Coming Sunday Election PR 2004 Special Look
A special look at Tuesday's election is previewed for readers, outlining key races and issues on the upcoming ballot. The piece highlights party dynamics, candidates, and voting logistics to guide voters ahead of Election Day.
AFL-CIO backs Edgewood and Fairfield school levies
The Butler Warren Clinton County AFL-CIO endorsed November operating levies for Edgewood and Fairfield schools. Edgewood seeks 6.9 mills and Fairfield 4.9 mills. AFL-CIO president Melvin A. Smith notes unions must support public education. Smith is a candidate for Ohio's 4th Senate District. In a separate case, Billy Ray Webb, 49, was arrested for grand theft auto after allegedly stealing a 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix from a Middletown service station. He was arraigned and is held on $5,000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Nov 3.
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Butler-Warren-Clinton County
Afl-Cio
Edgewood
Fairfield
Melvin A. Smith
Butler-Warren-Clinton
Edgewood City
Fairfield City Schools
Butler-Warren-Clinton Afl-Cio
Smith
Ohio
Dayton
Middletown
Doreen Gibson
Jewell Avenue
Ameristop
N. University Blvd
Gibson
Franklin
Second Street
Interstate 75
Billy Ray Webb
Webb
Man Arrested In Home Burglary
Middletown police arrested 30 year old Chris Griffin on a Burbank Street balcony during a burglary in progress at 7 p.m. They arraigned him in Middletown Municipal Court with a $12,500 bond and scheduled a preliminary hearing for 2:30 p.m. November 3. He remained in the city jail Friday night.
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Middletown
Burbank
Chris Griffin
Griffin
Lamberton St
Middletown Municipal Court
Middletown City
Like grandmother like granddaughter homecoming queen
Rachel Keller follows a family tradition as she is named homecoming queen mirroring her grandmother and mother and aunt. The feature appears in community pages with editor notes and section contacts.
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Rachel Keller
Middletown Hosts Third Annual City Trick or Treat
City staff and hundreds of residents enjoyed a safe Halloween event at the Middletown City Building. Families paraded floors to floor with costumes from Dorothy to the Cowardly Lion as neighbors praised broad participation and year-round community spirit.
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Middletown City
Billie Dingledine
Kylie
Lucas
Middletown
Kat Fahrer
Middletown Journal City Encineer
Arlyss Baldwin
Andy
Brooke McGuire
Megan Shaffer
Accused ex pastor was victim in youth
Warren County pastor accuses ex pastor of molesting boys at Maineville Baptist Church parsonage. Harmon's lawyer says the abuse began in his own youth and describes the case as complex. Harman, 47, is jailed on counts of gross sexual imposition and sexual imposition amid alleged abuse of six boys and ongoing evidence review of downloaded child pornography.
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Lebanon
Claude Steven Harmon
Warren County
Jeff Kirby
Cox News Service
Harmon
Maineville Baptist Church
Kirby
Light Up Middletown transforms Smith Park with new displays
Volunteers and city staff light up Smith Park for Light Up Middletown sixth annual display. Rod Banks strings 360 strands of lights across 22 trees while about 50 volunteers prep nine displays including two poinsettias, a hot air balloon bear and a toy soldier. The event runs 5 p.m. to 9 30 p.m. nightly from November 26 through New Year’s Eve with a donation at the gate.
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Pat Auckerman
Middletown Journal
Rep Banks
Middletown
Smith Park
Rod Banks
Banks
Ual
Light Up
Flo Randall
Randall
Portman campaigns in 2nd District as Sanders fights odds
Rep Rob Portman 48 Cincinnati led a 27 county bus tour for Bush with volunteers at 10 phone banks and 524 cookies from Busken Bakery. Opponent Charles Sanders 57 Waynesville runs a lean operation with six staff, his manager died in July, and funding dwindled to just under $1393.
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Lebanon
Rob Portman
Bush
Portman
Charles Sanders
Waynesville
Cincinnati
Springfield
Miamisburg
Ohio
Congressional Office
Busken Bakery
Sanders
Attorney challenges Butler County jury racial makeup
Cincinnati attorney Clyde Bennett challenges Butler County jury selection as he questions why juries are predominantly white in the case of 16 year old Adrian Reynolds. Reynolds faces murder charges in the Aug murder of 17 year old Brandon Mitchell, while the judge notes Supreme Court approval of current procedures.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Cincinnati
Clyde Bennett
Bennett
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Adrian Reynolds
Springfield Township
Hamilton County
Brandon Mitchell
Fairfield
Reynolds
H.J. Bressler
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Butler Coun
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Scooby Doo
Joker
Dingledines
Skip Batten
Mkurtz
Coxohio.com
Ty Clerk of Courts
Cindy Carpenter
Carpenter
Clerk of Courts Office
Jury Commission
E.L. Hubbard
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