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Cox Media Group Ohio reporter covering Butler County government, sheriff's department and courts.
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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 ...
Sheriff’s NASCAR debut rained out at Kentucky Speedway
Rain cancelled the racing competition among area law enforcement who were scheduled to test their NASCAR driving skills today at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky.Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones and Lt. Mike Craft were scheduled to take the wheel of a stock car in the Richard Petty Driving Experience ...
Hamilton to lay off 6 firefighters
Six Hamilton firefighters will be told this week they no longer have a job as of June 5, according to union officials.The layoffs will mean the closure of Station 27 on Shuler Avenue in the Lindenwald neighborhood, according to Hamilton Fire Chief Steve Dawson.The news comes just days after city ...
Ross teacher placed on leave after allegations
A Ross High School social studies teacher has been placed on leave after allegations of inappropriate conduct with a student.Steve Morio was placed on leave earlier this month, according to Edward Bosse, a Ross board of education member.Bosse said Thursday the action was not taken by the board and he ...
Local governments plan to pay off debts with rebate
Paying down debt tops the list of what local government leaders say they will do with an anticipated windfall in the form of a rebate from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.Butler County public employers are estimated to receive $2.9 million as part of a $1 billion rebate proposed last ...
Ten Hamilton business owners and employees indicted on drug charges
Ten people arrested during last month’s raids at several Hamilton businesses where drugs and synthetic drugs were found were indicted Wednesday by a Butler County grand jury.Hamilton police and the Ohio Investigative Unit conducted undercover buys at several businesses as part of the probe and served 19 search warrants on ...
Date moved in Fairfield homicide trial
Two of five people charged in connection with the botched robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a Fairfield teen last year will be tried together, but their trial date has been moved to the summer.Jerry Eacholes, 26, of Middletown, and Christia Frymire, 19, of Fairfield, were in Butler ...
Man robs Hamilton bank with hand grenade
Hamilton Police are investigating a robbery that occurred Wednesday morning at the First Financial Bank at 970 Main St.Police received a call at 10:14 a.m. Wednesday about the robbery.Bank employees told police that a person had entered the bank, displayed what appeared to be a hand grenade and demanded money.The ...
Board of Elections approves precinct boundary changes
Thousands of Butler County voters will have a new precinct number when they head to the polls in November as a result of boundary changes made by the county board of elections this week.The board approved the changes Monday in West Chester, Liberty, St. Clair, Madison, Wayne and Milford townships, ...
Butler County governments get windfall from bureau of worker’s compensation
Butler County public employers are slated to receive $2.9 million from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation as part of a $1 billion rebate proposed last week by Gov. John Kasich and the agency’s Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer.Under the proposal, the bureau would return $112.8 million to nearly 3,800 local governments ...
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