Friday, February 18 2011 7:27 AM EST2011-02-18 12:27:42 GMT
A judge ordered that three Middletown teens be remanded to the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center. The 15, 16, and 17-year-old Middletown High School students are accused of setting 15-year-old Devin Lewis' hair on fire on a school bus.Full Story >
Tuesday, February 1 2011 1:36 PM EST2011-02-01 18:36:33 GMT
WEST CHESTER (FOX19) - A 57-year-old West Chester man will go to court for a crash that killed a 25-year-old Cincinnati man who was unloading a moving van last month.Full Story >
Tuesday, February 1 2011 1:06 PM EST2011-02-01 18:06:02 GMT
OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - Miami University is closing its Oxford campus for classes starting at 2 p.m. and afterwards. The other campuses were already closed. Here is the message from Miami: EmergencyFull Story >
Monday, January 24 2011 2:44 PM EST2011-01-24 19:44:31 GMT
Duke Energy says an smell of gas that residents have been noticing on the north and northwest parts of town isn't coming from them, but could be coming from a truck.Full Story >
Friday, January 14 2011 7:40 AM EST2011-01-14 12:40:11 GMT
Administrators at Ohio University say they will experiment with male/female roommates for one year, and Miami University just implemented the program this school year.Full Story >
OXFORD (FOX19) - A Miami University professor is part of a scientific team that has studied and described a newly discovered dinosaur that was lighter in weight than some house cats.Full Story >
Thursday, January 13 2011 1:07 PM EST2011-01-13 18:07:38 GMT
Over the weekend a 12-year-old boy and two 13-year-old boys were charged with misdemeanor criminal damaging for spray painting swastikas on garages and mailboxes.Full Story >
Wednesday, January 12 2011 8:50 AM EST2011-01-12 13:50:02 GMT
SunCoke Energy, which is slated to open a coke-manufacturing plant in Middletown in September, is now accepting applications for hourly workers.Full Story >
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Cincinnati Convention and Visitor's Bureau is asking Downtown bars and restaurants to let them know of any specials that might be attractive for the cast and crew of the upcoming George Clooney film.Full Story >
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The winter storm system moving into the Tri-State has created lots of slick roads and crashes, especially in the northern part of the Tri-State.
Kmart Corporation has told the State of Ohio that they will close the Kmart store on Erie Highway on April 3. The company says it will terminate 79 workers starting on March 27.Full Story >
MIDDLETOWN, OH (FOX19) - Middletown Police are trying to identify a man involved in a robbery at the Ameristop gas station located at 4301 Lefferson Road.Full Story >
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Steve Chabot seems determined to maintain his reputation as an opponent of avoidable spending with his return to Congress today.Full Story >
MIDDLETOWN, OH (FOX19) - New Year's Eve was the last major event before the Manchester Inn closed this week, but there may be many major events to come.Full Story >
Tuesday, January 4 2011 8:41 AM EST2011-01-04 13:41:58 GMT
Wednesday is a big day for John Boehner, and many local supporters are making the trip to our nation's capital to watch the West Chester Republican be sworn in as Speaker of the House.Full Story >
Monday, January 3 2011 6:00 PM EST2011-01-03 23:00:44 GMT
A former Lakota Elementary teacher is now in the custody of U.S. Marshals after a Federal detention hearing Monday morning. Ryan Fehrenkamp, 42, of Mason, was arrested on federal child pornography charges and will remain in the Butler County Jail in Hamilton until his detention hearing on Thursday.Full Story >
MILFORD (FOX19) - Cincinnati Metro will be operating on a holiday schedule on Friday. That means no bus service for some neighborhoods, and reduced service for all.Full Story >
Tuesday, December 21 2010 7:02 PM EST2010-12-22 00:02:20 GMT
Hamilton Police arrest a tag team that lured a man back from a bar to the suspect's home, then robbed him of everything he had on him -- turns out he victim and the suspect are neighbors.Full Story >
OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - Police say a pair of Miami University students was stopped in the act when they tried to cut down a thirty-foot pine tree.Full Story >
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - It's an iconic Cincinnati location, and the home to a couple of the city's longest-running traditions. It's even featured as the symbol of its neighborhood on the fox19 website.Full Story >
FAIRFIELD, OH (FOX19) - If you've been to Jungle Jim's International Market in Fairfield, you know they sell bottled water from lots of exotic places.Full Story >
MIDDLETOWN (FOX19) - The company building a coke plant to supply both coke and electricity to AK Steel in Middletown has withdrawn its power plant application with the State of Ohio, but the project continues to be built.Full Story >
MONROE, OH (FOX19) - Rush hour traffic was slowed by a semi that flipped onto its side on the exit ramp from Northbound 75 to Eastbound Ohio 63 in Monroe.
