The Marion Star from Marion, Ohio • B6

6B TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019 THE MARION STAR For more Jumble fun, go to www.jumble.com answer Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold bor- ders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk A GG A State CINCINNATI The death of an 8- year-old boy whose parents say killed himself after he was bullied by another student is at the center of a legal with his family and the Cincinnati Pub- lic Schools. School said the district liable for the death of Gabriel Taye, pushing for the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal trial refusal to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The parents argue that Carson Elementary School never told them that Gabriel was knocked unconscious by another student during an altercation outside a school restroom on Jan.

24, 2017. School claim Gabriel told he had fainted and never said he had been bullied or assaulted. The district released a video that shows one boy bullying other students and then, according to the at- torneys, pushing Gabriel into a wall when he tried to shake the hand and knocking him unconscious. The spokeswoman said unclear from the video what happened to Gabriel at that moment. An assistant principal arrived about minutes after Gabriel fell to the followed by other school employees and the school nurse, who helped him to his feet, according to surveillance video.

He was on the for about seven min- utes. The school nurse called mother, Cornelia Reynolds, and told her that he fainted. Gabriel returned to school two days later when he was bullied again, accord- ing to the lawsuit. He killed himself that night. Reynolds claims she learn of the bullying until her attorneys saw a copy of an email written by a Cincinnati police homicide detective in an investi- gative that described the scene out- side the bathroom, her lawyers said.

District says not liable for boy, 8, who killed himself ASSOCIATED PRESS City must pay lost wages to officer who used racial slur CINCINNATI An arbitrator ruled the city of Cincinnati must pay lost wages to a black police who was suspended for using a racial slur. Donte Hill was given a written reprimand after he was recorded using a slur while responding to a in No- vember 2018, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Chief Eliot Isaac had case re- viewed a month later when a white cer named Dennis Barnette was also re- corded using a racial slur while trying to arrest a black woman at a nightclub. Both Hill and Barnette received un- paid suspensions. The two lawsuits against the city this spring.

police union argued Hill was being subjected to double jeopardy and that his use of the word was not dis- criminatory. The city said the case was reopened because Isaac read an earlier me- mo closely enough to see what language Hill used. put, Chief Isaac erred in not reading the memo closely the arbitrator wrote. his error was later brought to his attention does not justify trying to correct it by disciplining (Hill) again. Rather, the City must live with the er- case against the city is still under arbitration, said Dan Hils, Cincin- police union president.

The city did not immediately respond to the request for comment. Police reopen investigation of 1981 cold case death NEWBURGH HEIGHTS An investi- gation was reopened into the 38-year- old cold case of a teenager who was found dead days after he disap- peared from a party in a Cleveland sub- urb. Newburgh Heights police announced the department will partner with stu- dents studying criminology at University to out what happened to 17-year-old Kurt Sova. knows what happened to my Kevin Sova said at a news conference last week. come for- Sova went to a house party in New- burgh Heights on Oct.

23, 1981. He left the party and never made it home. His parents reported him missing to police. body was found days later in a ravine near the house where the party was held. A coroner at the time could not determine cause of death and said there were no outward signs of foul play.

The coroner did deter- mine he died less than a day after he went missing. Investigators did deem death as suspicious because his body was found in the ravine after police had al- ready searched there, leading them to believe someone may have put him there after he died. workshop named for Bombeck set for 2020 DAYTON A biennial work- shop named for the late humor writer Erma Bombeck is set for the spring. The Erma Bombeck Workshop is held every other year on the campus of the University of Dayton, al- ma mater. Workshop say Emmy Award- winner and essayist Cathy Guisewite, creator of the comic strip will open this workshop April 2-4.

Others scheduled to headline the workshop include standup comedian Wendy Liebman and Mike Reiss, an Em- my Award-winning writer for the ani- mated TV series, The workshop that began in 2000 is co- sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. Bombeck died in 1996 at the age of 69, from complications following a kidney transplant. She lived in Paradise Valley, Arizona, but was a native of Dayton. Police: Customer accused in restaurant stabbing SANDUSKY A customer is accused in the fatal stabbing of a restaurant em- ployee outside the business after the two had argued earlier, police said Mon- day. Perkins Township were called to a Golden Corral restaurant around 9 p.m.

Sunday night on reports of a stabbing, police Chief Robb Parthe- more said Monday. Witness statements indicated res- taurant employee Cevin Stanley, 32, and a customer got into an argument inside the restaurant and fellow employees took Stanley outside to prevent the ar- gument from escalating. Witnesses said the customer fol- lowed and stabbed Stanley before leav- ing in a white SUV, according to police. Stanley, of Sandusky, was able to walk back inside the restaurant, where he collapsed and later died at the scene, police said. Bureau of Criminal Investigation and was called to help process the crime scene.

Police were continuing their search for the customer. Cincinnati Enquirer and Associated Press BRIEFS.