Three new city buses arrive in Middletown fleet
Three of ten heavy duty 25 passenger buses arrived last night, with four more due by late summer. The purple and white vehicles with yellow trim carry MTS initials and red seats and may enable route expansion after City Commission approval. The order cost 798,600 with federal grant support and included separate two way radios.
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Mayfield
Central Avenue
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Chance Manufacturing C c
Wichita
Kan
Offices Ransacked In Overnight Break-Ins At Legion Church School
Police report three locations hit in overnight burglaries. At American Legion on 116 S Main St a north wall window was broken then an inner door glass, papers and books from a safe scattered inside. First United Methodist Church on S Broad St and Second Ave shows no thefts found. Jefferson Elementary School cafeteria refrigerator pried and principal’s desk ransacked. entry via window.
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Courthouse restoration funding approved by Hamilton County panel
Hamilton-Butler County Commissioners vote 2 1 to award about 1.286 million for interior courthouse renovations with 600 000 from federal revenue sharing funds. Commissioner Reiff objects to funding mix while President Schirmer says the county can cover commitments and project proceeds. Also approved rezoning 6.7 acres near Blue Ball and 0.81 square miles in Lemon Township shifting from agricultural to industrial.
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Butler County
Arthur Reiff
Reiff
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Donald Schirmer
Dale Logsdon
Action
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Ohio 122
Karl Shutts
Stanley Kolb
Leo Breslin
Lemon Township
Ohio 63
Salzman Road
Wendell and
Maude Haninond
Substance Abuse Week Under Way in Butler County
The Butler County Pharmaceutical Association and the Butler County Mental Health Board sponsor Substance Abuse Awareness Week from today through Sunday. John O'Bryan, director of the mental health board, notes the effort aims to remind the public that substance abuse remains a problem across drugs, alcohol, and chemicals, with planned public service announcements on radio and in newspapers.
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Franklin man killed in aggravated robbery and chase
Darrell Albright, 30, of Franklin, was killed and Everett Cox, 37, seriously wounded during an apparent aggravated robbery at Cox's home. Three suspects, Ricky Lin Blevins, Christopher Lawson, and Robert Chandler, were chased by police, with Blevins later charged with aggravated murder and eluding officers. Cox remains in ICU with a gunshot wound to the neck.
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Warren and Buller County
Ricky Lin Blevins
Montgomery Road
Christopher Lawson
Church St
Robert Chandler
S. Verity Parkway
Middletown
South Main Street
Oxford State Road
Oxford State
Roslyn Drive
Blevins
Pershing Avenue
Middletown School Board Meets in Executive Session and Regular Session
Tomorrow the Middletown school board holds an executive session at 6 p.m. and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. at the school administration building. Franklin Township trustees meet at 7 p.m. at the Hunter firehouse. Germantown park and recreation board convenes at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building.
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Little Miami High School student wins National Merit Scholarship
Philip G. Fields of Maineville wins a $1,000 National Merit Scholarship sponsored by Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus. The Little Miami High School valedictorian, captain of the football team and president of student government, is a member of the It's Academic team and a Boys' State delegate.
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Warren County
Philip G. Fields
S. Ohio
Maineville
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Columbus
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Bride Mary Beth Bauer and David Buchanan to wed June 10
The Middletown Journal notes the upcoming wedding of Miss Mary Beth Bauer and David Paul Buchanan. Bauer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Bauer of Monroe, is a Lemon Monroe High School graduate employed by Boise Cascade Office Products. Buchanan, Lemon Monroe graduate, works at Magnode Inc. The couple will marry Saturday, June 10 at Holy Trinity Church.
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Mary Beth Bauer
Robert Bauer
Monroe
David Paul Buchanan
Charles Buchanan
Middletown
Lemon Monroe
Miss Bauer
Boise Cascade Office Products
Buchanan
Magnode Inc
Holy Trinity Church
Susan Sprinkle Runner-Up in Hemisphere Miss Contest
Susan Sprinkle placed fourth runner-up in the Miss Hemisphere Southern State pageant at Kings Island. Her placement makes her eligible to compete in the national Miss Hemisphere contest later this year in Philadelphia.
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Hemisphere
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Brookwood Circle
Trenton
Kings Island
Philadelphia
Cycle Rider Killed In Ohio Highway Crash
Kent Morris, 19, of Ohio 70 Clarksville was eastbound on Ohio 73 near Harveyburg when he crossed a double yellow line at a hill crest and struck the left front of a westbound car driven by Ronald Evans, 22, of 22 Fitzgerald Way. Franklin Morris was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Buses on school agenda Middletown board to seek bids for two buses
The Middletown school board will present a resolution to seek bids for two school buses at tomorrow's meeting. An executive session at 6 pm precedes a 7 pm regular session in the school administration building. The agenda also includes elementary math books, school pictures, summer programs, retirements, resignations, and summer meeting schedules. Brenda Joyce Straley of 1010 South Main Street Dayton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eld Straley of Carlisle, graduates Sunday from Miami Valley Hospital School of Nursing.
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$3,000 quarter horse stolen from Howe stable
A sorrel horse valued at 3000 was reported stolen from a stable on 6051 Jacksonburg Road. Owner Dwayne Lambert of Howe, Tex said the horse was stabled to be sold. A reward is offered for information leading to its return.
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Howe
Tex
Buller County
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