Middletown drug raid boosts center demand for treatment
Middletown reports a surge at Unity House after the February 20 heroin crackdown. Police say 10 arrests yielded $35,000 in heroin seizures, while 20 to 30 residents sought help in April, reflecting a shift toward treatment as street supply tightens.
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Unity House
Auton
Cincinnati
Middletown
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Butler County Prosecutor's Office
Russell Dwyer
Dwyer
Middletown Drug Center Seeks Methadone Detox License
Richardson notes a raid disrupted heroin traffic in Middletown and Dayton letting dealers speculate. The center has fought for over two years to obtain a methadone dispensing license, with a ruling expected soon and optimism for a program this year.
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Middletown
Dayton
Richardson
Butler County Mental Health and
Middletown Hospital
Division of Mental Health
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Retardation
Fires destroy two garages overnight in separate blazes
A Schiavone Foods storage garage at 1909 Tytus Ave burned at 10:50 p.m. interior fully engulfed with furniture and paint worth 5 000. building valued 1 500. At Willie Adkins residence 617 Waite St a vandal blaze caused interior flames at 1 50 a m. building valued 1 000 with 300 in contents lost.
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Schiavone Foods Inc
Tytus Ave
Willie Adkins
Waite St
King And I Dominates Middletown High Masque Awards
The King and I led Middletown High School Masque Awards with top honors in six categories including best actor and actress. Mary Wiedman and Travey Turvey shared best actress, while Cedric Glover and Drew Hasselbach tied for best actor. The event marked its 10th edition with 40 past winners present as presenters, plus a salute to Principal Lewis Hill and Ron Fetzer.
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King and I
Ahe Middletown High Ne
Lewis Hill
Ron Fetzer
MHS
MHS International Thespian Society
Fetzer
Cedric Glover
the King
Drew Hasselbach
Artie
Shaughnessy
Mary Wiedman
Bananas Shaughnessy
Travey Turvey
Norma Hubley
Bob Mucha
Health Officials Seek Contacts After Sick Fox at Local Park
Three people called health officials after a sick fox at Weatherwax golf course was captured Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Winfred Duff said two men kept the fox in a cage briefly then returned it to the park. one scratched. The fox died Thursday night and its head was sent to Dayton for rabies testing. No bites reported and there is no alarm. residents urged not to touch wild animals.
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Health Department
Weatherwax Golf Course
Winfred Duff
Department
Duff
Blood pressure tests offered in Trenton by Moose Lodge and Rescue Squad
The Trenton Moose Lodge 330 team with the Trenton Rescue Squad will hold free blood pressure screenings from 2 to 4 PM at 130 East State Street.
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Trenton
Moose Lodge
E. State St
Police report details shoplifting and auto theft incidents
A 13 year old boy was charged with shoplifting after a parent reported an $18 pair of shoes stolen from Ayr Way. In related notes various cars were broken into, with radios, tools, tires and wheels among stolen items listed from multiple addresses and locations including Garfield Street Hetzier Road Woodlawn Avenue Shaker Road Broad Street Shadow Hill Road Armco Drive and the Studio Theater area.
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Ayr Way
Wanda Sparks
Garfield St
Ernestine Schenck
Hetzier Road
Woodlawn Ave
Leroy Carpenter
Shaker Road
Franklin
Charies St
Ronald Pence
Burglary Mix Hits Orchard Street Home and Other Thefts
Nineteen guns were stolen from an Orchard Street home along with two portable color televisions a camera a wall clock and a small safe broken open but empty. Police chased a burglar from Diamond International offices but the suspect escaped. Other overnight thefts included a color TV a CB radio base station and a leather overcoat from 815 10th Ave and a vending machine break at Sohio station with coin box and cans taken. Several youths suspected in the vending theft.
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Orchard Street
William Carter
Orchard St
Diamond International
Charles Street
Noneey
Harold Fitzwater
Thomas Whitaker
10Th Ave
Sohio
Roosevelt Boulevard
Jackson Lane
Woman Injured In Wreck On Verity Park Way
Gwendolyn Paynter 23 of 704 Seventh Ave was injured in a vehicle crash on Verity Park Way near Malvern Street yesterday afternoon. She was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital with back and neck pains and shock.
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Verity
Middletown Hospital
Verity Parkway
Malvern Street
Gwendolyn Paynter
Seventh Ave
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