Warren County offices strained by crowding and expansion plans
Warren County commissioners hear that Common Pleas Court judges and county officials face overcrowded staff and records. Proposals include basement courtroom, moved law library, basement probate offices, second floor addition, renovation plans, and potential land donation for a new health building.
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Lebanon
Warren
Common Pleas Court
P. Daniel Fedders
William Young
William Bowers
Paul Harrison
Heart
Benton Wahl
Health Department
Fedders
Young
Harrison
Sheriff's Department
Justice Center
al Voorhis
Wahl
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board
Obituary notices for Harold Auvil and Odessa Bell
Harold Auvil 51 of Augusta Georgia a Navy WWII veteran and government employee died last Saturday at his home in Augusta. Surviving are a son two daughters a sister and a grandchild. Arrangements at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home incomplete. Odessa Bell 71 former Middletown died last Friday in Lansing Michigan services tomorrow at Joel F Bailey Funeral Home with calling hours today. Burial in Wide Cemetery. Also listed are step siblings from Middletown and Warren Ohio. Hamilton area deaths include Felda Barger 83 Fairfield Herschel Gibson 45 Jeffersonville KY Ruth Saylor 61 Ross Virgie Schurger 70. Services listed for each.
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Harold Ross Auvil
Eston Auvil
Middletown
Augusta
McCoy- Leffler
Odessa Bell
Joel F. Bailey
Wide Cemetery
Hamilton
Felda Barger
Fairfield
Young
Herschel Gibson
Jeffersonville
New Miami
Happy Corner Pentecostal Church of God
Ruth Saylor
Ross
Virgie Schurger
Greenwood Ave
Colligan
Police pay talks reach impasse after four meetings
Police and city negotiators reached an impasse after four weekly talks over an 18 percent initial pay raise, later contested between 14.1 percent and 4 percent offers. Fringe benefits and longevity pay changes remain disputed as a federal mediator to be called in.
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Division of Police
Ptl
Paul Lewis
Fraternal Order of Police
Lewis
Schul
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Cleveland
American Federation of State
Madison Board Reinstates Bus Driver After Suspension
The Madison school board voted 4 1 to reinstate Mrs Barbara Whitt as a school bus driver after a one week suspension following an accident in which neither driver was cited. The board, in a private hearing under the state sunshine law, also approved multiple actions including soil tests, wage increases, and new tutoring hires.
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Madison
Barbara Whitt
Pic
Preble County Line
Gary Foster
Foster
Haines
Butler County Joint Vocational School
Spri
Scott McBurnie
G. J. Thelen
Covington
Alexandria Road
Doreen Barrett
Margaret Schneider
Longtime Madison fireman to retire after 21 years
Robert Ledford of Poasttown retires from the Madison Township Fire Department effective January 1 after 21 years of service including eight years as chief. He helped initiate the department, with formative meetings at his grocery store. A trustees meeting at Madison High School will discuss a successor as Ledford plans to step back from active firefighting while continuing dispatch duties.
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Poasttown
Robert Ledford
Madison Township Fire Department
Ledford
Madison High School
Miltonville
Carlisle sewer plans to be aired Thursday
A Carlisle meeting will discuss the progress of sewer plans in an upcoming session scheduled for Thursday. Local officials, engineers, and residents are expected to attend to review proposed improvements and project timelines.
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Carlisle
School Board
Mae Council
Wesley Flower
Miami Conservancy District
Conservancy
Twin Creek
Franklin
Franklin Court Burglary Charge Hearings Set for Dec 29
Preliminary hearings for two of three charged with aggravated burglary are scheduled for December 29 in Franklin Municipal Court. The third man, wounded during a police capture, will enter a plea this Friday. Pieratt, 31, remains in Middletown Hospital with both legs shot. Bond for Pieratt set at $10,000. companions Gordon Pieratt and Jerome Ingram have bonds of $10,000 and $6,000 respectively. Police trailed the Richard Rossman residence on Jackson Street after a burglary call.
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Franklin
Franklin Municipal Court
David Scott Pieratt
S. Broad St
Middletown
Jackson Street
Gordon Pieratt
Cleveland St
Jerome S. Ingram
Woodlawn Ave
McKinley Middle School Winter Wonderland Concert
The McKinley Middle School music department presents Winter Wonderland, a Christmas concert at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. Eighth grader Rhonda Hutchinson is featured as soloist with guest accompanist Zelda Booth Harris. The school orchestra is led by Janell West, the band by Carolyn Watkins, and the choirs by Lorna Hamilton. Admission is free to the public.
