What do you do during the rainy season in Ohio? You catch a state-record blue catfish! That’s what 15-year-old Jaylynn Parker of New Richmond Ohio did while fishing with her father, Chuck Parker. The father and daughter team were checking jug lines in a creek that is connected to the Ohio River. When the river […]
Greg Roberts of Historic New Richmond Inc. said the inspiration for the project came more than a decade ago while giving a tour to the late Civil Rights activist Carl Westmoreland.
reporter: new richmond ohio, police officer, jesse kidder knows this confrontation could have taken a deadly turn. get your hands up! reporter: the man seen running toward him is a suspect is a in a double murder. he was trying to commit suicide by cop. kept repeating shoot me. one point, he said shoot me or i ll shoot you. get your hands out of your pockets. shoot me! get your hands out of your pockets now. no man, not gonna do it. reporter: despite the man s refusal to comply and with tensions running high kidder doesn t pull the trigger. he put his hands in his pocket there my eyes are watching that hand right now and nothing else. stop! stop right there i don t want to shoot you, man. i m not going to shoot you. reporter: kidder back pedals and eventually loses his shooting but he keeps his cool and his sights on the suspect. backup arrives just in time.