Opioid crisis has an effect on Middleton's budget
Since 2017 and to a degree in previous years, the opioid epidemic has been widespread across the United States. In Middletown, Ohio, the crisis has impacted the city in more ways than one.
View ArticleMiddletown police: 3 in custody, bag of firearms recovered after gun shop theft
Police officers were dispatched Sunday to Roberson's Gun Shop on State Route 4 near Trenton Franklin Road. As officers were crossing the bridge and entering the area they were advised by a witness that...
View ArticleCaught on camera: Thieves target Middletown car wash
Thieves were caught on camera stealing from a Middletown car wash, but the owner said they weren't targeting the cash box. Dave Long, who has owned Engles Corner since 2008, checked his security...
View ArticleJanet E Jackson
Janet E. Jackson, age 62, of Manchester, Ohio passed away suddenly at Meadowview Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Janet was born on July 15, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio the daughter...
View ArticleMan found guilty in slaying of woman found dead in car
A prosecutor says a man charged with aggravated murder in the slaying of a woman found fatally shot in a car with her unharmed 6-month-old daughter has been found guilty in southwestern Ohio....
View ArticleInvestigators: Criminal charges coming after puppy beaten, burned
A puppy that rescuers believe was thrown, beaten, and burned is now starting down the long road to recovery. Meanwhile, investigators are preparing to slap the owner with criminal charges.
View ArticlePolice, animal rescue looking for injured dog's owner
Do you know who this dog belongs to? Middletown police and Joseph's Legacy are looking to reunite this lost pup with his owner, and time is of the essence. Police picked up the dog near Tytus Avenue...
View Article1961 C1 Corvette Owned, Raced and Driven for 54 Years
Your first car, there will never be another quite like it. Gather any group of "high-mileage" car guys and invariably talk turns to first cars, horsepower and four-speeds, followed by a group...
View ArticleDeceased wife's sister calls Middletown man a 'monster' as he is...
Bobby Jo Nitz, 45, pleaded guilty in January in Butler County Common Pleas Court to murder, avoiding a trial. In exchange for the plea, a felonious assault charge was merged and a three year gun...
View ArticleButler Co. man arrested in Meigs sentenced for murder
A Butler County man arrested in Meigs County last year following the murder of his wife was sentenced this week in Butler County Common Pleas Court. The charge carried a mandatory sentence of 15 years...
View ArticleHillbilly Elegy and the Primacy of Personal Responsibility
Occasionally, from a silent, insular sector of American life - often a sector hidden behind stereotype and myth - comes a writer to tell its story. Such a man was Ralph Ellison, in , writing about the...
View ArticlePolice say Ohio man dies after being punched on bar stage
Police say a 46-year-old man has died in southwest Ohio after he was knocked backward off a bar's stage. Middletown police say John Fugate died at a hospital in Dayton after he hit his head on the...
View ArticleOhio woman charged with felony animal cruelty after one dog...
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - A Middletown woman has been jailed and charged with felony animal cruelty after several dead dogs were found in her backyard, according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office. The...
View ArticleMiddletown police warn of peeper; residents tell of lawn furniture moved...
Several Middletown residents are making sure their blinds are shut tight after learning an unwanted guest has been watching from their back windows. On Tuesday morning, a woman caught him peering in...
View ArticleCounty inmate throws tantrum, spits on corrections officer when he can't call...
A Piqua man who a judge said threw a tantrum, flooded his cell and assaulted correction officers when he couldn't call his mother from the Miami County Jail was sentenced to two years in prison...
View ArticleMan convicted of slaying woman with baby in car sentenced
An Ohio man found guilty of fatally shooting a woman found dead in a car with her unharmed 6-month-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. Montgomery County...
View Article12 charged in alleged drug ring that operated from Mexico to Middletown
Middletown police special operations officers along with county, state and federal law enforcement agencies announced Thursday the conclusion of a yearlong investigation into a large-scale drug...
View ArticleDaughter finds mother dead in home - and waits 4 days to tell police Source:...
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio - A Middletown woman told police that because there was a warrant out for her arrest, she was afraid to report the death of her mother . Police were called Monday morning to a...
View ArticlePolice: Woman afraid of warrant failed to report mother's death for days
A Middletown woman found her mother dead inside of her home but did not report it to police for four days, Middletown Police said. Police say that Regina Craft found her mother's body inside her home...
View ArticleLast debate for Democratic governor candidates set for April
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio Four Democratic candidates for Ohio governor will participate in their last debate of the primary campaign season next month as early voting gets underway for the May election.
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