Harold L. Lentz died Sept. 12 at University Hospital of Cleveland, Ohio.Born Sept. 6, 1932 in McMinnville, he was a former resident of Painesville, and lived in Trumbull Township for the past eight years. He also wintered in Crescent City, Fla.He was a member of the Eagles and Moose lodges in Florida and was past…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Gary Austin Bond, 59, died Sept. 11 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A set-up man with Powermatic and a member of Providence Baptist Church, he was the son of Austin Herbert and Julia Elizabeth Jones Bond.He is survived by his wife, Sylvia Bond; sons and daughters-in-law, Kelvin…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Elizabeth Cantrell Terry, 93, died Sept. 11 after a brief illness.The retired owner of the Orchid Beauty Shop and a member of First United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of Andrew Jackson and Artimitia Amelia Blanks Cantrell Sr.; and was preceded in death by her husband, R.V. Terry…

Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Edward Carson Hitchcock, 86, died Sept. 9 at his son’s home.A retired material supervisor with the Warren County School System and a member of Campaign Church of God, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.The son of Horace Everett and Sophia Electa…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Katrina has brought out the best in many people, while others are coming up short. How to keep score was swiftly dubbed the Blame Game — a sport that, post-Katrina, was all the rage at the highest echelons of power (and seemed unlikely to lose its appeal even after Tuesday’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most people say they’ve had about enough of the reality shows and talk shows crowding the airwaves, an AP-TV Guide poll found. They still have a big appetite for news programming — a more traditional source of reality TV — with almost three in four saying they’re satisfied with the amount of…

WAKEMAN, Ohio (AP) — The children seemed ordinary enough to neighbors, who hired some of them to help bale hay and watched as they spent their apparently carefree days playing in a yard filled with toys. But at night, the 11 children — all with conditions ranging from autism to fetal alcohol syndrome — were…

PLANO, Texas (AP) — Jerry and Deborah Alciatore fled New Orleans with nothing but a couple of overnight bags, an ice chest and their credit cards. The bags emptied quickly, but two weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit, the balance on the credit cards is mounting fast. Their first week on the road, they charged $1,600…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fear factor has invaded scripted TV, with several new prime-time dramas suggesting something alien has landed and probably wants to get us all. One of these shows is “Threshold,” premiering 9 p.m. EDT Friday on CBS, which features a government team of experts trying to counteract that threat — while…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two organizations that promote sex education are taking an unorthodox approach in their fight against federal funding of abstinence-only education programs. Relying on a little-used law that allows “affected persons” to seek the correction of information disseminated by federal agencies, the groups said Tuesday that the abstinence education programs contain erroneous and…