at Reid Hospital to celebrate heart health were able to walk through an inflatable model of a heart, above, in Lingle Hall. David Garay, sales executive at Hansen Medical, right, explains a Robotic Catheter System to a visitor on Wednesday. Find a gallery of photos at Fkctcs by Steve Kccer Up to 6 inches of snow is possible in theWhitewaterValiey this weekend. The National Weather Seniceon Wednesday issued a winter storm watch for Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Ranih.UniGn and Wayne counties in Indiana and Butler, Darke and Pnlc counties in Ohio from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon. Snow is expected to overspread the region Friday and continue into Saturday.

It might be mixed with rain Friday The potential exists for snow accumulations in excess of 6 inches v. ith this system. A winter storm watch means renditions are favorable for hazardous winter weather event in or close to the watch ea. Toyota probe deepens amid confusion over risk any event by firmly stepping on the dealer and they're going to fix it." Transportation secretary quickly takes The back-and-forth played back his words about safety of vehicles out as word i for drivers Nation, Page A6 the brakes. The final word from La-Hood: "What I meant to say or what I thought I said was, if you own one of these cars surfaced that Toyota Motor Corp.

also has been the vehicles, then quickly took back his words, adding to confusion over the safety of millions of recalled cars. Toyota, for its part, tried to reassure drivers that sticky gas pedals have been rare and the cars can be stopped in Br Ken Thomas Associated Press WASHINGTON Transportation Secretary Ray Lallood told Toyota owners Wednesday they should stop driving their Ray LaI'ogd Transportation Secretary subject of more than 100 complaints in the U.S. and Japan Please see Toyota, Page A2 or if you're in doubt, take it to Th3 75 cents til IT Partly sunny. Hiah 33. Low 22.

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