Franklin Two trustees to meet Sunday
Franklin Township trustees will hold a rare weekend meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday to work on permanent appropriations. Township Administrator Helen Campbell says the annual appropriations session, usually a weekend day, ensures attendance. The meeting is expected to last about three hours at the Administration Building on 418 Fairview Drive in Carlisle.
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Franklin Township
Helen Campbell
Fairview Drive
Carlisle
Robbery charges filed after purse snatching
Middletown police arrested Wesley Risner after he snatched a purse from a 71 year old woman in Towne Mall lot on Towne Boulevard. He was found at Lone Star Steakhouse and charged with robbery. Risner confessed and is jailed with a $50,000 bond pending a March 11 preliminary hearing.
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Middletown
Towne Mall
Towne Boulevard
Ohio 122
Olive Garden
Roosevelt Avenue
Wesley Risner
N. Marshall Road
Risner
Middletown Municipal Court
Car flips send Middletown man to hospital
Ernest Miller, 20, of 2341 Tytus Ave., was cut from an AMC Eagle after his car flipped at Breiel and University boulevards around 7:30 p.m. He told police his brakes locked while approaching a red light, causing a swerve into a pole and curb, and the vehicle landed upside down. He was hospitalized. investigation continues.
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Middletown
Breiel
University
Ernest Miller
Tytus Ave
Middletown Regional Hospital
Miller
Breiel Boulevard
Leanne Hughes
Hughes
Mentoring program grows with neighbor volunteers
The Big Brother Big Sister mentoring program inspires Elliott Mayhen and Devon Helms to become more than neighbors. Community news notes volunteers, details and contact options for those wishing to join.
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Elliott Mayhen
Devon Helms
I-75 widening eyed as traffic soars in Ohio plan
ODOT identifies a $100 million two year project to widen I-75 from West Chester Township to Middletown to four lanes each way. The work aims to curb congestion projected to rise 37 percent over 25 years with traffic reaching 135000 daily by 2030. Public meeting set for March 15 at Liberty Heights Church.
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West Chester Township
Middletown
Ohio Department of Transportation
Butler
Warren
Cincinnati- Dayton Road
Turtlecreek Township road resurfacing slated for summer
Ohio Department of Transportation will spend over 2.5 million dollars to resurfacing Ohio 63 from Monroe to Lebanon and Ohio 741 from Mason to Springboro in Turtlecreek Township this summer. ODOT spokesman Ron Mosby says plans to unveil 2005 summer construction at media day, noting no widening or major changes and a potential year long completion with expected traffic impact.
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Lebanon
Ohio Department of Transportation
Turtlecreek Township
ODOT
Ohio 63
Monroe
Ohio
Mason
Springboro
Ron Mosby
Mosby
Monroe weighs withdrawal from three townships
Monroe officials, in a preliminary recovery plan, consider leaving Lemon Liberty and Turtlecreek townships to capture 0.6 mills of inside millage, adding about 182000 annually. Township residents could vote to dissolve only by petition and majority, while revenue losses and state funding cuts loom for remaining townships and the city continues service contracts.
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Monroe
William Brock
Lemon, Liberty
Turtlecreek
Lemon Township
Robert Snook
Snook
Liberty Township
Jay Stewart
Stewart
Daniel Jones
Jones
Monroe Pan
Lemon
Brock
Rita Tannreuther
Bob Taft
Lakota Issue 2 recount set for 1 p.m. in Butler County
Butler County Board of Elections will recount Lakota Local School District Issue 2 to resolve a five-vote margin. Betty McGary notes four witnesses from both sides, with legal counsel present and procedures explained. Three percent of precincts will be hand counted, then electronic tallies tested.
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Westchester
Butler County Board of Elections
Betty McGary
Board of Elections
McGary
Surging oil prices hit commuters at the pump
Prices at local stations varied widely as crude oil eyed near 55 a barrel. Shell on Verity Parkway and Germantown posted 1.92 per gallon, Exxon on Germantown 1.94, Middtown Carry Out east of University priced 1.93, while Clark station west of University listed 2.08 for regular unleaded.
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Shell
Verity Parkway
Germantown Road
Germantown
Exxon
Central Avenue
University Boulevard
University
Clark
Middletown
Man faces charges in bar robbery case
Dayton man Antwan Hall, 24, arraigned in Middletown Municipal Court on aggravated robbery kidnapping and two counts of rape for an January incident at Tina's Bar and Bistro. He was moved from Dayton after a prior court appearance and Dayton police filed additional charges.
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Dayton
Middletown
Antwan Hall
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Man
Bob Irvin
Benjamin Poston
Ohio Department of Transportation District 8
Publc
Liberty Heights Church
Princeton Road
Pat Auckerman
Middletown Journal
Doris Baden
Christopher Magan
Jessica Brown
Sarah Buehrle
Thomas Gna
Gary Stelzer
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