Monroe Council Eyes Intergovernmental Casino Pact
Monroe City Council will hold an initial reading on a proposed intergovernmental agreement with the Eastern Shawnee of Oklahoma to allow a casino off Interstate 75. The plan aims to regulate nearby adult businesses and set a long term revenue sharing that could extend beyond five to ten years, with questions still pending from several council members.
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Monroe
William Brock
Oklahoma
Middletown
Robert Kelley
Kelley
Brock
Jay Stewart
Suzi Rubin
Rubin
Jets and Rams win NFL Wild Card games Tonight
Jets and Rams advanced in the NFL playoffs after decisive wild card victories. Partly cloudy conditions mark the day with a high near 50 and a chilly low around 29 as football action continues.
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Jets
Rams
Mission of mercy reaches Sri Lanka amid ruined coast
Dr James Laws, a Dayton cardiologist, travels from Dayton to Colombo to deliver 11 boxes of medicine to a Sri Lankan hospital. He films scenes of boats stranded on roads and ruined cities near Galle as the country recovers from disaster. Laws endured a long journey and expects more hardship ahead on the road to aid delivery.
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Colombo
Galle
James Laws
Laws
Germantown
Ohio
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Urday
Sri Lanka
Tsunami spawns acts of heroism
In Kalmunai Sri Lanka Chandran Ratnam and his wife Nihara drove to help friends as a massive tsunami struck the coast. They faced a 12 hour journey amid reports of floods and a coastline up to 125 miles affected. Airlines diverted and news spread slowly as救援 efforts began.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Chandran Ratnam
Kalmunai
Ratnam
All India Radio
Africa
Rutnam
Nihara
Indian Ocean
Europe
Local group seeks donations for tsunami survivors
Middletown group Caring Partners International calls for donations of hygiene and medical items to help Banda Aceh Indonesia after the December 26 tsunami. Roy Cline says supplies aim to prevent disease and show Christians care to the Muslim world.
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Southeast Asia
Caring Partners International
Banda Aceh
Roy Cline
Caring Partners
Cline
Indonesia
Pat Auckerman
Middletown Journal
Roy Cue
Rhonda Reed
Middletown
Slow down buckle up stickers honor two Middletown teens
Middletown High School student government distributes four inch circular stickers at games to honor Kristen Norris and Chase Knecht who died in car accidents last year. The design features their initials and a winged haloed heart, with a message urging slower driving and wearing seat belts. Proceeds from a late summer car wash funded the project. Norris was a member of the Class of 2004.
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Middletown High School
Kristen Norris
Chase Knecht
Raquel Poorman
Knecht
Norris
Poorman
Matt Sliger
Alpine Press
Manchester
Middletown High
Father speaks to teens about daughter's death
In July, Sarah Turner, 17, of Lebanon, a Lebanon High School senior, died when her Cavalier crossed the center line on Wilmington Road and struck a pole. Her father Donald Turner joined an elite group of parents who have lost teens to traffic crashes, urging teens to avoid dangerous driving due to inexperience.
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Donald Turner
Turner
Sarah Turner
Lebanon
Bob Evans
Kings Mills
Wilmington
Turtlecreek Township
Sean Wickman
Lebanon Post
Ohio Highway Patrol
Cambridge Drive
Middletown
Sarah
Wickman
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Mission of Mercy
Talangalle
Cohicaid Asia
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