Park district offers nature programs The Hamilton County Park District will hold nature programs at several parks this weekend. Participants will search for wildlife along Kingfisher Trail. Salamanders are known as the harbingers of spring. Visitors will join the naturalist at the Gorge Trail parking lot to search for salamander activity. The naturalist will discuss the characteristics of birds and how they are adapted for flight.
Programs are free.
Man accused of attacking prosecutor A Cincinnati man faces up to five years in jail if convicted of attacking a prosecutor outside a Hamilton County courtroom this month. He is accused of accosting assistant prosecutor Ryan Nelson in a hallway after Mr. Nelson helped convict Mr. Shahid's girlfriend. Prosecutors say Mr. Shahid threatened Mr. Nelson and then knocked the assistant prosecutor into a wall. A vacationing couple will return to a North Fairmount house damaged by fire. The fire was discovered when a son came to check on the house for his parents, who were out of town, officials said.