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - A major step was taken Friday in a project that will put a new type of intersection on the Route 4 Bypass in Butler County.Full Story >
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) - Warsteiner, the German beer company, has appointed Donald Lake as new president for its U.S. operations, which are based on Allen Road in West Chester.Full Story >
OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - Like many cities, the city of Oxford will pick up people's used Christmas trees, but in Oxford, people can start throwing out their trees five days before Christmas.Full Story >
MIDDLETOWN (FOX19) - The City of Monroe has won the latest round in the legal fight over the new SunCoke plant being built next to the AK Steel plant on the south end of Middletown.Full Story >
Thursday, November 25 2010 9:21 PM EST2010-11-26 02:21:18 GMT
Source: Butler Miami Valley Jails
Police were led to a Hamilton man accused of attacking and robbing two store clerks because he left his wallet and identification behind at the Marathon Gas Station, on Monday, in the 2600 block of Dixie Highway.Full Story >
MIDDLETOWN (FOX19) - The new Suncoke plant that is being built next to AK Steel in Middletown is about to hire managers and supervisors. Hourly workers will start being hired next year.Full Story >
MIDDLETOWN, OH (FOX19) - Police and store workers along I-75 in Butler and Warren Counties are looking out for a man with a gun who is suspected in six recent robberies.Full Story >
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) - A West Chester Township father and son are facing charges after police served a search warrant at the homes they were living in.Full Story >
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP, WARREN COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - The Warren County Sheriff's office is looking for two men after an unusual and violent incident on the line between Deerfield and West Chester Townships.Full Story >
Tuesday, November 16 2010 7:20 AM EST2010-11-16 12:20:42 GMT
A number of of parents are going to have to figure out how their child will get to and from school starting in January. The Lakota School District started preparing to make reductions in August in case the levy failed.Full Story >
HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) A Hamilton man who previously served time in two separate murders with female victims is set to go to trial in a third.Full Story >
Friday, November 12 2010 11:33 PM EST2010-11-13 04:33:43 GMT
The Butler County Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) was able to back child support for a family in the tri-state area after a long legal battle with a bank.Full Story >
OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - Actor, producer, director and Tri-State native George Clooney has been seen in at least two locations around the Tri-State today.Full Story >
HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) - The Hamilton Police Department has released the name of two officers who left the department recently following an investigation.Full Story >
Tuesday, November 9 2010 6:30 PM EST2010-11-09 23:30:25 GMT
Fights involving parents and coaches in youth sports seem like they are happening more often. For that reason, Ron Jennings started the Lakota Youth Football League in West Chester. The league is based on four key principles: Faith, family, school, and then football - in that order.Full Story >
Tuesday, November 9 2010 2:57 PM EST2010-11-09 19:57:40 GMT
A teenager accused of beating a baby alpaca to death pled guilty Tuesday to one of the counts against him. A trial will be held on other charges.Full Story >
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) - A chain that serves upscale hamburgers is about to move into the Cincinnati market. The Colorado based "smashburger"Full Story >
MIDDLETOWN (FOX19) - A man who hangs out in parking lots in Middletown and Monroe needs women to leave their purses in their cars for just a few moments. Police wonder if you know him.Full Story >
Thursday, November 4 2010 7:34 AM EDT2010-11-04 11:34:37 GMT
It was a normal day for students in the Lakota school district a day after the levy defeat, but for administrators it was anything but business as usual as they brace for big cuts.Full Story >
Tuesday, November 2 2010 7:23 AM EDT2010-11-02 11:23:29 GMT
MONROE, OH (FOX19) - The "Touchdown Jesus" statue outside Solid Rock Church in Monroe was hit by lightning and burned to the ground earlier this year. Now a new statue is in the works, one with a different look and name.
