Charge dropped in bingo shooting case
Middletown police dropped a felonious assault charge against Richard Dirk Carpenter, 35, in the Aug. 21 shooting at Rio Bingo. Keith Kahl, 46, was grazed by a bullet and treated at Middletown Regional Hospital. A polygraph test cleared Carpenter, with investigators citing a possible family dispute and continuing probe for new evidence.
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Middletown
Trenton
Richard “Dirk” Carpenter
Cypress Street
Keith Kahl
Charles Street
Carpenter
Roosevelt Blvd
Tim Riggs
Don Owens
Bruce Fassler
Mark Wall
Riggs
Fassler
Kahl
Middletown Regional Hospital
Community support aids family facing brain cancer
Sarah Peterson, a 1991 Ross graduate expecting a child, battles brain cancer diagnosed in late pregnancy. Local social service agencies in Butler County launch an initiative to assist working poor, with community groups mobilizing aid and resources for affected families.
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Sarah Peterson
Ross Duate
Sarah
Butler County
Opponents file complaints against Jones in sheriff race
Three misdemeanor complaints allege impersonating a police officer carrying a concealed weapon and dereliction of duty against Butler County Chief Deputy Richard K. Jones. Filed with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the charges pertain to 1993 certification timing. The complaints were filed by Lawrence Richter, Demokrat party official and Richter also seeks county office. Jones dismisses the charges as political mudslinging while Richter seeks answers and BCN could not comment pending verification. The weapons charge carries up to six months and a $1000 fine. dereliction of duty up to 90 days. Please see JONES B3
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Hamilton
Butler County
Richard K. Jones
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
Ohio Attorney General's Office
Harold Gabbard
Jones
Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Lawrence
Rusty” Thomas
Dale Rich
Ter. Thomas
Richter
Springboro
Bob Beasley
BCN
Edgewood levy debate grows as voter requests details
Edgewood City Schools face calls for precise figures on a proposed operating levy. Voters demand exact numbers before November, citing bus cuts and district size. Board Chair and Superintendent pledge four public forums and access to financial records, while a parent offers to print materials at cost.
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Trenton
Edgewood City
Stephen Meade
Board of Education
Meade
Edgewood High School
Edgewood Middle School
Tom York
Lebanon prison computer expert charged with theft
James V. Heggem 38, a network administrator at Lebanon Correctional and Warren Correctional, allegedly operated two computer consulting businesses using more than $3,000 in state funded equipment. Investigators seized his systems and 75 hard drives after tips of copying music and movies on prison gear. He installed firewall software to block access by superiors. He faces theft in office charges and remains free pending arraignment.
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Lebanon
Beavercreek
Warren County
Lebanon Correctional
Warren Correctional Institutions
James V. Heggem
Rachel Hutzel
Ohio Highway Patrol
Heggem
Warren Correctional
Ohio 63
Heggemstein
Heggem Computer Consultants
J.H. Computer
Tracy Callahan
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Columbus
Callahan
Voter Education Topic at NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner
Hilary Shelton outlines voter education as the focus of the 42nd Freedom Fund Dinner held September 17 at the Fitton Center. The Hamilton-Fairfield-West Chester-Mason NAACP branch plans a banquet with a guest list over 250, featuring a presidential year report card on Bush and Congress and a year-in-review summary.
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Hamilton
Freedom Fund
Hilary Shelton
NAACP
Washington
Hamilton-Fairfield- West Chester-Mason
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Fitton Center For the Creative Arts
Cynthia Pinchback-Hines
Bush
Congress
Gary Hines
Hamilton-Fairfield-West Chester-Mason
Hines
Shelton
Yellow ribbons greet 324th MP Company homecoming in Middletown
The Ohio Army National Guard 324th Military Police Company returns from a 19 month mobilization. Yellow ribbons line the route as buses exit I 75 at Ohio 122 and travel Grand Avenue Sutphin Street Central Avenue and South Main toward the Patrick L. Kessler Armory. A 15 to 20 minute ceremony at the armory precedes demobilization.
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Ohio Army National Guard
324Th Military Police
Patrick L. Kessler
South Main Street
324Th
Tanya Bryson
Middletown
John Magill
Ohio 122
Grand Avenue
Sutphin Street
Central Avenue
Armory
Jim Robbins
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Bryson
Magill
Chamber of Commerce
Kuwait
Iraq
Kuwait-Iraq
United States
Edinburgh
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Richard Carpenter
Bob Irvin
Edgewood
Gary Stelzer
Middletown Journal
Stephen Megane
Edgewood Board of Education
Heimbuch
Coxohio
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