Warren County News
How to help Okla. tornado victims
The American Red Cross issued a statement today seeking aid for tornado victims in Oklahoma.Disaster Cycle Services Senior Vice President Richard Reed urged people to donate funds.“We will be opening up additional shelters and delivering thousands of meals and water in the coming hours, days and possibly weeks ahead. But ...
Escaped inmate caught in residential neighborhood
An inmate who tried to walk away from his work duties just outside of the Lebanon Correctional Institution was captured Tuesday evening in Franklin.Authorities shut down Ohio 63 between Lebanon and Monroe in order to set up a perimeter in their search for 35-year-old Stephen Ramey.The Ohio Highway Patrol and ...
Riders led to safety after Kings Island coaster stops
Kings Island evacuated guests from one of its roller coasters today after the ride unexpectedly stopped.The Beast came to a halt around 11 a.m. while climbing its second lift hill, said Kings Island spokesman Don Helbig.Thirty riders waited about 10 minutes before being escorted off the ride, Helbig said.The ride ...
Tornado destruction seen for miles
News crew witnesses devastation“When we were coming in to Moore, we saw just one leveled structure after another, particularly surrounding the Warren Theatre,” said reporter Andy Sedlak. “In the parking lot there were dozens of cars overturned; caked in mud. They were twisted into pretzel shapes.“It’s just awful,” he said. ...
Kings Island roller coaster riders get stuck
Kings Island evacuated guests from one of its roller coasters today after the ride unexpectedly stopped. The Beast came to a halt around 11 a.m. while climbing its second lift hill, said Kings Island spokesman Don Helbig. Thirty riders waited about 10 minutes before being escorted off the ride, Helbig ...
Credit union unveils new video tellers
Wright-Patt Credit Union Inc. unveiled new automated teller machine technology Tuesday at a new branch office in Springboro. The machines let users video conference from inside the lobby or the drive-through with remote tellers. The tellers actually sit in offices near the Dayton Mall, said Doug Fecher, credit union president ...
Gas, beef prices spike before holiday weekend
The price of two traditional staples of the Memorial Day weekend — beef and gasoline — are jumping just in time for the holiday.Wholesale prices of some grades and cuts of beef set record have reached all-time highs at the same time the region’s gasoline prices have spiked 30 cents ...
Nonprofit eyes downtown for headquarters move
Community First Solutions is considering moving its headquarters from its current Eaton Avenue location next to Fort Hamilton Hospital, to downtown Hamilton in the former Ringel’s Furniture building.The move will fill vacant space, supporting the city’s urban revitalization efforts in a key business district.Community First, a group of nonprofits offering ...
4 treated after powder found on envelope
Four people were treated and released from a Lebanon hospital and about 60 people were evacuated from a Warren County government building Monday after an employee’s hands were burned by a powdery substance sent in a letter. The person who sent the substance put it in a return envelope they ...
Are sunscreen bottle labels misleading?
Sunbathers can expect to see new government-mandated labels on sunscreen bottles this summer.The Food and Drug Administration has banned terms including “waterproof” and “sweatproof,” saying they are misleading.Higher standards have also been set before sunscreen companies may claim they reduce cancer risks and early aging.A survey of 1,400 sunscreen products ...
Severe storms likely on Wednesday
Severe storms are likely on Wednesday as a cold front moving in to Southwest Ohio gains strength.On Tuesday, scattered showers will develop by the afternoon but will likely not be severe. On Wednesday, storms are possible in the morning prior to a lull. There may be some sunshine.Later in the ...
Ohio farms preserved
The Branstrator family farm should forever remain green. Jon Branstrator expects to ensure that the land, bought in 1821 by his great-great-great-great grandfather, will stay in use for agriculture by selling an agricultural easement to most of it through state and federal farmland preservation programs. “It’s a personal decision. I ...
120 mph pursuit ends in crash, trooper injured
A Loveland woman who crashed a stolen car into an Ohio Highway Patrol cruiser and led police on a 23-mile high-speed chase that reached 120 mph - and injured two officers - Sunday morning faces multiple charges, authorities said. Benjie Pauline Brown, 43, remained in the Warren County Jail, troopers ...
40 years later, ‘Brady’ sitcom ‘part of Americana’
Forty years later, three cast members of “The Brady Bunch,” returned to Kings Island, site of one of their most memorable episodes. They rode the Red Racer — the same roller coaster they did in 1973 — twice with radio contest winners, spent time discussing the series and its impact ...
Waynesville library offers free watercolors course
Roberta Smith of Waynesville hadn’t pursued her pen and ink drawings for years, until she learned of the Mary L. Cook Public Library’s watercolor class.“It spurred me to take up art again,” said Smith.From 9 a.m. to noon, on Mondays from September through May, up to 25 students learn to ...
JULI ELDER, ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB ADVISOR, SOUTH LEBANON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSchool to sponsor Stewardship Fair on Monday
South Lebanon Elementary School’s Environmental Club is hoping to engage the community in their efforts to be good stewards of planet Earth and make healthy lifestyle choices.To this end, the club is hosting their first Stewardship Fair Monday, May 20, 5-8 p.m., which will include tips from area business owners ...
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 ...
UC Health executive lays out retirement plans
UC Health President and CEO James Kingsbury told UC Health board members and employees Thursday that it’s time to identify his successor.Kingsbury returned to Cincinnati in 2008 to lead the health system out of the break-up of former hospital group the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati.Prior to becoming CEO of ...
Police: Woman hired hit man to kill ex-husband
A Warren County woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill her ex-husband.Heather Boling, 28, of Pleasant Plain, allegedly tried to hire a hit man in Indianapolis using Facebook on Thursday, according to Lt. Eric Johnson. Indianapolis police contacted the Warren County Sheriff’s Office ...
Warren County judge: Township responsible for $1M in attorneys fees
A Warren County judge has ruled Hamilton Twp. may be responsible for as much as $1 million in attorneys fees for the impact fee case it lost at the Ohio Supreme Court.Judge James Flannery decided this week the township is on the hook for the fees, but will hold a ...
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