Mother and daughter share Monroe honor award
Pettus and her mother Rosa Pettus known as G Ma Pettus earned an athletic honor at Monroe High School alongside Pettus many siblings. The award recognizes Pettus strong work ethic praised by trainer Stu Wilson. She plans to attend Miami University Middletown and pursue athletic training or physical therapy with a $1000 Joe Nuxhall Scholarship.
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Nuss
Pettus
Stu Wilson
Rosa
G-Ma Pettus
Shelby
Rosa Pettus
Stacy
Sandy
Monroe
Wilson
Joe Nuxhall
Bay West Paper Mill
Miami University-Middletown
Rezos family in Butler County court over visitation and threats
Amy Rezos survived two shootings after her husband Christopher Rezos hid in her van and shot her. He pleaded guilty to an January hitman plot and faces trial in July for divorce and grandparent visitation. The couple’s in laws face accusations of involvement and withheld money in letters seeking a hit man.
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Amy Rezos
Christopher Rezos
Amy
Butler County
Chris
George
Virginia Rezos
Melina Smith
Middletown
Liberty Township
Virginia
George Rezos
Lawrence Fiehrer
Fiehrer
Phelps Returns to Work for Trenton
Titterington says Phelps, now returning as a laborer, waited two months to start a new public role under Ohio Public Employees Retirement System rules. The city funded a $45,000 service credit purchase from a prior public entity, saving training costs while leveraging Phelps extensive infrastructure knowledge and licenses for street, water, sewer, and park work.
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Titterington
Phelps
Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
Megan Statt
Prisoner loses arm to staph infection at Pickaway
Joseph Milum, 42, of Columbus, had his right arm amputated May 4 after contracting MRSA at Pickaway Correctional Institution. The case follows a prior fatal MRSA strain at the same facility two years earlier. Prison officials say cases rise amid crowded conditions and improper antibiotic use, while a lawsuit over medical care proceeds. Seventeen staph cases this year reported to Pickaway Health, plus four at Frazier Health Center.
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Columbus
Pickaway Correctional Institution
Joseph Milum
Orient
Ohio State University Medical Center
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Pickaway County
Middletown Christian seniors reflect on a lifelong bond
Graduates from Middletown Christian Schools, including Jared Petry and Erica Fordyce, share lasting friendships formed over 13 years. Valedictorian Kathryn Schneider urges living by Christian tenets as parents express pride and bittersweet prideful concern for their children’s move to New York and new beginnings.
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Jared Petry
Middletown Christian Schools
Perry
Bethany Dykes
Middletown Christian
Erica Fordyce
Kathryn Schneider
Jesus Christ
Schneider
Erica
New York
Fordyce
Pam Fordyce
Edgewood grads celebrate with band and choir
The Edgewood ceremony marked a long wait as students received diplomas. Class president Cody Beaty spoke of years of effort and the moment ahead as graduates, totaling about 225, tossed their caps in the air.
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Edgewood
Cody Beaty
Hogan's Heroes actor Leon Askin dies at 97
Vienna born actor Leo Askin died in a Vienna hospital at age 97. He played Gen. Albert Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes and appeared with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in film. Born in 1907, he fled Nazi persecution and later settled in Vienna, earning the Gold Medal of Honor.
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Vienna
Austria
Leon Askin
Albert Burkhalter
Askin
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Peter Ustinov
Wilhelm Klink
Leo Aschkenasy
Billy Wilder
Fritz Lang
Dr. Mabuse
Benigno dies at 81 former Aquino spokesman and columnist
Manila veteran journalist Benigno, a former AFP Manila bureau chief and press secretary under President Aquino, died Friday after a monthlong liver cancer diagnosis. He helped found the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in 1974 and later hosted TV talk shows including Firing Line.
