Snowstorm and bitter cold overwhelm Butler County roads
A major winter storm rolls through Butler County with 6 to 10 inches of snow on Wednesday and totals up to 15 to 20 inches as the system continues into Friday. Snow plow crews in Carlisle Middletown Franklin Monroe and Trenton work around the clock using trucks brine and salt to keep major routes passable amid hazardous drifting conditions. Countywide level 2 snow emergency remains in effect with officials urging motorists to stay off roads.
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Gaylen Brown
Carlisle
Les Miller
Franklin Streets
Mike Gallagher
National Weather Service
Wilmington
Butler County
Middletown
Ray Tolson
Tolson
Middletown Regional Hospital
Ohio 73
Franklin
Trenton Public Works
Rodney Hale
Robert Leichman
Leichman
Monroe
Shovelers Weather Snow Delays and Hoarding Tips
Shovelers wait for the storm to pass as Curtis Hamilton and Mike Lawson two 14 year old students in Vail Middle School struggle to earn money by shoveling. Residents and businesses clear walks despite ongoing snowfall and local market staff note it remains good snow but not yet frozen. William Turner Butler County Emergency Management Agency urges staying home avoiding travel and preparing for outages with blankets shovels cat litter extra heat food and medicines while shoveling with care and for others to assist if health issues arise.
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Curtis Hamilton
Mike Lawson
Vail Middle School
Todd Svarda
V&m Market
Charles Street
Svarda
Explosions in Mosul Kill 22 as Attacker Likely blows Vest
U S officials say a death by own action attacker wearing an explosive filled vest likely caused the Mosul mess tent blast that killed 22, including 14 U S troops and four civilian contractors. FBI forensic work found torso parts and an explosive belt. Military and police swarmed mosques bridges and checkpoints as insurgent leaders were hunted. A second car bomb near Latifiya wounded and killed additional Iraqis.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Mosul
U.S
Richard B. Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
FBI
Tigris
Nineveh
Middletown Journal announces holiday office closings
The Middletown Journal advertising and business offices will close Friday and Saturday. Classified line ads must be placed by 4 p.m. today for Friday Saturday or Monday. Sunday ads by 11 a.m. today. Obits help line listed. Delivery questions phone numbers provided.
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Middletown Journal
Watts final person seen with slain Middletown woman
Detective said Rodney Watts 41 was the last person seen with Carl Roberts alive on Dec 11 into Dec 12 at the Ranch Inn in Middletown. He faces a tampering with evidence charge as police say he supervised cleanup after Roberts’s stabbing and led authorities to the body.
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Middletown
Tom Lawson
Rodney Watts
Carl Roberts
Roberts
Ranch Inn
Tytus Ave
Watts
Lawson
Mark Wall
Brad Kraemer
Butler County Coroner's Office
Rooney Watts
Omgensh
Tytus Avenue
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