Masked intruder fires shot during Middletown break in
A man dressed in black with a Scream style mask entered a Middletown home on a Wednesday night, fired a shot that missed, and fled as resident Brian Harris and friend Dennis Perrin escaped. A bullet hole was found. nothing reported missing. Police and detectives, no motive yet.
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Middletown
Brian Harris
Finley Street
Harris
Dennis Perrin
Brown Street
Rodney Mitterspaw
Ohio students get tuition cap at Miami University
Ohio students at Miami University in Oxford will receive tuition bills next week reflecting a $500 cap set by the state legislature. Regional campuses in Middletown and Hamilton will see the lesser of a 6 percent or $500 cap. University officials say the Oxford campus needs this to support incoming freshmen.
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Oxford
Miami University
Ohio
The
University
Middletown
Hamilton
Move opens door for landfill expansion in Hamilton County
The Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission approved changes to the land use plan potentially enabling Rumpke’s Colerain Township landfill to expand by over 300 acres. Details appear in pages B2 and B3.
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Hamilton County Regional Planning
Colerain Township
Middletown man gets five years for rape of 12 year old
Joshua Banks, 19, of 1400 Grove St, was sentenced to five years in a Butler County Common Pleas Court for raping a 12 year old girl. Judge Sage noted the age disparity as a form of force, designated Banks a sexually oriented offender, and ordered 10 years of address registration after release.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Joshua Banks
Grove St
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Sage
Banks
Blaze injures 2 Middletown firefighters at apartment blaze
Firefighters Andy Lightner and Captain Rick Trainer were treated for first and second degree burns after a blaze in a vacant Robin Springs unit on Mount Vernon Street. The fire caused about 35000 dollars in damages, started by a welding torch during remodeling.
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Middletown
Mount Vernon Street
Andy Lightner
Rick Trainer
Robin Springs
Dennis Sorrell
Middletown Regional Hospital
Sorrell
Mount Vernon
Jefferson Road
Ben Durant
Century Plumbing
Hamilton
Gary Stelzer
Middletown Journal
Middletown schools win 7 million Reading First grant
Middletown City Schools secured a seven million dollar federal grant over three years to boost reading for K through third grade in low performing, high poverty schools. The district will launch a new reading program at six elementary schools, hire a literacy specialist and data manager per school, and track student progress with district oversight by Dana Miller.
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Middletown City
Debbie Alberico
Alberico
Amanda
Creekview
Mayfield
Taft
Wildwood
Wilson
Dana Miller
Miller
Evelyn Albert
Group reveals annual workforce report and One-Step plan
Hamilton Ohio based Workforce One Investment Board of Southwest Ohio presented its annual report to the Butler County Commission. Officials discussed marketing strategies for One-Stop, a training and employment system with centers in Hamilton and Lebanon. The system earned state certification, enabling extra funding for workforce development. The Butler Warren Clermont boards merged to boost services. A Wednesday meeting will include a strategic planning session.
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Hamilton — Workforce One Investment Board of
Southwest Ohio
Butler County Commission
WCH Marketing
Jeffrey Weber
Workforce One
Hamilton
Lebanon
Ohio
Butler
Warren Counties
Clermont County
Franklin retiree kayaks 250 miles for ecology fundraiser
Doug Messer, a Franklin retiree with a knee replacement, joined three others to kayak 240 miles along the Ohio River from Maysville to Louisville as part of the Great Ohio River Paddle. The event raised about $6,500 for ecology education, with 50 boaters covering routes and camping nightly. Messer plans to continue next year and seek sponsors in 2006.
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Doug Messer
Franklin
Ohio River
Maysville
Louisville
Messer
Pinev
Ille
Cumberland River
General Motors
Ohio
Ohio River Foundation
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