Not Guilty In Lebanon Shooting Case
Black, 32, of Centerville, was found innocent of murder and voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 12 shooting death of Matthew Jones in Clearcreek Township. After six hours of deliberation, the jury accepted self defense as his claim, with Jones described as a muscular, violent man.
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Lebanon
Ray Black
Matthew Jones
Warren County
Black
Jones
Centerville
Dewey Marcum
Ohio
Clearcreek
Marcum
Marcums
Fred Jones
Madison School calendar shifts start end earlier next year
The Madison School District will begin August 30 and finish May 31, with spring break kept and makeup days moved, including January 15 and February 19. The midyear break ends January 2, and the spring break is set for the week of April 9.
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Madison
Butler County
Clyde Roush
Doug Ponder
Madison High band fund drive phone number corrected
A Journal report on a Madison High School band trip fundraiser notes an incorrect donation line. The correct number is 424 4459, replacing 422 4459, and a second line offers 423 3982 for paper pickup.
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Madison
Disney World
Germantown Council OKs 1978 appropriations total
The Village Council adopted 1978 appropriations of 793 325 at a special meeting. General fund is 322 987, down from 463 811 proposed last summer. Mayor Moler seeks tighter spending control due to carryover bills. A major new project is grading E Market Street hill for 69 000, largely funded by county license plate taxes.
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Butler County
Roush
Larry Brandenburg
Germantown
Genera
Council
E. Market Street Hill
Firemen and police return to work in Hillsboro strike
In Hillsboro Ohio nine firefighters and eight police officers resumed duties after a brief walk out over wages. The return restores normal city operations as firefighters and officers reported back to work on Thursday.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Township weighs low insurance offer for damaged cruiser
German Township trustees discussed a proposed settlement after a 1976 cruiser sustained extensive damage in a March 8 collision on Mudlick Road. The insurer offered about 1500 to total loss the vehicle, which chief Lewis Wilcox deemed too low while a 1977 cruiser is being repaired.
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Jenice Murray
West Alexandria Road
Gerald Cottongim
Roush
Madison Township
Germantown
German Township
Mudlick Road
Lewis Wilcox
Wilcox
Jim Clark
Clark
Lakota West Side Story musical opens Thursday at Lakota High
Lakota High School presents West Side Story Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Tickets are $2 for adults, $1.75 for high school students, and $1.50 for children. Beth Hall stars as Maria with a large cast led by Tony, Anita, and Riff under director Denver Noggle and student assistant Else Kestermann.
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West Chester
Riff
Pat Beatty
Chino
Ed Dennis
Schrank
Joe Hamm
Ball's lawyers given deadline for trial decision
Byron Robert Ball, 40, indicted March 14 on three counts of kidnapping after an Indiana bank robbery, must decide by April 1 whether to go to trial or plead guilty. He pleaded innocent Wednesday before U S District Judge Carl A Weinman. Ball faces Wayne County Indiana charges of kidnapping, bank robbery and attempted murder of a policeman.
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Dayton
Ohio
Byron Robert Ball
Indiana
Ball
U.S
Carl A. Weinman
Wayne County
Ind
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