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Manila
Philippines
Teodoro Benigno
Corazon Aquino
Benigno
Agence France Presse
Ferdinand Marcos
Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines
AFP
Aquino
Marcos
Philippine Star
Former Nebraska judge Fahrnbruch dies at 80
Lincoln Neb former Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Dale E Fahrnbruch died Wednesday at age 80 He served as Lancaster County district judge from 1972 and was appointed to the state Supreme Court in 1987 by Governor Kay Orr He retired after nine years a World War II veteran and former Lincoln Journal city editor
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Dale E. Fahrnbruch
Fahrnbruch
Lancaster County
Kay Orr
State Supreme Court
High Court
The
Lincoln Journal
Militant Idigoras Dies of Lung Disease in Bilbao
Jon Idigoras, a leading Basque pro independence militant and historic Herri Batasuna figure, died in Bilbao at age 69 from lung disease. Once tied to ETA related activity, he faced terrorism convictions and a seven year term in 1997, later released for health reasons amid ongoing legal proceedings.
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Madrid
Spain
Jon Idigoras
Bilbao
Idigoras
Herri Batasuna
Batasuna
ETA
Record holder dies at age 112 in California
Margaret Madge Russell who held the California oldest living person record died at a nursing home in Eagle Rock at age 112. She was the seventh oldest living American and fourteenth oldest in the world according to UCLA Longevity researchers.
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Los Angeles
Margaret “Madge” Russell
California
Eagle Rock
Russell
L. Stephen Coles
Money running out in tree beetle fight
Ohio faces imminent funding shortfall for the emerald ash borer eradication program as it spends a large share of federal aid on infested northwest areas near Toledo. Gov Taft seeks an additional 10.1 million while experts warn of rapid spread if funds halt.
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Toledo
Midwest
Ohio
Bob Taft
U.S. Agriculture
Mike Johanns
Taft
Detroit
Michigan
Indiana
Melissa Brewer
Ohio Agriculture Department
John Hazel
US Forest Service
Morgantown
Wva
Brewer
Asia
Bush to Visit Ohio For Patriot Act Push
President Bush will speak at the State Highway Patrol Academy in Columbus next week as part of renewed effort to extend the Patriot Act. Thursday’s appearance marks his 38th visit to Ohio since taking office and fourth since re election, amid Congressional debate on expanding FBI powers to obtain records without judicial approval.
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Columbus
Bush
State Highway Patrol Academy
White House
Ohio
Congress
FBI
Middleton and Watkins Obituaries in Lebanon
Two local obituaries note the deaths of LF Middleton age 68 of South Lebanon who died June 2 and Charlie Watkins age 88 of Lebanon who died June 3. Visitation for Middleton is 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Oswald Hoskins Funeral Home Lebanon. Watkins visitation is 10 to 11 a.m. June 7 with funeral services afterward at Oswald Hoskins Funeral Home.
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Middleton
South
Lebanon
Lebanon Country Manor
Oswald Hoskins
Watkins
Charlie
Obituary notices for Ralph Whitehead and Joe Young
Two deaths reported. Ralph L Whitehead 81 Germantown Ohio died June 2 2005 formerly of Franklin born May 23 1924 served in WW II retired from Armco 37 years active with Germantown Rescue Squad and Middletown Boy Scout Troop 21. Joe E Young 67 Franklin Ohio died June 3 2005 longtime Armco retiree Marine Corps veteran minister Faith Missionary Baptist Church and Faith United Methodist Church member with extensive family survivors and services scheduled June 7 2005 at Faith Missionary Baptist Church and burial at Woodhill Cemetery
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Germantown
Ohio
Ralph
Franklin
Ralph L
Grace
Simon) Whitehead
W.W. II
Armco
Faith United Methodist Church
Middletown
Willemar
Daltonuneral
Weaver Rd
David Oungee
Germantown Cemetery
Joe
US Marine Corps
Faith Missionary Baptist Church
Grant
Nellie
Green) Young
Tennessee
Steve
Lan David Brown
Roslynn Elaine
Susan Jo Brown
Ed Miller
Benny
Leisa) Young
Stella (Jr) Jackson
Linda
Lj) Adams
Allen
Rebecca) Iller
Dayton
Chenoa
Brian) Erisman
Miamisburg
Anderson Funeral Home
E. 2Nd St
Andersonfuneralhomes.com
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Alex Foltz
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Coxohio.com
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Crichter
Coxohio
Sthomas
Coxohic.com
Hogan’s Heroes
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Tue
Associated Press
Armbruster
Tro and Garden Center
Te Yvwearmbrirs
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Whitehead, Ralph Junior
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Stephanie Million
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