MIDDLETOWN (FOX19) - The Cincinnati Enquirer has won a favorable appeals ruling after a judge prevented them from visiting the scene of Sarah Widmer's death.Full Story >
WEST CHESTER (FOX19) - Ohio 8th District Congressman and House Republican Leader John Boehner of West Chester will appear with U.S. Senate favorite Rob Portman tonight at a rally at Lunken Airport. By the time he next appears at a major public event, he may be on his way to becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives.Full Story >
Saturday, October 30 2010 7:40 PM EDT2010-10-30 23:40:55 GMT
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) -- Five people are arrested during a Saturday morning burglary and Police are looking for other people who may have been victims of other thefts.Full Story >
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) - With a school levy coming up for the Lakota Schools, and groups campaigning for and against the levy making claims about the finances of the district,Full Story >
Thursday, October 28 2010 11:54 AM EDT2010-10-28 15:54:57 GMT
Two brothers are each being held on a million dollar bond after they were arrested in what Butler County drug agents are calling one of the biggest pot busts in county history.Full Story >
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - For decades police have been collecting and cataloging fingerprint evidence. Now police are increasingly collecting and saving palm prints, but until now, police in Ohio haven't had a practical way to share or search those prints.Full Story >
Monday, October 25 2010 7:03 PM EDT2010-10-25 23:03:10 GMT
The school bus is often known for being place where kids are bullied or teased, but a local bus driver who is going the extra mile to teach students important life lessons on the bus.Full Story >
Friday, October 22 2010 11:12 AM EDT2010-10-22 16:12:31 GMT
A juror has been dismissed from the sentencing hearings of a Bond Hill man convicted last week of killing a local attorney as well as a witness to her murder.Full Story >
Thursday, October 21 2010 7:32 AM EDT2010-10-21 11:32:59 GMT
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has announced the county's second major drug bust in 10 days. Jones says the more recent bust resulted in the arrest of one person, Mario Aguilar, 30, and the seizure of over 250 pounds of marijuana.Full Story >
HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) - If you find yourself in downtown Hamilton Friday night and think the area looks more lively than usual, you'll be completely wrong.Full Story >
Tuesday, October 19 2010 1:52 PM EDT2010-10-19 17:52:38 GMT
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP (FOX19) - Liberty Township officials are asking voters to approve a 4-mil levy on Nov. 2, 2010. The levy would bring in $3.3 million to the township's fire fund. It's a $500,000 increase from the last fire levy requested in 2006, but officials say its money that is needed.Full Story >
Monday, October 18 2010 7:18 AM EDT2010-10-18 12:18:32 GMT
A man wanted after what at first appeared to be a kidnapping is now in the Butler County jail on a different charge, from a case that happened before the school incident.Full Story >
Friday, October 15 2010 9:27 AM EDT2010-10-15 13:27:48 GMT
A Miami University Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, will be hosting a Freedom Walk in support National Underground Rail Freedom Center.Full Story >
OXFORD (FOX19) - Member of Miami University's Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity are making a 40-mile, two-day walk from the Kentucky side of the Ohio River to Oxford.Full Story >
HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) - Not a month after it was passed, Hamilton City Council is considering changing it new ordinance that limits Hamiltonians to a total of five dogs and cats.
