Middletown News

More than 120 members of the Middletown Teachers Association (MTA) protested and held a press conference on the campus of Middletown HS Monday evening complaining of stalled contract talks.

Middletown teacher labor talks: Officials hint at break-through

$Kavon Chruch Davis, 6, smiles under his face mask after picking up his laptop at Mayfield Elementary School prior to the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Middletown school officials say the coronavirus crisis spotlighted and eventually forced the solution of the chronic digital divide in the district - and among schools nationally - as funding and other resources were made available to all school families to help their children have laptops and home wireless access to learn. (File Photo\Journal-News)$

Pandemic pushes Middletown schools to close digital divide for families in need

Police release photos of Middletown drive-thru robber

$Miami University's second-year Work Plus tuition work program recently doubled its participating area companies from three to six and this school year Worthington Industries, a steel processing company in Monroe, is one of the happy newcomers. Also new to the program is Miami regional freshman Carter Waye (pictured outside of Worthington's facility in Monroe), who says he can't believe his improved chances of graduating debt free through the program. (Photo By Michael D. Clark\Journal-News)$

More companies sign on to Miami University’s Work Plus program

Middletown drive-thru robbed; police seek suspect

The$15.1 million expansion of the Franklin Area Water Treatment Plant is nearing completion on Shelly Street in Franklin Twp. The new expansion will use a state of the art technology to soften the water and enable Warren County Water & Sewer Customers to eliminate their home water softening systems. The new nanofiltration membrane softening technology will reduce water hardness by 55%, county officials said. CONTRIBUTED/WARREN COUNTY WATER & SEWER

Water softening improvements nearly completed in northern Warren County

Madison Twp.'s Mike Diehl added to his 1st place London games finish by earning 2nd place last week in Iceland' World Championship.

Local man with one arm wins 2nd in strongman championship in Iceland

Middletown man indicted for alleged sexual assault while he was a health care aide

Man faces escape charge after alleged breakout from Community Corrections Center

Middletown teachers protest stalled labor talks, file complaint against district

Man pleads guilty to misdemeanor charges in Middletown shooting incident

Brian Ingram, with attorney Muhammad Hamidullah, pleaded guilty to murder for the beating death last February at a Middletown bar. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Man who beat another to death at Middletown bar gets life sentence

$New Middletown Amanda Elementary Counselor Lexie Stelnicki - 2nd from left - has a recent play-time visit with some 1st graders. Stelnicki - and other Middletown elementary school counselors - no longer have to move from school building to building each class day thanks to federal coronvirus relief funds provided to the city schools. (Provided Photo\Journal-News)$

COVID-19 relief funds put counselors in all Middletown elementary schools

Dayton man arrested by U.S. Marshals in neighbor attack is indicted

Monica Pennington appeared in Butler County Common Pleas Court Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 for arraignment on indicted charges in the shooting death of her sister, Pamela Pennington, in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Middletown woman accused of killing sister pleads insanity

$Miami University officials recently learned they have been awarded a $2.5 million federal grant to help fund education programs to better equip their education students in how to instruct non-English speaking students. (File Photo\Journal-News)$

Miami lands $2.5M grant to teach education students to better serve non-English speakers

Team Fastrax, based in Middletown, qualified seven skydivers to the 2022 World Championships in Arizona. Team Fastrax member Curt Bartholomew won a gold medal in the open class and the silver went to Justin Price and bronze to Nicholas Batsch. SUBMITTED PHOTO

7 Team Fastrax members qualify for World Championships: ‘We put Middletown on the map’

Marshall High School career tech expansion

Middletown officials impressed with latest Marshall H.S. expansion

$Some area school districts started new student masking policies Monday in the wake of recent changes in state recommendations for coronavirus quarantining of students. Butler County's largest district, Lakota Schools, went from mandatory masking to "highly recommended" as did Middletown Schools and some other local school systems. (File Photo\Journal-News)$

New state quarantine guidelines see some area districts change student mask policies

Drive through Covid-19 testing and Vaccinations were set up near Millet Hall as students move in at Miami University Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2021 in Oxford. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

Miami touts nearly 92% vax rate for students as shot deadline approaches

Bond $150,000-plus for man accused of shooting from Middletown building

$Area schools are moving fast to review and consider adopting new student quarantine and mask recommendations from Ohio state officials in a strategy designed to reduce the number of students forced out of live classroom learning. The new guidelines are being evaluated by local schools - with the help of Butler County, city and other health experts - and most districts anticipate releasing new guidelines to school families in the coming days. (File Photo\Journal-News)$

Area school leaders reviewing impact of state’s new student quarantine options

Timathy Rhodus with his attorney Charles Conliff Tuesday, Oct. 26 in Butler County Common Pleas Court. LAUREN PACK/STAFF

Second teen sentenced for Middletown shooting over $60 marijuana debt

$Randy Bertram, treasurer of Middletown Schools, told the city school board Monday evening his financial projections include no need for the district to ask residents for an operating tax hike for at least the next half-decade. Bertram presented to the board a five-year financial forecast as mandated by the state for all public school systems, twice a year. (Photo By Michael D. Clark\Journal-News)$

Middletown fiscal officer predicts no school operating tax hikes for next half decade

Bond set for Middletown woman accused of shooting and killing sister

Edgewood school board candidates agree communication is key

Police investigate multi-county theft ring along I-75 corridor

Bond set for Middletown woman accused of shooting and killing her sister

Middletown Council doesn’t have votes to decide future of $1.3B Hollywoodland

The city of Oxford has been awarded $2.76 million to complete Phase 5 of its multi-phase Oxford Area Trails project to create a 12-mile loop around the city. Pictured are cyclists on the multi-use trail that opened in the city of Oxford in 2017. FILE

Nearly $8 million coming to 2 Butler County transportation projects, including new RTA...

Middletown woman charged with murder accused of shooting her sister

Proposed $1.3 billion "Hollywoodland" project in Middletown

Middletown Council expected to delay vote on $1.3 billion Hollywoodland project