Middletown earns 18th straight finance award for reporting
Middletown finance department secures its 18th consecutive Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting and is one of 10 Ohio cities honored for both its annual report and budget. GFOA judges assess compliance with accounting rules. University reps visit Middletown Community Center 6 to 7 p.m. Monday to share campus and enrollment details.
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Ohio
Government Finance Officers Association of
United States
Canada
Lyons
GFOA
Miami University
Middletown Community Center
Lafayette Avenue
Middletown Community Services
Verlena Stewart
Juveniles Pass Fake Ten Dollar Bills at Mayfield Elementary
Middletown police questioned students at Mayfield Elementary after a 7 year old boy passed three counterfeit ten dollar bills to friends at about 1 20 p m Assistant Principal Kathy Jones summoned police and the principal recovered the bills The boy said he knew they were fake and was just sharing them with friends He said a family member gave him the money for distribution.
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Middletown
Mayfield Elementary School
Burbank Avenue
Kathy Jones
Downtown Clark gas station robbed on Central Ave
A man robbed the Clark gas station at 1851 Central Ave on Thursday, apologized to the clerk, grabbed cash, and fled. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, wearing dark work clothes, a light blue knit hat, and white tennis shoes. Detectives continue investigating the robbery.
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Clark
Central Ave
Franklin City Manager Denies Police Bargaining Unit Grievance
Franklin's police bargaining unit had its grievance rejected by the city manager on Friday. The brief item notes the decision and directs readers to Page C2 for the community roundup and Page C3 for obituaries. The Journal's city desk is reachable at (513) 705-2842.
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Ranch Inn Death Case Corrects Middletown Location
The Journal corrects a page C1 story noting the Ranch Inn at 4000 Tytus Ave is not downtown Middletown. Carl Roberts was killed there last year and Rodney Watts is charged with first degree murder.
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Ranch Inn
Tytus Ave
Middletown
Carl Roberts
Rodney Watts
Middletown Park Board targets 14 parks for upgrades
Middletown park board eyeing 14 of 42 parks for upgrades and new uses including walking paths, a potential roller hockey rink, and a citywide master plan to guide land purchases and use. Surveys show requests for trails, playgrounds, picnics, dog parks, a BMX park, Frisbee golf, and street hockey.
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David Schiavone
Schiavone
Abby Ison
Damon
Dixie Heights
Douglass
Gardner
Gladell
Miami
Michigan
Old South
Sherman
Smith
Sunset
Washington
Whitney
Yankee
Damon Park
Park Board
Jim Armbruster
Middletown School Sys
CSB policy clash with Butler officials prompts denial
Butler County officials fault an unwritten rule restricting CSB staff meetings with commissioners to those with the CSB director or board chair. CSB Director Jann Heffner denies any such policy exists, noting a canceled lunch between Commissioner Michael Fox and CSB's Amy Bunger and confirming no known rule in force.
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Butler County
Children Services Board
CSB
Jann Heffner
CSB Board
Johnny Wade Sloan
Heffner
Michael Fox
Amy Bunger
Fox
Bunger
Jann
Pastor Sloan
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Goens pleads in torso case in Hamilton
Cardale Goens 37 of Hamilton pleaded guilty to murder with gun specification tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse in the December 2003 killing of Jeffrey Watson. He admitted shooting Watson during a dispute, after which his accomplices dumped the body, burned it and tried to hide identity. Sentencing June 6 faces 20 years to life.
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Hamilton
Cardale Goens
S. 11Th St
Butler County Common Pleas
Patricia Oney
Goens
Jeffrey Watson
Watson
Anthony Ruffin
Gary Benson
Preble County
Fire damages Middletown home on Rufus Street
A fire heavily damaged a Middletown house at 3105 Rufus St starting from a candle left burning on a dresser. Firefighters forced entry around 7:45 a.m. and extinguished the blaze. The Bobby Gibbs family were not home. Damage estimated at 25,000 to the structure and 10,000 to contents. Red Cross aiding with emergency shelter.
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Middletown
Rufus St
Bobby Gibbs
The
Red Cross
Alarm stops burglary at East End construction site
Middles town police say they thwarted a burglary at a Renaissance subdivision home under construction on Longmeadow Drive. Officers found 35 year old Mark Scott outside with house materials by the door after an alarm tripped around 6 20 p m. Swartzel says investigators will determine if he is linked to other break ins in the area.
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East End
Middletown
Renaissance
Ohio 122
Longmeadow Drive
Mark Scott
David Swartzel
Scott
Dawn St
Franklin
Swartzel
Middletown teen wins Best of Show for Metro at arts center
Will Runyan, 16, of Middletown High School won Best in Show in the Tomorrow's Artists Today teen art exhibit at the Middletown Arts Center. His mixed media piece Metro uses tape and acrylic to depict a subway station. The 87-piece show runs through April 28 and is funded by Cincinnati's Fine Arts Fund.
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Middletown
Middletown Arts Center
Will Runyan
Runyan
Cincinnati
Fine Arts Fund
John Kortlander
Ernest Viveiros
Columbus College of
Mippetown Hic School
Metro
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