Couple found guilty of animal cruelty in Butler County
Kenneth and Debora Morgan were found guilty after a one day jury trial in Butler County Areas Court Oxford. The case followed a March 25 search at the Morgan farm that found two dead horses and a severely undernourished survivor placed in protective custody. Sentencing is set for Thursday at 11 30 a m. The Morgans have faced prior animal welfare complaints and Kenneth Morgan is a former Butler County sheriff deputy.
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Hanover Twp
Hanover
Butler County
Oxford
Kenneth
Debora Morgan
Morgans
Animal Friends Humane Society
Morgan
Humane Society
Kenneth Morgan
Sheriff’s
Department
Sheriff's Office
Mike Craft
Robert Lyons
Widow’s son may attend private viewing for mother’s death
Ryan Widmer’s attorney says a private viewing at the funeral home is possible under Ohio Department of Corrections rules, but attendance at the funeral service is unlikely. Transportation costs and jurisdictional rules may prevent his presence. Jill Widmer was found dead in Mason, with autopsy pending tox results in about six weeks.
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Mason
Ryan Widmer
Widmer
Michele Godsey
Ohio Department of Corrections
Gary
Jill Widmer
Gary Widmer
Ayran
Doyle Burke
Grant funds reading ramp for Middletown students
About 153 students in kindergarten to third grade in Middletown City Schools begin Reading Ramp, a two week reading and writing camp, at no cost through a $250,000 U S Department of Education grant shared with Xavier University. The program aligns with the Third Grade Reading Guarantee and runs daily through Aug. 9 with 30 plus teachers and staff guiding assessments and skill drills.
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Middletown
Middletown City
U.S. Department of Education
Xavier University
New Miami
Beth Kirk-Olthoff
Kirk-Olthoff
Middletown College Demonstrates 3-D Printing Gains
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College showcased a desktop 3-D printer donated by Printer Incorporated worth 2100 dollars. The device produced a small green plastic chain link in under 15 minutes, illustrating rapid, affordable prototyping once confined to high-end labs.
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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Advertisers Printer Incorporated
Josh Haldeman
Cincinnati State
Haldeman
Cris Carter's road to Canton includes lifelong Middletown bond
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Cris Carter credits four childhood friends Sean Bell Dwight Smith Jimmy Calhoun and Al Milton with sustaining a 40 year bond since his Middletown High School days. The group grew up together after he moved from Troy and shared a passion for sports and competitiveness. Carter emphasizes the deep loyalty that kept them connected through his rise to fame.
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Canton
Middletown
Sean Bell
Cris Carter
Pro Football Hall of Fame
T Smith
May Calhoun
al Milton
Florida
Middletown High School
Troy
Jimmy Calhoun
Dwight Smith
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