Service station on wheels aids regional post offices
Middletown postmaster Hunter Grace describes a mobile maintenance unit parked at the Middletown post office as a service station on wheels. Operated by the postal service, two men service vehicles from Franklin, Trenton, Monroe, Springboro, and Middletown for the Cincinnati Management Sectional Center, which covers 177 offices in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
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Middletown
Hunter Grace
Franklin
Trenton
Monroe
Springboro
The
Postal Service
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Isaacs Receives ACE Award for Fourth Consecutive Year
Trooper Wayne M. Isaacs of local highway patrol Post 9 earns an ACE Award for the fourth straight year. He achieved five stolen-vehicle recoveries with on the spot arrests, including four cars and a pickup worth over $11,000. Isaacs, stationed since 1972, was previously named trooper of the year. He is from Covington Kentucky, studied at the University of Kentucky, and served in the Marine Corps. He and his wife Sara reside in Middletown with children Eric and Natasha.
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Wayne M. Isaacs
Highway Patrol
Post 9
Isaacs
Michigan
South Carolina
Ohio
Covington, Ky
University of Kentucky
U.S. Marine Corps
Sara
Middletown
Eric
Natasha
Biker hurt in crash on Elk Creek Road
A 17 year old Middletown area youth, Michael Kramer of 5323 Elk Creek Road, was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after driving a trail bike into the path of a northbound motorist, Earl Wilhoit 20, of Somerville Rt. 1. Wilhoit said he could not stop in time. Kramer was admitted.
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Middletown Area
Middletown Hospital
Elk Creek Road
Butler County
Michael Kramer
Sheriff's Department
Earl Wilhoit
Somerville
Rt. 1
Kramer
Sebald Park
Wilhoit
Sheriff's
Motorbike Park Move In Lemon Township Stalls Without Rider Support
Motorbikers seek a legal riding area in Lemon Township with trustees after attempts at Gordon Park failed due to lease restrictions and a blocked area behind Harding Jones Paper Co. Officials suspect the Miami Conservancy District may have roped off the land.
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Lemon Township
Bob Manley
Mike
Steve Conrad
Gordon Park
Harding-Jones Paper Co
South Main Street
Miami Conservancy District
Conservancy
Stan Rothman
The
Journal
Conservancy District
Miami River
Ohio 73
Rothman
Ben Harrison Street
Middletown Tennis Club wins ok for west side addition
The Board of Zoning Appeals grants the Middletown Tennis Club a 121 by 177 foot expansion on the west side near Second Avenue, with other city departments to review plans later and long range development indicated by architect Gene Switzer. A 70 foot variance from the 100 foot setback is approved, while Forest Hills Country Club may add an entrance off Fourth Avenue to align with the new plan.
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Middletown Tennis Club
Board of Zoning Appeals
Second Avenue
Gene
Switzer
Forest Hills Country Club
Bob Metz
Metz
Forest Hills
Fourth Avenue
Hearing Postponed in Palmer Release Case at Lima State Hospital
A Lima hearing on the release of William Palmer from Lima State Hospital has been postponed with Aug 25 floated as a tentative date. Palmer, found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1977 for his wife Lori Lea’s death, has been kept under confinement while doctors debate his readiness for release. The matter involves Butler County Forensic Center psychiatrists Dr. Howard Sololov and Dr. Glenn Weaver.
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Hamilton
William Palmer
Lima State Hospital
Ronald Hubbard
Palmer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Lori Lea
Lima
Middletown
Fred Wadlington
Donald E. Lukens
Lukens
Butler County Forensic Center
Howard Sololov
Glenn Weaver
Wadlington
Butler County
John Holcomb
Holcomb
Hubbard
Illiam Balson
Balson
Traffic accidents details released in Germantown area
Police report two crashes Tuesday near Germantown and Ohio 4. Scott Sanders 17 of Carlisle failed to stop at Jamaica Road, hitting James Howard 40 of Chautauqua. Howard and wife Mary treated at Kettering Hospital, son James R. sent to hospital with unclear treatment. Robert Foster 26 of Dayton charged with reckless operation after high speed pass on Ohio 4 near Manning Road. Michael Tobias 24 of New Lebanon in fair condition at Miami Valley Hospital.
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Germantown
Journal
Scott Sanders
Arthur Ave
Carlisle
Farmington Road
Jamaica Road
Miami Township
Sanders
Jamaica
James A. Howard
Second Ave. Chautauqua
Howard
Mary
Robert L. Foster
Dayton
Ohio 4
Manning Road
Foster
Michael Tobias
New Lebanon
Ex-Wife Beating Death Leaves Middletown Man Guilty
Homer A. Morgan, 30, of Middletown, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the June 22 death of his ex-wife Diana Morgan at Kettering Medical Center. He was sentenced to five to 25 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after admitting the June 20 beating at his Tytus Avenue home. Diana Morgan, mother of two, was found severely beaten and died after slipping into unconsciousness.
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Hamilton
Homer A. Morgan
Tytus Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Armco
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Morgan
Diana Morgan
Audubon Drive
Kettering Medical Center
Dayton
Tytus Avenue
Armco International
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Postal
Griggs
Yankee Road
Masonic Lodge
Michael Brandt
Mike Conrad
Emon Township
Virgin
Luther Hale
Hetzler Road
Common Pleas
Tobias
Miami Valley Hospital
Goodyear
Dunlop
Armstrong
Dixie Hwy
Central Avenue
Mid-Town
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