Ohio to resume sending around-the-clock Amber alerts to cellphones

(Plain Dealer)

The Ohio Amber Alert Steering Committee said Thursday it will resume sending cellphone alerts of missing children and other emergencies whenever they occur, including during the middle of the night.

The steering committee last month put a temporary halt to having alerts sent between midnight and 6 a.m. to cell phones programmed to receive them because some people complained the loud alarms awoke them in fear.

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