Man with Eighth DUI Conviction Faces Prison
Lebanon man Charles Anthony Upchurch, 42, received an indictment under a DUI statute aimed at harsher penalties. Prosecutor Hutzel notes the new law requires at least one year in prison, as the grand jury also charged him with failing to stop after an accident and two prior drunken driving counts. Upchurch fled a March 31 crash into a utility truck, building a 20-conviction record previously avoiding prison.
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Lebanon
Charles Anthony Upchurch
Upchurch
Warren County
Rachel Hutzel
Hutzel
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Alleged drug deal leads to two Middletown arrests
Middletown police say a daytime patrol spotted a drug deal near Woodlawn Avenue involving a white man, Gerald Maines, 39, of 1500 Woodlawn Avenue, who was charged with loitering in aid of a drug offense. Corrections found crack cocaine on his belt during booking, adding drug abuse and conveyance charges. A 16-year-old suspect faced juvenile delinquency by drug trafficking. A separate incident in Madison Township left a 17-year-old charged with criminal trespass aggravated menacing resisting arrest and failing to comply after being found with a Derringer-like cigarette lighter.
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Middletown
Gerald Maines
Woodlawn Ave
Middletown City
Maines
Butler County
Madison Township
Peasttown
Germantown
Catalina
Butler County Detention Center
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Butler MRDD transfers preschool program to schools
After 29 years of operation the Butler County MRDD will shift preschool services to local districts. About 11 teaching positions and 13 aides will be eliminated. roughly 350 students in 162 units affected. MRDD funding partners and districts will absorb costs as programs move to Madison Monroe Talawanda and Hamilton districts where space allows.
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Hamilton
Butler County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Butler County
MRDD
Ohio Department of Education
Christina Hurr
Madison
Monroe
Talawanda
Hamilton City
Hart
Janet Clemmons
Hurt
Middletown
Hurr
Jefferson Elementary
Joni Copas
Lakota
Maryfield’s Flannery ends 35-year teaching career
Sue Flannery retires after 35 years in education at Mayfield Elementary Middletown and Oxford, reflecting on her father George Slinger’s guidance, a love for art, and a career spanning Bowling Green to Miami University connections. Her husband Jim Flannery praises her dedication to children and classroom influence.
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Tanner White
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Middletown
Oxford
George Slinger
Miami University
Jim Flannery
Warren County Common Pleas
Sue
Joan Stoutenborough
Mayfield Elementary
Bowling Green State University
George
Eulalia Slinger
University of Cincinnati Law School
McCrabb
Businesses busted for selling to minors
Middletown police said nearly half of area businesses tested in an underage alcohol sting sold to teens on Saturday night. An 18-year-old girl and a 19-year-old boy, working with the police, visited 22 stores. nine sold to the underage pair. One Zip Drive Thru employee was charged with drug abuse crack cocaine and related offenses. A Rockies bartender faced three counts for sales to underage persons and an 18-year-old female was cited for underage consumption. additional cited businesses followed.
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Zip Drive Thru
S. Verity Parkway
John Passmore
16Th Avenue
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Jim Cunningham
Cunningham
Zip
Man faces burglary charge based on DNA evidence
Timothy B. Holder, a 39 year old Middletown man, is charged with aggravated burglary in Warren County after DNA tests linked blood on bloody glasses found after a September struggle to his profile. Holder awaits grand jury consideration while also facing a separate receiving stolen property count.
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Middletown
Warren County
Timothy B. Holder
Miami Valley
Turtlecreek Township
Roger Barnes
Holder
Barnes
Sennet seeks return to Middletown school board
Former Middletown official Fred Sennet plans a fall bid to reclaim a seat on the Board of Education after more than two decades. He cites strong schools as essential for economic growth and magnet for residents, noting his long career in education and local government.
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Samuel Dalton
Frank Chapman
Chapman
Mark Frazer
Frazer
Steve Lane
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