NAACP Prayer Breakfast Set for MLK Day in Middletown
The Middletown Area NAACP invites the public to its Annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Prayer Breakfast on January 16 at Tried Stone Baptist Church. Theme The Dream Today features Stephen L. Hightower of Hightowers Petroleum Co. Tickets are $10, available from NAACP committee members. call 513 425 9366 for details.
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Middletown Area
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Martin Luther King Jr
Tried Stone Baptist Church
Lafayette Ave
Middletown
Stephen L. Hightower
Hightowers Petroleum Co
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County seeks speed limit cuts on local roads
Butler County requests Ohio Department of Transportation approval to drop speed limits on Muhlhauser Road in West Chester Township to 45 mph and on Hamilton New London Road to 45 mph. The move follows traffic studies as development increases, with a decision potentially within a month.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Hamilton New London Road
Ross Township
West Chester Township
Allen
West Chester
New London Road
Sentencing postponed in Liberty Township gun case
The sentencing hearing for Demetrius Brazile and Roy Clark, two of five charged in the Liberty Township shooting at 7430 Cedarcrest Drive, has been rescheduled to January 20. Brazile drove the victim to Monroe and called 911. prosecutors say they altered the crime scene.
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Hamilton
Demetrius Brazile
Cincinnati
Roy Clark
Lockland
Liberty Township
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Keith Spaeth
Brazile
Clark
Cedarcrest Drive
Monroe
Dayton
Craig Anderson
Thomas Cottle
Reading
Middletown to Implement Red Light Cameras in Spring
Middletown will install five to ten red light cameras at key intersections under a three year contract with Peek Traffic. The $100 civil citations will be paid from violator fines with no up-front city cost. Two cameras will operate first in March or April, with warnings for 15 days then $100 notices to vehicle owners. Drivers’ licenses receive no points.
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Middletown
Peek Traffic Corp
Mike Bruck
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Bruck
Dayton
Toledo
Patrick Titterington
Trenton Civic Hall
Floods force evacuations as Great Miami swells in Hamilton
Heavy rains flood Butler County causing 25 families to evacuate as the Great Miami River breaches a levee near Hensel Place in Hamilton. Officials declare a state of emergency in Butler, Ross, and St. Clair townships with streets closed and crews racing to repair collapsed concrete panels. The emergency will remain until floodwaters recede and repairs are completed.
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Hamilton
Miami
Butler County
Veterans Park
New Miami
Great Miami
Hensel Place
Ross
St. Clair
Butler County Emergency Management Agency
William Turner
Turner
Miami Conservatory District
Kurt Rinehart
Rinehart
Ralph Reigelsperger
Hamilton Public Works
Clark named interim treasurer for Trenton post
Tax Commissioner Mona Clark was appointed at Thursday's City Council meeting to fill the interim treasurer role until a new treasurer is chosen. Clark will earn 62000 annually and has previously served as treasurer twice. Former Treasurer H Scott Campbell resigned last month to become Waynesville finance director with a 43500 salary.
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Trenton
Mona Clark
Clark
Patrick Binns
H. Scott Campbell
Waynesville
Two Held In Middletown Gas Station Robbery
Two men involved in a Wednesday night robbery at a Middletown BP gas station were arrested 14 minutes after the theft. A clerk activated the alarm as the gunman fled in a white cargo van. Springboro officers stopped the vehicle on West Central Avenue. Shawn E. Roush, 28, of Dayton, faced aggravated robbery charges. Tawfiq Reda, 52, of Dayton, was the driver.
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Middletown
Springboro
Ohio 122
West Central Avenue
Jon Wheeler
Shawn E. Roush
Dayton
Tawfiq Reda
Haitian visitor delivers triplets aided by local charity
A Haitian woman visiting Dayton extended her stay after discovering pregnancy with triplets. She delivered prematurely and, with support from a local charity, her family flew to the United States to meet the newborns. The notice appears in the Deaths and Funerals pages with City Editor Bob Irvin listed.
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Dayton
Get-A-Done Tavern replaces problem Panther at 124 Charles St
Jason and Deana Collins open a NASCAR themed bar at the former Pinky Panther site in Middletown. They promise no professional dancing, no Sunday whiskey sales, and a resemblance to the Panther history will be avoided. Former Panther owner Janet Napier faced a $500 fine and a suspended 10 day jail term in 2002 for operating an adult entertainment venue without a permit.
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Jason
Deana Collins
Charles St
Jason Collins
Panther
Janet Napier
Middletown
Napier
Deana
Jason Couns
Charles Street
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Butler
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Shawn Roush
Bob Irvin
Thomas Gna
Kat Fahrer
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