News Stories for September 2011
Stories for Saturday, September 24
Regional government could save money
Editor’s note: This is the first of a five-part series about ideas that will Transform the Region. “Regionalism” has been a buzz word in many city halls statewide following millions of dollars in state and federal funding cuts that have left many local governments grappling with their budgets. The concept ...
Ohio district maps rewrite borders
By Ken McCall and Lynn HulseyStaff WritersThe Republican-dominated Ohio Apportionment Board unveiled its proposed Ohio House and Senate district maps on Friday to mixed reactions.The 33 Senate and 99 House districts are redrawn every 10 years, following rules in the Ohio Constitution. The board will hold hearings on the new ...
Franklin man wanted in several burglaries
By Hannah PoturalskiStaff WriterFRANKLIN — Warren County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking a Franklin man in connection with a string of local burglaries.An aggravated burglary warrant is issued for Danny Jason Hartman, 30, out of Franklin Municipal Court.Lt. Jerry Mays of the sheriff’s office said the felony warrant is for a ...
Cincinnati State faculty on strike
By Kareem ElgazzarStaff WriterCINCINNATI — On the day Cincinnati State’s fifth president was officially inaugurated, a teacher’s strike began — the first in the institution’s history.Approximately 200 full-time faculty went on strike Friday after negotiations between the American Association of University Professors and top-level college officials fell through late Thursday ...
Insurance agency celebrates 90-years
MIDDLETOWN — Moon & Adrion Insurance Agency celebrates its 90th anniversary this year and the company’s president credits its longevity to the city of Middletown.“This community has been invaluable to our success,” Craig Moon said. “There is still a sense of loyalty for doing business locally.”Staying dedicated to the “old, ...
Stories for Friday, September 23
Former area man produces movie filmed in Middletown
By Hannah PoturalskiStaff WriterMIDDLETOWN — A native Ohioan is making his way into the California film scene after his first short film hit it big in the film festival circuit.Jacob Stuart, originally of Miamisburg, said the 20-minute film “Montana” touches on the theme of gay marriage being taught in schools. ...
Court will monitor wife-killer Tanner until 2013
By Denise G. CallahanStaff WriterHAMILTON — The 54-year-old man found not guilty by reason of insanity after he decapitated his wife 21 years ago on Valentine’s Day will remain under court supervision for two more years.Raymond Tanner, of Hamilton, went before Butler County Common Pleas Judge Andrew Nastoff on Friday ...
Food pantries discuss budget cuts
By Rick McCrabbStaff WriterLIBERTY TWP. — The weather matched the discussion inside the Miami University Voice of America Learning Center.With Congress making drastic budget cuts, at a time when the economy is still sluggish and the need for food assistance is skyrocketing, Tina Osso, executive director of Shared Harvest Foodbank, ...
Stories for Thursday, September 22
Middletown celebrates with Cincy State president
By Andy SedlakStaff WriterMIDDLETOWN — After being presented a $10,000 check to jumpstart the funding of a scholarship for Middletown students to attend a local Cincinnati State branch campus, Dr. O’dell Owens smiled.And as more than 100 community members looked on, the president of Cincinnati State assured them that in ...
President Obama pushes Boehner to pass jobs bill
CINCINNATI — President Barack Obama implored Republicans to get on board with his jobs bill before thousands at a concrete mixing facility in Cincinnati on Thursday. The American Jobs Act, a $447 billion jobs bill, would set aside money for infrastructure projects like replacing the almost half-century old Brent Spence ...
Market batters AK, First Financial
By Chelsey LevingstonStaff WriterLocal publicly traded companies continued to see their stocks reach their lowest prices in a year Thursday as the Dow Jones dropped 391 points to 10,734.The Dow, a stock index of 30 large, publicly owned companies based in the United States, plummeted more than 500 points before ...
Fairfield businessman gets $10K fine
By Denise G. CallahanStaff WriterCOLUMBUS — The Ohio Elections Commission fined Fairfield businessman Tom Burer $10,000 for funneling money to a former Fairfield school board member.Burer pleaded guilty Sept. 7 to attempted tampering with a campaign finance report after he secretly funneled more than $25,000 to the campaign fund for ...
Bridge project won’t start until 2015
By Kareem ElgazzarStaff WriterCINCINNATI — Faced with an uphill battle to secure the necessary $2.4 billion in funds, national, state and local officials will need to figure out a way to pay for construction of a new Brent Spence Bridge.The 48-year-old, dilapidated bridge has been labeled “functionally obsolete,” and President ...
Badin classes hear stories of cancer, courage
By Richard O JonesStaff WriterHAMILTON — For Julie Meece, the battle began around Mothers Day, 2009.She had discovered a rock-hard lump in her right breast, and soon came to discover that it was Stage IV breast cancer.“Not a good sign,” she told Badin High School science students Thursday as the ...
Portion of Ohio 4 to be named after fallen Marine
By Kelsey CanoStaff WriterFAIRFIELD — Starting today, a portion of Ohio 4 in Fairfield will be known as the Lance Cpl. Taylor Prazynski Memorial Highway.Prazynski, a 2003 Fairfield High School graduate, was killed in action on May 9, 2005 while his unit was conducting combat operations against enemy forces in ...
Brown Society helping United Way
By Rick McCrabbStaff WriterMIDDLETOWN — Ten years after it was born in Cincinnati, the Herbert R. Brown Society — an African-American leadership initiative through the United Way — made its way up Interstate 75.On Tuesday, Brown, retired senior vice president of Western & Southern Financial Group, was the keynote speaker ...
Franklin grads to skydive before game
By Skip WeaverStaff WriterFRANKLIN — For the second year in a row, Franklin High School football fans will be treated to a sky high pregame show.Tonight when the 4-0 Wildcats host Southwestern Buckeye League Southwestern Division foe Bellbrook in their home opener, three FHS alumni will sky dive from 8,000 ...
Officials investigate meth lab
Staff ReportLEBANON — Warren County Sheriff’s deputies and the county Drug Task Force are investigating the remnants of a meth lab in the Morrow area Thursday morning.Deputies responded to a complaint of littering on the side of the highway in the 5100 block of South Ohio 123.During the investigation and ...
Man arrested for mail theft
By Skip WeaverStaff WriterTRENTON — Trenton police have arrested and charged a man in connection with several mail thefts in the area.Chief Tim Traud said Donald Dozer, 22, of 706 W. Aberdeen Drive in Trenton, was allegedly seen Thursday morning taking mail from a mail box and then throwing some ...
Stories for Monday, September 19
Miami will need more donations for student center
OXFORD — Miami University will look to donors for an additional $3.1 million for the future Armstrong Student Center because of a gap between the estimated and actual cost of the project.Miami estimated construction on the first phase of the center would cost $30.8 million – but bids came back ...
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