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Grenade found at local elementary schoolBy Jessica Heffner, Staff Writer
Updated 10:33 AM Wednesday, July 15, 2009

FRANKLIN — The Dayton bomb squad responded this morning to an elementary school in Franklin after an employee found a grenade on the grounds.

Franklin police responded to the call at 8:46 a.m. today, July 15, after an employee reportedly found a grenade on a rear step of Anthony Wayne Elementary, located on 16 Farm Ave., according to dispatchers.

The bomb squad was called to dispose of the grenade. Dispatchers were not sure if the grenade was live.

The school was not in service for the summer and only a few employees were inside. No injuries were reported.

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Artillery Shell Found In Trash In Oakley
Officials To X-Ray Shell To See If Inert, Active
POSTED: 8:26 am EDT July 15, 2009
UPDATED: 8:39 am EDT July 15, 2009

OAKLEY -- The Cincinnati Bomb Squad is examining what appears to be an old artillery shell thrown out with the trash in an Oakley neighborhood.

Officers and firefighters were called to the 3900 block of Paxton Avenue just before 7:30 a.m. after a sanitation worker said he found the shell in the back of the truck after dumping out a trash can.

Bomb squad members examined the shell and said they believed it was inactive, but they would have to examine the shell with an X-ray to be sure.

No homes were evacuated, but the street was closed for about an hour until the shell was removed.

SERIOUSLY??? We are finding more grenades in the open. When did we become Europe???