Sentencing date set for former Springboro cop
Former Springboro police Lt Jim Barton is to be sentenced March 18 for hiring those responsible for murdering his wife during a staged burglary in April 1995. Barton, 49, was convicted last month of complicity to involuntary manslaughter and complicity to aggravated robbery after a two week trial. Judge James Flannery must rule on a new trial request. Vickie K Barton, 40, a nurse and instructor, was sexually assaulted and shot to death on April 11, 1995, at their Franklin Township home.
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Lebanon
Springboro
Jim Barton
Warren County Common Pleas Court
James Flannery
Vickie K. Barton
Sycamore Hospital
Kettering School of Medical Arts
Franklin Township
Miami student in ICU after rail vehicle collision in Oxford
A 20 year old Miami University junior majoring in earth science education was in the ICU after a CSX freight train dragged a westbound vehicle 454 feet on Chestnut Street Oxford police said. The driver David D. Brown of Wilmington was flown to University of Cincinnati Medical Center and the crash remains under investigation. A separate downtown Middletown theft case saw a suspect arrested after breaking into Parrot Restaurant and stealing eight dollars in change and about twenty two dollars in singles.
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Oxford
Miami University
David D. Brown
Wilmington
CSX
Chestnut Street
Brown
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Miami
Richard Little
Middletown
Parrot
South Main Street
Vince Lovejoy
Greg Robbins
S. Main St
Robbins
Don Owens
Middletown City
Young leaders learn from Kettering youth
The Middletown Youth Commission gains guidance from its northern neighbors in Kettering as community leaders exchange ideas on youth programs and engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kettering
Middletown Youth Commission
Residents press council over Anthem MRH dispute in Middletown
About 30 residents filled Wildwood Elementary to weigh in on the Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Premier Health Partners contract dispute that could affect Middletown Regional Hospital. Anita Jones urged more resident involvement and wary of council being a cure-all, while Everett Shaffer demanded city leverage on negotiations or oppose city support for the hospital relocation. Mayor Powers acknowledged the hospital’s importance and development role, noting the city’s limited leverage.
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Council
Anita Jones
Wildwood
Blue Shield
Premier Health
Middletown Regional Hospital
Everett Shaffer
Union Road
Shaffer
Noah Powers
Purple Pizzazz ready to take the stage
Middletown High School show choir Purple Pizzazz led by Marsha Minge and Tara Cave prepares for the Crystal Classic at Fairfield High School with Edgewood and 14 other choirs. Coaches emphasize precision and singing warmth, facial expression, and unison performance.
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Erika Wells
Marsha Minge
Minge
Middletown High School
Purple Pizzazz
Middletown
Edgewood High School
The
Chevaliers
Fairfield High School
Edgewood
Beavercreek
Colerain
Marietta
Marysville
Portsmouth
Ross
Sciotoville
Pell City
Ala
Sue Combs
Chris Beiser
Greg Lansaw memorial golf tournament honors Middletown father
Six months after Greg Paul Lansaw died of brain cancer at 46 his community honors him with the Greg Lansaw Memorial Golf Tournament at Wildwood. Funds raised will aid his children Curt and Taylor Lansaw while his family notes his service as a deacon, YMCA board member and longtime Wildwood Golf Club member, plus coaching at Miami University Middletown. Taylor plans Wright State University attendance aided by a one third tuition scholarship. Curt is a Middletown High sophomore.
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Brenda Lansaw
Greg Lansaw
Roosevelt Junior High
Greg Paul Lawson
Lawsaw
First Baptist Church
Middletown
Miami University
Lawsans
Greg
Wildwood
Taylor
Curt Lansaw
Middletown High School
Taylor Lansaw
MHS
Wright State University
Clerk defies led hold up at Middletown Clark Station
A white woman wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt entered the Clark Station at 1851 Central Ave at about 1 35 a m and demanded cash with a gun. The clerk refused and the suspect fled toward Charles Street. Police seek tips at (513) 425 7738.
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Middletown
Clark Station
Central Ave
Don Owens
Owens
Charles Street
Jury convicts teen in beating death in Butler County
A Butler County jury acquitted 17 year old Adrian Reynolds of murder and convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the August 2004 beating death of 17 year old Brandon Mitchell of Fairfield. Reynolds, tried as an adult, faces one to five years in prison.
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Fairfield
Hamilton
Butler County
Springfield Township
Adrian Reynolds
Reynolds
Aprian Reynolds
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Brandon Mitchell
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Barton
Bob Irvin
Regoher
Gary Dlournal
Brittany Prewart
Edgewood Show Choir
Annie Lennox
Tara Cave
Combs
Kat Fahrer
Middletown Journal
Mippetown
Hicx
Man
Rick McCrabb
By Jessica Brown
E.L. Hubbard
COX News Service
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