News Stories for January 2012
Stories for Tuesday, January 31
Lakota school board to discuss reductions
Staff ReportLIBERTY TWP. — The Lakota Board of Education is conducting a special executive session beginning at 4 p.m. Wednesday, , to address financial reductions.The meeting will be held at the district’s Central Office, 5572 Princeton Road.The board plans to conclude its meeting at 6 p.m. and convene in open ...
Stories for Friday, January 27
Warren County barn engulfed in flames
Staff ReportTURTLECREEK TWP. — A barn is on fire in the 2800 block of Hamilton Road, near the intersection of Ohio 63 and Ohio 741.Crews were called to the fire around 3:40 p.m. according to Warren County dispatch. The barn is reported to be engulfed. No people or animals were ...
Driver cited in multiple-car accident on I-75
By Hannah PoturalskiStaff WriterLIBERTY TWP. — A 21-year-old Liberty Twp. man was cited following a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 Friday morning.Around 7:30 a.m., Christopher Smith was merging onto northbound I-75 from Ohio 129 when he lost control in the curve and slid across four lanes of traffic, said Trooper ...
Stories for Thursday, January 26
Foundation to honor excellent Lakota Schools educators
Staff ReportWEST CHESTER TWP. — The Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty is seeking nominations for its Lakota Educator of Excellence Award.The foundation will recognize and honor excellent educators from the Lakota School District at its annual dinner celebration on April 19.Two awards will be presented at the event. One to ...
Stories for Saturday, January 21
Hal: Reds’ Jocketty gets good grades for winter term
Fortunately for Cincinnati Reds General Manager Walt Jocketty, it hasn’t snowed much this winter. He wouldn’t have had time to shovel out. To say he has been a busy man this winter is to say it snows a lot in Buffalo this time of year. After the 2010 season, after ...
Commentary: Twitter activity has its effects
I signed up for my first Twitter account in April. As a reporter, most of the people I looked up first to follow were officials or athletes who might tweet things of interest. Of course, that’s not always the case. Particularly with the athletes, many of the tweets are about ...
Cellphones, weapons and drugs flood Ohio prisons
COLUMBUS — Illegal drugs, weapons, tobacco and cellphones are flooding Ohio’s prisons, spurring a new wave of violence as rival gangs battle for control of the black market. The frequency of violent disturbances has doubled since 2008, leading Ohio’s top prison official to launch a study about whether a March ...
Broadcast restrictions raise a fair question
The Supreme Court is having trouble deciding whether it’s the Constitutional right of all television networks to air nasty words and naughty body parts. In a case that has run longer than most current television programs have been around, the justices two weeks ago considered arguments concerning fines levied by ...
Save your life or save the world?
Mary Fanaro knows about choices. She also knows how to throw some of the best parties ever. She was one of the biggest event planners in Hollywood when she chose to walk away. “I was at this huge, fabulous party I had thrown when I looked around the room and ...
A long-overdue letter to my teenage self
Like all good writing teachers, Kettering novelist Katrina Kittle knows how to assign an irresistible writing prompt, the kind where you don’t have to think before the words start pouring out. (For the record, this is not typical of the writing process.) Kittle is the author of the recent young ...
Son’s question sparks film about Ohio streams
WEST MILTON — He has waded and fished in Ohio streams since he was a boy and even built a tree house over one of them, but Tom Mayor used to be like most people when it came to waterways. “I took them for granted,” said the West Milton resident ...
Soma collecting bras for domestic abuse victims
BEAVERCREEK — You may remember last year’s Make a Difference request for gently used bras. “The response was just amazing, “ says Channin Whiteman, assistant manager of Soma at The Greene. “Thanks to your readers, we collected 2,806 bras to distribute to victims of domestic violence and came in second ...
Save as you get your house game-day ready
Editor’s note: Throughout the holiday season, we brought Steals and Deals to you every day in Life to help you save money and time. On Sundays in 2012, we’re broadening our coverage to look at all aspects of shopping: From consumer hints and strategies to fabulous finds and local deals. ...
Scouts use scientific method to study happiness
The Girl Scouts have always been about a lot more than cookies and cookouts, and they have recently revamped their recognition system to reflect the needs of young girls. The Scout merit badges underwent their first major overall since 1987, with one badge in particular being the subject of both ...
What to do with Anne Frank in the attic?
“Hope : A Tragedy” by Shalom Auslander (Riverhead Books, 292 pages, $26.95) What would you do if you bought a house and found a woman living in the attic? She claims that she is Anne Frank — the same Anne Frank who supposedly died in a German death camp in ...
Experts offer 5 ways to kick-start your job search
Employment experts encourage job seekers to embrace 2012 with renewed focus and energy. To help you kick-start your career journey this year, they offer these tips: Network, network, network. “Networking is an ongoing thing,” explains Steve Offord, Job Bank supervisor with the Montgomery County Department of Job & Family Services. ...
New year heralds optimism for job seekers
With the new year comes new beginnings — and that phrase more than ever applies to people who are continuing to look for work or a career change in 2012. The good news is joblessness in Ohio fell to 8.1 percent in December, from 8.5 percent in November, the Ohio ...
Former Korn rocker and drug addict now screams for Christ
When you hear the word pandemic, it usually has a negative connotation. It’s the spread of a disease. But what if it meant you were infected by the Holy Spirit? That’s what Fairhaven Church hopes to do with its NextGen ministries —spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ to one young ...
Dayton orchestra concert incident sparks debate
When he sensed that the baby’s cries were distracting the musicians, conductor Neal Gittleman decided something needed to be done. The youngster had been wailing for quite some time when Gittleman stopped the music, turned to the audience, and asked that the child be removed. Some audience members applauded. It ...
Stories for Friday, January 20
Gingrich win in S.C. could shake up primary race
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Fresh off his combative debate performance, a wave of new polls show former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has a strong chance to win today’s South Carolina Republican primary, a victory which could shake up a presidential race that seemed all but over just a week ago. Gingrich ...
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