News Stories for August 2012
Stories for Friday, August 31
GOP taps Powell to succeed former appeals judge
A Warren County Common Pleas judge has been chosen as the Republican candidate to replace the late Judge Rachel Hutzel on the 12th District Court of Appeals.Warren County Probate/Juvenile Judge Michael Powell was selected Thursday from a field of seven Republican candidates by a Delegates Committee representing the eight counties ...
Man riding through region on horseback has mission to help others
A man traveling through the area with a horse, mule and dog has captured the attention of many in recent days.Bryan Brant, a native of Kansas, rode through Butler and Warren counties in the past few days and is currently in Montgomery County. His mission is to retrace the steps ...
Miami regional campuses add new bachelor’s degree
Miami University’s regional campuses will begin offering a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree.The university received approval last week from the Ohio Board of Regents for the program, which will be offered exclusively on the Hamilton and Middletown campuses, according to Dr. G. Michael Pratt, Miami associate provost and ...
Stories for Thursday, August 30
Oxford Police Reports
A Somerville man was charged with theft, driving with a suspended licence and carrying concealed weapons following an incident at Walmart on Aug. 23. Walmart Asset Protection reported to Oxford police that the man attemped to shoplift a cart filled with items priced at approximately $380 but fled from the ...
A weekend of starting anew, and looking back
Last weekend was a time of inspiration. At Talawanda High School you could see it on the field (at least for the first three quarters) and off. On Saturday it was more of a reflection on true heroism, at least for me, with the passing of Neil Armstrong.I still have ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 29
New Jesus statue begins construction near Monroe
Motorists along Interstate 75 saw the first signs of a new statue of Jesus Christ being constructed at the Solid Rock Church near Monroe. Construction crews Wednesday erected the first 20 feet of the new statue, which will be 51 feet tall, by building the legs of the structure. Ron ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 28
Middletown welcomes home gold-medalist Harrison
Thousands of people, many chanting “U-S-A” and waving American flags, welcomed Middletown’s Kayla Harrison back home Tuesday night following a daylong celebration. People lined the streets and cheered when Harrison — riding on the back of a convertible with her family — appeared in a parade route in downtown Middletown, ...
Stories for Monday, August 27
Miami dean to return consulting fees
A Miami University dean has agreed to return $1.25 million in consulting fees he earned from a Minneapolis businessman convicted of fraud.Roger Jenkins, dean of the Farmer School of Business, entered into a business consulting arrangement with Tom Petters in 2005 for $1.75 million and 22,000 shares of stock in ...
Stories for Saturday, August 25
Ohioans remember Armstrong as quiet presence in region
“He used to come in for lunch and would sit at the counter. All of the businessmen would eat in the balcony, and I told him he should go eat with them and he said, ‘They never asked me to.’ He wasn’t very talkative, but a real gentleman and very ...
Ohio aviation hero Armstrong dead at 82
Neil Alden Armstrong, the Auglaize County native with a childhood fascination with flight who strode into aviation history in 1969 when he became the first human to walk on the moon, died Saturday. He was 82. Armstrong died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures, his family said in a statement. ...
Cities incentize employees to keep health care costs down
As the cost of paying for employees’ health care continues to consume a greater quantity of taxpayer money, local leaders are using a variety of ways to keep health care costs down, including creating wellness programs that monetarily incentivize employees to stay healthy.The average annual total cost per employee of ...
Stories for Friday, August 24
Three seriously injured in St. Clair Twp. crash
Three people were seriously injured tonight in a two-car crash on Jacksonburg Road in St. Clair Twp.Two of those injured in the crash were transported by medical helicopters to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton and University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The third person was transported by ambulance to Atrium Medical ...
Plan for regional campuses moves forward
The Miami University Hamilton and Middletown campuses took another step toward autonomy recently with the creation of the Regional Campus Implementation Committee.The committee, which will lead the creation of a new academic division for the campuses is co-chaired by professors Cathy Bishop-Clark, chair of Computer and Information Technology on the ...
Thousands of jobs added online in region
Job seekers in the region are most likely to find opportunities in technology, health care, retail and trucking, based on analysis of online help wanted advertisements posted from June to July, the latest monthly update from the state.IBM had posted 640 job advertisements for Cincinnati over the month. That was ...
Stories for Thursday, August 23
Comedian mayor to perform in Hamilton
He’s been in movies, had a special on Comedy Central and received a standing ovation on “The Tonight Show. On Saturday, stand-up comedian Drew Hastings, who also is Hillsboro’s mayor, will appear at a fundraiser Saturday at the Courtyard by Marriott Hamilton.Proceeds from the event will benefit Teen Response, a ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 22
Investigation into judge cost county nearly $45,000
An investigation into retaliation claims by a court reporter against a Butler County judge she was having an extramarital affair with cost taxpayers nearly $45,000.Documents obtained by the Middletown Journal/Hamilton JournalNews show Reynoldsburg attorney Scott Warrick billed the county for 179.75 hours at $250 an hour for a total of ...
Miami suspends two fraternities in fireworks battle
Miami University suspended two fraternities Thursday following an incident last weekend involving a fireworks battle between the frat houses that led police to find a large cache of illegal drugs The suspensions, which are temporary, were issued for Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Kappa Tau, pending a full investigation, according ...
Sexual predator just out of prison indicted again on sex charges
A sexual predator, fresh out of prison, is allegedly at it again in Butler County.Michael Hamblin, 43, of St. Clair Twp. who has been in trouble in both Butler and Warren counties for exposing himself to and enticing children, has been indicted for a July incident at Smith Park in ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 21
Butler County unemployment drops in July
The number of people employed in Butler County in July, 180,700, is the highest its been all year, according to the new monthly jobs report released Tuesday by Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.Unemployment in the county last month was 7.3 percent, or 14,300 people without a job in ...
2 juveniles arrested in connection with alleged sex assault in Jefferson Co.
Two juveniles were arrested early Wednesday in connection to the alleged sexual assault of an underage girl in Jefferson County. Both suspects are student-athletes at Steubenville High School, officials said. A police report was filed in Steubenville at 1:40 a.m. Aug. 14. The report states that people came to the ...
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