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McKinley Middle School
Rhonda Hutchinson
Zelda Booth Harris
Zion Baptist Church
Xenia
Janell West
Carolyn Watkins
Lorna Hamilton
Police Briefs: Theft at Home and Market Assault Under Review
Thieves stole seven tires eight from a storage shed behind Thomas Hahn 4520 Poppy Drive overnight. Britt Cross 2414 C St. Middletown High locker lost a leather jacket valued 130 dollars yesterday. A King Kwik market clerk on Manchester Road was grabbed by a customer who also made obscene remarks. juvenile officers to investigate.
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Thomas Hahn
Poppy Drive
Britt Cross
C St
Middletown High School
Manchester Road
Thieves Hit Several Local Storage and Residence Sites
Police report multiple thefts including anti-freeze and oil valued at about 1000 dollars from a McCoy Oil Co storage shed on Richmond Street. A General Wholesale Supply Co building at 1306 Woodlawn Ave shows a sledgehammer entry. Items stolen include cigarettes candy and tools from George Frye home 2818 Inland Drive. Juvenile suspects suspected in the break-in.
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Richmond Street
McCoy Oil Co
General Wholesale Supply Co
Woodlawn Ave
Jaycee Christmas Dinner Set by Local Groups
The third annual Mid dletown Jaycees Christmas dinner co sponsored by the Monroe Optimist Club will be Monday at the Church of the Ascension at 7 p.m. Invitations have been extended to 325 children and parents. Wives of the Jaycees will cook the dinner and Jaycees will serve it. Toys will be distributed to all the youngsters.
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Middletown Jaycees
Monroe Optimist Club
Church of the Ascension
Bob Hayden
Jaycees
Hunter Scouts Honor Court Awards Ceremony
Four boys of Troop 96 at Hunter Community Church earned first class rank in a court of honor. Second class went to three scouts, with several others receiving tender foot. Merit badges, skill awards, and new officers for the year were announced alongside leadership corps members.
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Hunter
Hunter Community Church
Eric McFarland
Steve Vanover
Jeff Mullins
Kevin Ledford
Craig Bostwick
Jeff Isbell
Wesley Bone
Steve Lundburg
Steve Webb
Vanover
Isbell
McFarland
Bostwick
Marty Oberschlake
Mark Carmony
Mullins
Bone
Kent Bryant
Webb
Lundburg
Jeff Pruett
John Wolster
Pruett
John Leforce
LeForce
Randy Bostwick
Steve
Craig Vanover
Bryant
Craig
Carmody
Bryant and Bone
Lundberg
Don Nation
McFarland Quartermaster
Leadership Corp
Students Present 10 Foot Maple Tree to Middletown Christian
Mrs. Winona Burdine's eighth grade class at Middletown Christian School donated a 10 foot red maple tree to the school this afternoon. The gift comes from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller of Middletown whose daughter Beth is in the class and was accepted by Dean Seigneur of Middletown Christian Elementary. The planting marks the first Bicentennial project in a year of activities including a U.S. flag knitting and a student exchange with the Junior Committees of Correspondence.
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Winona Burdine
Middletown Christian School
Earl Miller
Middletown
Beth
U.S
Woman Hurt in Two Car Crash at Fairmont and Baltimore
Police report Olive Hall 62 of 1817 Winton Ave caused an improper turn at the Fairmont Avenue Baltimore Street intersection. Her car struck Ricky Brate 26 and Linda Brate 25, injuring the passenger, with $600 total damage and both cars listing $300 damage each.
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Fairmont Avenue
Baltimore Street
Olive Hall
Winton Ave
Baltimore
Fairmont
Ricky Brate
Lewis St
Brate
Linda Brate
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Germantown Road
Richard Rossman
E. Jackson St
Glenn Whitman
Lowell St
William Woodrow Crouch
Sandy Lane
John J. Alexander
Berea
Alexander
William A. West
Roberts Drive
Union 76
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkvy
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller
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George Frye
Inland Drive
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Woodlawn
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