Robber Leaves Knife Behind After Botched Midwest Store Heist
Middletown police say a white male in his 20s entered Family Dollar at 650 N University with a knife, demanded money, but fled without the weapon, leaving the knife on the front counter. The suspect, described as black shirt black shorts red hat, remains at large.
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Frank Hensley
Warrant issued after alleged razor assault in Baltimore Street area
A Baltimore Street man, Jeffery Johnson, 51, was cut on the chest while on his front porch about 12 45 a m Sunday. He was taken to Middletown Regional Hospital for a superficial wound. Police issued a warrant for Emanuel Thomas, 26, for felonious assault. he was not in custody.
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Jeffery Johnson
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Middletown Regional Hospital
Emanuel Thomas
Baltimore Street
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Warren seeks federal funds for senior housing
Warren County commissioners agreed to back a plan to apply for federal funds to build Bently Woods, a 30 unit one bedroom apartment complex in Lebanon. The $2.5 million project aims to house seniors as the county’s elderly population grows and existing facilities have wait lists.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Larry Sergeant
Ohio
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Two Arrested in Thefts of Gas Tanks by Duo
Monroe officers arrested Donald Baker and Edward Fultz after stopping a Chevy pickup on Cincinnati Dayton Road around 1 30 a.m. They allegedly transported two aluminum gas tanks from a semi truck claiming permission. The trucking firm owner denied authorization. Both men jailed on 2810 bonds, with no court dates set.
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Middletown
Jeff Bowling
Cincinnati-Dayton
Donald Baker
Charles Street
Edward B. Fultz
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Baker
Fultz
Butler County
Teachers rally for funding and against budget cuts
About 2,000 public education advocates gathered outside the Ohio Statehouse to demand more state funding, caps on charter schools, and limits on vouchers. Sandra Lewis of Dayton's Colonel White High School criticized the budget provision allowing district cuts without collective bargaining, while leaders defended the legislature's focus on education.
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Sandra Lewis
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Dayton
Colonel White High School
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Rebecca Templeton-Owens
Kettering
Fairmont High School
Wanda Adams
Western Ohio Education Association
Ies
Northmont High School
Preble
Darke
Montgomery
Greene
Miami
Mercer
Shelby
Auglaize
Adams
Maggie Mitchell
Bill Harris
Rushland
Ohio
Ohio poverty climbs from 12 to 17 percent by 2004
A Health Policy Institute of Ohio study based on 1998 and 2004 data shows Ohio's poverty rate rising from 12 percent to 17 percent, adding about 580,021 people in poverty by 2004. Officials note the figures reflect broader economic decline and rising health care coverage. Local aid groups say working poor increasingly rely on food banks as wages stagnate.
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Ohio
Col Owens
Family Coverage Coalition of
Dennis Evans
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
Health Policy Institute
William Hayes
Lisa Hamlet-Fugitt
Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks
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