Police respond to death by own action threat in Middletown
Middletown police responded Tuesday morning to a Winton Street residence after a man threatened to shoot himself and others. He was found sitting on a couch with an unloaded shotgun in the next room and was transported to Middletown Regional Hospital. Investigators may file charges later. Also, Warren County detectives seek two burglary suspects tied to a Turtlecreek Township break in on Sept. 19, describing a white male intruder and a white male driver in a faded red car. Anonymous tips can earn a reward.
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Middletown
Winton Street
Don Owens
Owens
Middletown Regional Hospital
Warren County Sheriff's
Turtlecreek
Hamilton Road
Sheriff's Office
Roger Barnes
Board to discuss pay to participate plan tonight
Franklin board sets 7 p.m. special meeting in the high school cafeteria to consider bringing pay to participate in house. President Brandon Saylor and Superintendent Kim Gray say a policy could allow the district to oversee and require student payments.
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Franklin Board of Education
Brandon Saylor
Kim Gray
Saylor
Firefighters halt garage blaze in Middletown
Middletown firefighters responded to a detached garage fire at 2010 Brell Drive about 8 p.m. Tuesday. Capt. David Adams estimated damages at around $1,000. A passer-by saw flames. the owner tried to fight it with a garden hose before fire crews arrived. Twelve firefighters extinguished the fire quickly. The cause was a compost heap near the garage, whose heat may have ignited nearby leaves.
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Middletown
Brell Drive
David Adams
Middletown Division of Fire
Adams
Middletown Firefighters dispute Matrix study on staffing
More than 30 Middletown firefighters and union reps urged City Council to reconsider the Matrix Consulting Group report that recommended reducing on duty staff from 22 to 19. They argued math errors and unaccounted growth skewed response times and call volume, while calling for an operating policy for the fire division.
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Middletown
Matrix Consulting Group
John Harvey
Harvey
Jeff Spaulding
National Union Office
University of Cincinnati
Middletown Regional Hospital
Spaulding
Council
Matrix
Union
Dante shines as parade grand marshal in Edgewood tribute
Nine year old Dante battles an inoperable brain tumor and shares his foster family’s large home with eleven children. His resilience inspires Edgewood students and he joins Kody Myers Brandon Maynard and Sydney Billings as grand marshals for the high school homecoming parade. The foster parents David and Phyllis care for many relatives while supporting Dante’s positive outlook.
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Trenton
Dante
Edgewood
Kody Myers
Brandon Maynard
Sydney Billings
David
Phyllis
Gary Stelzer
Middletown Journal
Edgewood High School
Cold case killer autopsy results incomplete
The Madison County Coroner’s Office in Indiana said Donald Korn’s autopsy was begun Tuesday morning but findings remain incomplete pending toxicology tests. Korn, linked to several rapes and murders of elderly women, died Monday afternoon in Pendleton Correctional Facility after collapsing in the dining hall. He was pronounced dead at 5:40 p.m. at St. John’s Hospital in Anderson. Officials had given conflicting details about the timing of his death. Korn had prior convictions for rape and robbery and a 1974 murder.
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Hamilton
Donald Korn
Madison County
Indiana
Korn
Butler County
Pendleton Correctional Facility
Pam Pattirson
Pattirson
St. John’s Hospital
Derson
Ind
Bond set at $500000 for accused pastor
Warren County judge set bail at five hundred thousand dollars for a former Maineville church pastor, Rev Claude Harmon, charged with gross sexual imposition of a 12 year old boy at a July 4 Kentucky campout. Harmon, 47, of Cincinnati, faces potential further charges and possible pornography allegations tied to church computers. He was arraigned by video from Warren County Jail and barred from contact with anyone under 18.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Maineville
Kentucky
James Heath
Claude Stephen Harmon
Harmon
Cincinnati
Hamilton Township
Heath
Duvelius
Camp Victory
B 17 bomber to return to Wright-Patterson museum
The legendary WWII B-17 will travel back to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base museum after 58 years in its namesake city. Officials cite the Tennessee stay leaving the aircraft in crummy condition. Community notes include a landfill proposal in Milford Township and a Middletown foodbank site joining a food stamp service program.
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Tennessee
Middletown Foodbank
Helping Kids Succeed Through Self Esteem and Service
MALACHI, a faith based program aiding local youths, emphasizes self esteem as a path to positive choices. Staff encourage future goals and community service to foster empathy and purpose among participants like Karen Brown and Michael Stewart who contribute at the agency and find work opportunities.
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Sharon Bogan
Middletown Adolescent Leaders Achieve
Malachi
Bogan
Karen Brown
Michael Stewart
AK Steel Corp
Michae Stewart
Stewart
Brown
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Ler County
Seven Mile Elementary School
Alesia Beckett
Lawreence Bupp
Memphis Belle
Milford
Milford Township
Bob Irvin
Pat Ruckerman
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