Funeral today for Louella Thompson founder of Feed the Hungry
Funeral services for Louella Thompson who founded Feed the Hungry in Middletown will be held today. Visitation begins at 11 a.m. at Hall-Jordan Funeral Home and ends just before the 1 p.m. service at United Missionary Baptist Church. A Yankee Road procession will form from Thompson’s house to the church. Thompson died January 25 at 79 and was honored with letters from President Bush and a 1992 Quayle visit.
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Louella Thompson
Feed the Hungry
Middletown
Thompson
Hall-Jordan Funeral Home
Main St
Yankee Road
Ninth Avenue
United Missionary Baptist Church
Bush
Dan Quayle
Woman killed on Ohio 63 near Lebanon
A West Virginia woman, Jessica L. Carpenter, 43, of Bridgeport, died at the scene when her Subaru Outback was hit head on by Kenneth R. Rice, 44, of Oregon, who was driving east on Ohio 63 and tried to pass another car illegally. Rice was cited for operating a vehicle under the influence and charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and taken to Warren County Jail.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Lebanon
Lebanon Post
Ohio Highway Patrol
Jessica L. Carpenter
Bridgeport
W.va
Kenneth R. Rice
Oregonia
Ohio 63
Carpenter
Rice
Warren County
Self-storage facility robbed in Monroe
Overnight theft at Lovejoy Storage on 238 Senate Drive left eight units broken into. Locks cut but no structural damage reported. Damages and stolen values undetermined per Detective Sgt. Brian Curtis. Owner Lloyd Feltner contacting renters to inventory units.
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Lovejoy Self Storage
Senate Drive
Monroe
Brian Curtis
Lloyd Feltner
One injured in Madison Township crash near Michael Road
A Middletown teenager, Jennifer Hackney, 17, of Erie Avenue, was hospitalized after a one car crash on Michael Road in Madison Township at about 10:30 a.m. She failed to negotiate a curve, slid off the road, and struck a culvert. Hackney sustained minor facial injuries and was taken to Middletown Regional Hospital.
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Michael
Madison Township
Middletown
Butler County Sheriff’s Office
Jennifer Hackney
Erie Avenue
Trenton-Franklin Road
Hackney
Middletown Regional Hospital
Resignations linked to county computer misuse
Butler County officials suspended CSEA supervisor Jeannine White for five days and assistant supervisor Linda Deaton for three days after they used the county SETS system to obtain financial and other data on a family linked to a man dating Cade's daughter. Former agency director Daniel Cade resigned, saying only that he was no longer employed. County officials said Cade shared the information with his daughter, and he faced a choice of resignation or termination.
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Hamilton
Butler County Child Support Enforcement Agency
Daniel Cade
CSEA
Jeannine White
Linda Deaton
Cade
Michael Fox
White
Denton
Fox
Butler County
Dan
Doug Duckett
Duckett
Deaton
Jeep goes off road and ends in creek crash near Roosevelt
Mark Egner, 35, of 800 block Oxford State Road, drove west on Roosevelt at Woodridge about 12 15 p m left of center and off the south shoulder. His Jeep Cherokee vaulted over a yard at 4822 Roosevelt, hit a tree and landed in Dicks Creek before he climbed out and was taken to Middletown Regional Hospital for treatment.
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Dicks Creek
Roosevelt Avenue
Mark Egner
Oxford State Road
Roosevelt
Woodridge
Egner
Middletown senior center plan faces funding hurdles
Butler County commissioners backed converting the former John XXIII Elementary campus on Central Avenue into a 31,000 square foot senior center run by Middletown Area Senior Citizens Inc. Only commissioner Michael Fox supported a 500000 county grant. President Charles Furman voiced no commitment amid tight finances. Commissioner Jovillotte was absent. The project aims to replace aging facilities with a major complex and launch a public fundraising campaign.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County Commission
Central Avenue
Middletown Area Senior Citizens Inc
Michael Fox
Commission
Charles Furman
Gregory Jolivette
Mon
MASC
Alesia Barnhizer
CareView to merge with Fidelity Home Health
Middletown Regional Health System plans to merge CareView and Fidelity Home Health, with officials saying integration will occur as revenue pressures reshape health care. Executives acknowledge details on staffing, timing, and final branding are not yet decided. A memo praised CareView staff as they continue under the Fidelity name.
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CareView Home Health
Dayton
Fidelity Health Care
Middletown
CareView
Larry James
James
Fidelity
Paula Thompson
Thompson
Middletown Regional Health System
Premier Health Partners
Middletown Regional Hospital
Premier
Franklin Youth Survey Sparks Community Action Meeting
A Franklin group organized by Franklin Citizens for Youth gathered about 45 residents to review last year’s survey from 300 seventh and tenth graders. High School junior Erika Franklin presented results showing generally positive attitudes toward adults, yet surprising findings.
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Franklin
Franklin City
Franklin Citizens For Youth
Franklin High School
Erika Franklin
Students Celebrate Catholic Week as Combined School
Community news notes a joint school marked Catholic Week with a prayer service and balloon launch to start festivities. Warren County grand jury indicts two men on drug charges in unrelated updates. Obituaries and snapshots follow pages B3 B4. City Editor Bob Irvin oversees the section.
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Warren County
Grand Jury
Middletown Leads First Pledge To Port Authority Start
Middletown becomes the first to pay 10000 dollars to the Butler County Port Authority, with Hamilton and the county likely to follow. The funds are seen as a milestone for a new agency aimed at boosting regional economic development and derelict brownfield reuse. The authority formed July 29 last year and has not set a formal mission statement yet.
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Middletown
Butler County Port Authority
John Fenner
Authority
City of
Hamilton
Butler County Commission
Fonner
Fenner
Port Authority
Butler County
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