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Creationism debate back in Springboro
Several school board members want to include creationism, a controversial issue that has raged in public education for decades, in classroom instruction in the Springboro schools. In 2011, board President Kelly Kohls proposed the district offer creationism as suplemental instruction during discussions. The issue was shelved then for lack of ...
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 ...
Former school clerk sentenced for embezzlement
A former Warren County Career Center clerk on Wednesday was placed on house arrest for 120 days and ordered to pay restitution of $4,753 she embezzled from the school.Judge Robert Peeler also placed Teresa A. Lindsey, 47, of Wayne Twp., on probation for three years during a hearing in Warren ...
Former school clerk sentenced in embezzlement
A former Warren County Career Center clerk on Wednesday was placed on house arrest for 120 days and ordered to pay restitution of $4,753 she embezzled from the school. Judge Robert Peeler also placed Teresa A. Lindsey, 47, of Wayne Twp., on probation for three years during a hearing in ...
Fire crew cut after levy vote
The Clearcreek Twp. Fire District has cut a crew, potentially reducing response times from one of three stations. The cut could slow — by as much as two minutes — response times to fire and ambulance calls in Springboro and Clearcreek Twp. from Station 22 on Lytle-Five Points Road, Fire ...
Springboro voters could be faced with two tax requests
Voters in Springboro-Clearcreek Twp. rejected a sixth-straight tax levy for new money in Tuesday’s election, while their counterparts in Carlisle and Waynesville each passed two issues. The defeat of the 4.5 mill fire levy sought by the Clearcreek Fire District could set the stage for a November election in which ...
Former Warren County woman talks of kidnapping, rescue in Somalia
A woman who grew up in Warren County, was kidnapped in Somalia and rescued by the same Navy Seal team that got Osama Bin Laden, will be profiled Sunday on the 60 Minutes TV show. For the first time, Jessica Buchanan will share her thoughts on being rescued after 93 ...
Homicide victim’s car recovered
Police have recovered the car missing since the April 8 stabbing death of Edith King, 81, of West Carrollton, in the parking lot of a public housing complex in Dayton. King’s 2005 Hyundai Elantra was found on April 30 in the parking lot of the housing complex at 3601 Limestone ...
Car belonging to homicide victim located
Police have recovered the car missing since the April 8 stabbing death of Edith King, 81, of West Carrollton, in the parking lot of a public housing complex in Dayton. King’s 2005 Hyundai Elantra was found on April 30 in the parking lot of the housing complex at 3601 Limestone ...
Springboro-Clearcreek fire levy fails
Voters in Springboro and Clearcreek Twp. on Tuesday doused the hopes of supporters of a continuing, additional 4.5 mill levy for fire protection and ambulance service, according to unofficial totals. As the night wore on, the margin of victory narrowed, but election-night totals in Warren and Montgomery counties left no ...
Cheetah breeding in plans; development transforming township
Plans by the Cincinnati Zoo to breed cheetahs outside Lebanon are one of several planned, ongoing or completed projects transforming this part of Warren County. Development of the $175 million Miami Valley Gaming & Racing racino off Interstate 75 and a 400-acre commercial park, centered around a $12 million Flying ...
Pilot ran out of gas, faces charges
The pilot of a small plane that crashed in March, after reportedly running out of gas in a busy area near interstates 75 and 675, is expected to face criminal charges.Douglas H. Morgan, 50, of Middletown, admitted drinking two beers “way earlier in the day” after crashing on March 11, ...
Up to 4,000 to be employed by pipeline construction
Construction is about to begin on the ATEX Express, an underground pipeline expected to employ as many as 4,000 workers during the next eight months. About 1,500 of those high paying jobs will go to workers from local union offices, earning $27 to $50 an hour, plus daily per diem ...
Police, fire levies in Miami Twp.
Voters in Miami Twp., Montgomery County, will be considering more than $5 million a year in annual property tax levies for police, fire and ambulance services in Tuesday’s election. For the first time, township voters will consider a levy funding the new Miami Valley Fire District, which provides fire and ...
Drug crackdown aimed at mall area
The drug bust Tuesday at an auto dealership detail shop near the Dayton Mall is the latest in a series of police investigations close to one of the region’s busiest retail shopping areas where 10,000 people visit a day. Still officials say the recent drug arrests around the mall are ...
Heroin, crack cocaine found in mall-area drug raid
Two workers in a body shop behind the Matt Castrucci auto dealership were arrested Tuesday as part of a 10-month drug investigation by the Montgomery County RANGE task force, Sheriff Phil Plummer said. Larry Brown, 52, of Dayton, and Reginald Colvard, 40, of Cincinnati, are accused of supplying mid-level dealers ...
Police looking for victims
Miami Twp. police are looking for crime victims to return items that were stolen from vehicles. Marcus D. Jordan, 31, of Waynesville remained in in the Montgomery County Jail on Monday, held without bond and charged with falsification, possession of criminal tools and four counts of receiving stolen property, including ...
Questions remain in booster theft case
The Springboro Athletic Boosters expect to recoup almost $440,000 embezzled by its former treasurer, but authorities said the full amount lost by the group supporting the school district’s athletic programs may never be known. Former Treasurer Thomas Harves’ pleaded guilty earlier this month to aggravated theft of $439,4555 from the ...
Neighbors claim compost center stinks
Neighbors of a compost facility south of Lebanon have joined others complaining about the facility’s smell and operating conditions. Tina and Kevin O’Sullivan recently complained to the Ohio EPA about a heavy fecal odor at their home, built in 1880. “My whole house stunk,” Tina O’Sullivan said, adding the smell ...
Parents to rally over teacher contract talks
Parents and teachers rallied Friday in front of the Springboro Board of Education in support of the district’s teachers and in opposition to the school board. Despite blustery winds, about 100 supporters of the teachers union gathered in the parking lot of the building where representatives from the board and ...
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