Winds Drifts Hazards Close Rural Roads Across Counties
Heavy snows gave way to strong shifting winds causing widespread road closures in Butler and Warren counties. Deputies report nearly impassable secondary roads and some state routes down to one lane with drifted blocks and plows struggling. Two injuries reported in a south of Springboro crash. drivers urged patience as crews dig out long stretches.
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Butler
Warren Counties
Warren
Ince County
Warren County
Springboro
Ohio
Butler County
Jacksonburg
Wayne Trace
Eaton
Hueston
Stillwell-Beckett
Sewage sludge replaces gas with landfill burning ruling
Wastewater Treatment Plant Supt. Kelsie Singleton shifted from natural gas to burning sewage sludge after OEPA permission allowed indefinite landfill disposal. Cleveland area plants faced 80 percent gas cuts and a 92.5 percent reduction in gas use, with only a small admin building heated.
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Kelsie Singleton
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Singleton
Federa Energy Administration
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
OFPA
OEPA
OGEPA
Cg&e
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown Area
Three local obituaries note long illness and sudden deaths. Mrs. Jean E. Collopy 57 of 437 Bonita Drive died at home after a long illness. she had moved from Cincinnati to Middletown in October and previously worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Covington Kentucky. Also mourned is Mrs. Minnie Roe Roberts 83 of Barbara Park Nursing Home who died at Middletown Hospital. she leaves a daughter Myrtle Roe and two sisters and a great grandchild, with services at Joseph R. Baker Funeral Home. Earl Campbell 69 of 12 Highland Avenue Franklin died suddenly. a longtime choir member and custodian, he leaves wife Catherine, three daughters, two brothers, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. services 2 p.m. at Joheeny Funeral Home with burial at Springboro Cemetery.
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Jean E. Collopy
Bonita Drive
Minnie Roe Roberts
Barbara Park
Middletown Hospital
Myrtle Roe
Middletown
Belle Pratt
Anna Terry
Frenchburg
Ter
Peasttown Church of God
Joseph R. Baker
Eugene Wallace
Woodside Cemetery
Franklin
Earl Campbell
Highland Ave
First Baptist Church
Campbell
Franklin School
Master Electric Co
Dayton
Catherine
Doris
Dalton Urges Large School Balance for Budget Security
Middletown Superintendent Samuel Dalton explains a year end balance of 1,168,202 acts as financial security and a hedge against unforeseen costs. He notes it reduces interest borrowing, supports cash flow, and delays early year borrowing until mid February.
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Middletown
Samuel Dalton
Dalton
Board of Education
Betty York
Guardsmen Rescue Mission Foiled by Reluctant Stranded
In Toledo a unit of National Guardsmen fought blizzard conditions to reach 200 travelers stranded at a motel. The group had set up shelter at the armory with cots bedding food and coffee but the stranded refused rescue enjoying their wait.
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Toledo, Ohio
National
YMCA Adds After School Programs During School Break
The YMCA implements extra recreational options for members while schools are out. Daily afternoon windows provide grade school swim from 1 to 2 pm, middle school gym 1:15 to 2:15 pm, and high school gym from 2:30 to 4 pm. Adult open swim remains with parental supervision.
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YMCA _ here
YMCA
B.P. Allen
Community Development seeks public input on $5.3 million renewal plan
The city will hold a 7:30 p.m. public hearing in the City Building Chamber and a final hearing February 15 as Citizen comments shape an urban renewal proposal for 1976 projects plus two new neighborhoods Park Verity and Church. Residents may suggest new parks and boundaries include Reinartz to first Avenue Clark Street to railroad tracks and Park Verity from Second Avenue to Girard Avenue. A fire incident is noted with Debra Manns injured after a fall on ice outside the City Building.
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City Building Commission
City Commission
Paul Nts
Park Verity
Church
Oakland Area
Church Area
Reinartz Boulevard
First Avenue
Clark Street
Second Avenue
Girard Avenue
Park Street
Verity Parkway
Debra Manns
Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Fire and medical responses across multiple calls
A series of emergency runs include 15 Alamo Road where William Rehse 58 received oxygen and was taken to hospital for treatment after breathing difficulty. Virginia Pyle 62 at 109 Iglehart Street was treated for fall pains and admitted to hospital.
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Alamo Road
William Rehse
Iglehart St
Virginia
Pyle
Judith Bryant
Clinton
Clark St
Fenton Hall
Sheffield St
Wilbraham Road
Candas Scherrer
18Th Ave
Fernwood St
Iva Carter
Illto Hospital
Franklin Court Couple Bound to Grand Jury on Attempted Murder
A Middletown couple was bound over to the Warren County grand jury after a stabbing and shooting at Village East Apartments. Donald Bowles and Sadie Bowles pleaded not guilty to counts of attempted murder and complicity. Bond set at 50 000 and 30 000 respectively. Victims Marion Combs and Gale Combs were hospitalized in fair to serious condition. Also noted were traffic fines for several others, including Lawrence West and Becca Reece, with penalties for reckless operation and license suspensions.
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Franklin
Middletown
Warren County Grand Jury
Village East
John B. Tracy
Donald Bowles
Elwood St
Sadie Bowles
Marion Combs
Gale
Middletown Hospital
Lawrence West
Walnut St
Becca
Seedeee Reece
Sixth St
Reece
James K. Smith
Arthur Ave
Carlisle
Irvin Turner
Alamo Road
Dismembered body found in car near Troy Ohio
Miami County sheriff's deputies found dismembered parts of a man's body scattered inside a stranded vehicle along Washington Road near State Route 41 between Covington and Troy. The car, left by motorists forced off the road in blizzard conditions, was opened during the search. The identity of the victim was not released.
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Troy
Ohio
Miami County
Sheriff's Deputies
Here
Washington Road
Covington
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Collopy
Helen Vogelsang
Lakeside Park
Larry
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Joheeny
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