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Cox Media Group Ohio reporter covering Middletown City Schools, Madison Local Schools, Carlisle Local School and Middletown non-profits
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Deputies surround Liberty Twp. residence
Two men were rushed to an area hospital after violence broke out in a Liberty Twp. mobile home park on Sunday.Butler County sheriff’s deputies descended on the residence, 214 Jacobs Street, about about 5:30 p.m. A fight was reported at the home, which is part of the Countryside Village trailer ...
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 ...
Countywide tornado siren policy eliminates confusion
Tornado and wind related events killed nearly 25 Ohioans in the past five years, despite advances in how people are alerted of strong storms.Experts agree there isn’t one perfect plan for alerting those in the storm’s path, but say the key is having several systems in place to ensure there ...
Racinos reviving horse industry
Anticipation of $10 million a year from taxes on casino revenue and an estimated $1 million a month from video lottery play has led to a rebound in race horse breeding.“When most of the public says horse racing, they’re thinking about multi-million dollar companies that own the racetracks. It’s much ...
Metzger, longest-serving priest in Ohio, dies at age 96
When Monsignor Paul Metzger was a candidate in the annual Middletown Symphony conductor auction in 2002, Cathie Mulligan hosted a fundraiser for him in her home.Because Mulligan thought some of the party-goers wouldn’t know each other, as part of an ice breaker she wanted to ask the guests questions about ...
Teenager’s hearing aids ‘a gift from God’
Alyssa Kuykendall was due for some good luck.Twice within the past three years, her parent’s home in Piqua was destroyed by fire. In 2010, a neighbor’s house caught fire and the high winds blew the flames onto their house. Then in Sept. 2012, after they have moved, another fire started ...
Local WWII veteran soaks up Derby
Mary Rita Wilch finally made it to her first Kentucky Derby. While Mary Rita and her husband, Bill, often attended Derby parties, they never watched the first leg of the Triple Crown at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. And that dream ended three years ago, when Mary Rita, Bill’s wife ...
Carter tells MHS students: “God put dreams inside of you”
Cris Carter called the Professional Football Hall of Fame plaque presentation this afternoon at Middletown High School “one of the greatest days of my life.” The 2-foot-by-2-foot plaque emblazoned with Carter’s image and an inscription will hang in the hallway at MHS where Middie football standout graduated in 1984. Middletown ...
Carter delivers on first pitch
Three of Middletown’s greatest athletes — representing three sports — were recognized before the Cincinnati Reds played the Atlanta Braves Monday night at Great American Ball Park.Future NFL Hall of Famer Cris Carter and his older brother, Butch, the only Ohioan named Player of the Year and Coach of the ...
More treatment centers needed to fight heroin addiction
At a time when heroin usage is an “epidemic” locally, those who treat addicts believe Butler County needs more inpatient services. Sojourner Recovery Services, in Hamilton, is the only residential treatment center in the county, and at most times, there is a waiting list for those seeking addiction treatment, said ...
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