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Sheriff won’t support school levies unless districts look at armed personnel
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones declared this week that he “won’t support a school levy again that doesn’t address school safety with armed personnel.” Jones’ comments were fueled by his disappointment that not a single county school district has adopted his proposal to use retired police officers as armed ...
Flood advisories issued as storms pass through
An afternoon thunderstorm brought a lot of rain in a short time as well as pea-sized hail to the area. The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for Preble and Butler counties as well as Union and Wayne counties in Indiana. The advisory remains in effect until 7:45 ...
OVI checkpoints this weekend; safety belt checks increase
The Ohio State Highway Patrol will conduct drunken driving checkpoints this weekend throughout Ohio.Officials announced the checkpoint efforts Thursday morning on its facebook web page. The checkpoints will be in the counties of Allen, Butler, Clark, Hamilton, Henry, Lake, Meigs, Portage, Summit, Washington and Wayne.Specific locations and times have not ...
Powerball jackpot climbs to $475 million
The Powerball jackpot has again ballooned after no one won Wednesday night. The latest numbers drawn are 2, 11, 26, 34, 41 and a Powerball of 32. The jackpot was $360 million and has increased to $475 million for this Saturday, officials said. In other lottery news, the Mega Millions ...
Miss Oxford hopes to represent Ohio
OXFORD — The next Miss Ohio could be a Miami University student.Kat Howland, who will be a senior at Miami in the fall, was crowned Miss Oxford at the local pageant March 2 and will be one of 24 contestants in the Miss Ohio pageant June 19-21 at the historic ...
Oxford police reports for May 17, 2013
Wild sequence ends in arrestsAssault on a Cincinnati man in the 0 block of East High Street took a strange turn May 11. The victim refused to identify his assailant and was then found to be wanted on an outstanding warrant. The victim fled with police officers in pursuit at ...
3,000 pounds of food donated to local pantry
OXFORD — Two major donations totaling more than 3,000 pounds of food were made to the Oxford Community Choice Pantry Monday, helping the pantry in its mission to feed the hungry in the Talawanda School District.First, on Monday morning, the pantry staff accepted 997 pounds of food and personal items ...
Walmart site plan moves forward
OXFORD — Years in the making, a Planned Unit Development to replace the old Walmart store on South Locust Street got a hearing before the city’s planning commission Tuesday and the commission voted to recommend approval to Oxford City Council.The PUD was before the commission for final approval, although it ...
Brady kids return to Kings Island Sunday
Greg, Peter and Cindy Brady are returning to Kings Island this Sunday to help celebrate the 40 anniversary of the year the "Brady Bunch" was filmed at the park. The actors who played “The Brady Bunch” television show characters will be at the Mason amusement park May 19. The three ...
Butler Tech first in Ohio to offer voluntary drug tests
Butler Tech, the state’s largest career-technical school, is the first Ohio school to join a movement to reward students for staying drug free.For the past seven months, a group of 85 students at Butler Tech have been getting free food, discounts at local businesses and raffles including free season passes ...
States urged to lower DUI limit
A federal agency on Tuesday asked states to toughen the standard to declare when someone is legally too drunk to drive. Among a series of recommendations, the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates traffic crashes, said states should reduce the DUI standard from 0.08 blood alcohol content to 0.05. While ...
NTSB: Lower the legal blood-alcohol limit
The legal blood-alcohol content limit should be lowered, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board said. The NTSB voted today to recommend all 50 states lower the threshold to 0.05. Currently the blood-alcohol content limit is 0.08. NTSB officials believe lowering the legal limit will reduce the nation’s drunken driving ...
Powerball jackpot climbs to $350 million
The Powerball jackpot has climbed again.No players matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing. The current jackpot is an estimated $350 million.The last Powerball jackpot winner was a person in Illinois who on March 30 claimed $50 million.The next drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. Wednesday.Powerball is a combination ...
Monday morning begins with frost advisory
A frost advisory is in effect for the Miami Valley from 2:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. with the exception of Randolph County, Ind. , which is 3:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Scattered clouds Sunday evening will begin clearing after sunset, along with diminishing winds. Cold again tonight with lows in ...
FOX anchor, MU alum to speak at graduation ceremony
Bombs exploding at the Boston Marathon, the capture of Saddam Hussein, natural disasters like Sandy and Katrina and the shootings at Sandy Hook have all drawn Bill Hemmer from his New York home to report on stories for television audiences. This weekend, Hemmer put those things aside for a brief ...
Sheryl Crow performs private show at Cox Media Group Ohio headquarters
Rocker Sheryl Crow is now more than a little bit country; she’s completely crossed over. The singer arrived at Cox Media Group Ohio’s headquarters in Dayton about 4:30 this afternoon and is performing for the company’s staffers and 10 K99.1FM listeners and their guests. Prior to the show, K99.1FM host ...
Civil lawsuits cost local governments millions
More than 100 lawsuits against city, township and county governments in Butler and Warren counties have resulted in almost $10 million in payouts over the past five years, a Middletown Journal/Hamilton JournalNews analysis of city and court records found.But because the majority of those civil cases were settled by governments’ ...
Baby back ribs, wings featured at Kings Island’s new sit-down, Reds-themed eatery
Kings Island visitors have craved a full-service, sit-down restaurant for years. Don Helbig, the amusement park’s spokesman, says the Reds Hall of Fame Grille will deliver a home run. The menu includes fish and chips ($9.99), a colossal hot dog ($8.79), the Fielders Choice chicken wrap ($8.59) Bullpen spicy buffalo ...
Amber Alert case turns into double homicide
An Amber Alert issued Thursday morning for three missing teenagers has turned into a double-homicide case. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said the 17-year-old who was located Thursday afternoon, which prompted the canceling of the alert, “gave investigators the location of the bodies of the previous missing juveniles. Multiple agencies ...
Animals hurt and killed at Reily Twp. farm
The Butler County Sheriff’s Office were called late Tuesday by a man who said some sheep and horses he was keeping on a farm at 7700 Gray Road had sustained cuts and lacerations, according to Lt. Mike Craft.Detectives and the sheriff’s office animal control officer visited the farm today and ...
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