Thursday, October 14 2010 5:00 PM EDT2010-10-14 21:00:35 GMT
West Chester Police have found a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped from school by the brother of her mother's boyfriend. But the man is still on the loose.Full Story >
Wednesday, October 13 2010 1:24 PM EDT2010-10-13 17:24:50 GMT
Police say no foul play is suspected after maintenance worker found a mother and her daughter dead in a town home in the 900 block of Meadowland Drive on Tuesday.Full Story >
Tuesday, October 12 2010 10:59 PM EDT2010-10-13 02:59:02 GMT
The last police levy that was passed by voters in West Chester was back in 2001, now the department is asking voters to replace that 7 mil levy in order to maintain the level of safety the community has come to expect.Full Story >
Monday, October 11 2010 3:56 PM EDT2010-10-11 19:56:04 GMT
Officials in Butler County say two people are under arrest and over 268 pounds of pot were seized in one of the largest busts in county history.Full Story >
Saturday, October 9 2010 6:04 PM EDT2010-10-09 22:04:33 GMT
ROSS TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) -- An arrest has been made after $8,000 of roofing material was stolen form a local elementary school back in July according to police.Full Story >
COVINGTON, KY (FOX19) - An Erlanger man who stopped at a local Arby's on his way to trial and cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet is now in a jail in California.Full Story >
Thursday, October 7 2010 10:05 PM EDT2010-10-08 02:05:37 GMT
The trial continued Thursday for 33-year-old Calvin McKelton, the Cincinnati man is accused of strangling his ex girlfriend, Fairfield attorney Margaret Allen, and killing a witness to the crime.Full Story >
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - We've obtained the original video of two men wanted for breaking into vending machines at a rest stop on I-75.Full Story >
The Ohio Department of Transportation has released figures on how fast the proposed "3C" rail line linking Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati (and Dayton) will be. How do they compare with driving?Full Story >
Wednesday, October 6 2010 12:19 PM EDT2010-10-06 16:19:18 GMT
Ohio has executed a man who bludgeoned his live-in girlfriend to death, threw her body in a river and stole her ATM card to buy crack cocaine.Full Story >
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol really wanted to know who was breaking into snack machines at a rest area.Full Story >
HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) - Rose Chevrolet, the Hamilton car dealer whose franchise was dropped by GM during bankruptcy, has gone to court to fight an arbitrator's ruling in favor of GM.Full Story >
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) - Lakota School Superintendent Mike Taylor intends to leave his job, retiring at the end of January, 2011 after 35 years in charge of the district.Full Story >
MIDDLETOWN, OH (FOX19) - Most local festivals celebrate a holiday, raise funds for a church or school, or are just meant to be a good time, but one in Middletown is more ambitious.Full Story >
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) - A kid-friendly Halloween event is returning to EnterTRAINment Junction, the model railroad attraction off Tylersville Road in West Chester.Full Story >
Wednesday, September 22 2010 8:07 PM EDT2010-09-23 00:07:06 GMT
Mold, water leaks and plumbing problems are just a few of the issues tenants at the Heritage Glen Apartments in Fairfield say they're dealing with on a daily basis.Full Story >
OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - A group charged with coming up ways to regulate fraternity and sorority parties at Miami University has now released its report.Full Story >
HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) - 75 students at Stephen T. Badin High School - some of them girls - have shaved their heads bare in support of a classmate many of them have yet to meet.Full Story >
FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, BUTLER CO., OH (FOX19) - Fairfield Township police say they are investigating and taking very seriously a letter expressing a wish for a "9/11 style" attack against a day care center.Full Story >
HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) - A Middletown man has been indicted on charges that he tried to create an explosion by turning on the gas and placing lit candles all over his home.Full Story >
The President of Miami University greeted first-year students-- and even helped them moved into dorms-- as freshmen arrived at school Thursday. See the story and video.Full Story >
Tuesday, June 18 2013 2:49 AM EDT2013-06-18 06:49:59 GMT
Cincinnati Police are on the scene of a shooting at West 15th and Republic just north of Washington Park. A shooting victim was found in the middle of the street. The suspect is described as a blackFull Story >
Cincinnati Police are on the scene of a shooting at West 15th and Republic just north of Washington Park. A shooting victim was found in the middle of the street. The suspect is described as a blackFull Story >
The Chicago Blackhawks suffered a key loss moments before a scoreless first period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals when Marian Hossa was scratched from the lineup.Full Story >
Tuukka Rask watched most of the action at the other end of the ice. And when the Blackhawks did make a late charge, he was ready.Full Story >
An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.Full Story >
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