Tuesday, September 18 2012 9:10 PM EDT2012-09-19 01:10:58 GMT
The director of Butler County Children Services is on paid administrative leave. Jeff Centers was told on Tuesday that his leave is for an indefinite period of time. The move comes amid allegations thatFull Story >
The director of Butler County Children Services is on paid administrative leave. Full Story >
Tuesday, September 18 2012 6:26 PM EDT2012-09-18 22:26:48 GMT
The Middletown couple charged with child endangering after allegedly locking their daughter in a basement was in court on Tuesday. Joanna and Shawn Blackston both pleaded not guilty to charges of childFull Story >
The Middletown couple charged with child endangering after allegedly locking their daughter in a basement was in court on Tuesday.Full Story >
Thursday, September 13 2012 2:33 AM EDT2012-09-13 06:33:17 GMT
BUTLER COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - The Butler County Commissioners office discovered that many errors were made in a Middletown case where a father and step-mother locked their 12-year old daughter in a basementFull Story >
Butler County Commissioners are calling for a complete reorganizing of Children Services.Full Story >
Tuesday, July 17 2012 6:16 AM EDT2012-07-17 10:16:17 GMT
A Middletown couple is set to appear in court Monday afternoon for allegedly locking a child in an unfinished basement. Joanna and Shawn Blackstone will have their preliminary hearings at the MiddletownFull Story >
A Middletown couple is set to appear in court Monday afternoon for allegedly locking a child in an unfinished basement.Full Story >
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:04 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:04:33 GMT
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular attentionFull Story >
The tornado, with winds up to 200 mph, cut a 20-mile stretch as wide as two miles through the Oklahoma City metro area. The medical examiner's office reported 24 people died, including nine children. Full Story >
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:50 PM EDT2013-05-21 22:50:36 GMT
EF5 tornadoes are a very rare occurrence in U.S. History. Before Monday's EF5 tornado in Oklahoma, there had only been 58 in the United States since 1950, when reliable records began. That number isFull Story >
EF5 tornadoes are a very rare occurrence in U.S. History.Full Story >
The former head of the Internal Revenue Service heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups.Full Story >
Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing...Full Story >
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:40 PM EDT2013-05-21 22:40:24 GMT
Among the devastation from Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla. was two school buildings. So, are local schools ready if the worst happens? "It makes me nervous more than anything," said Jamie Klauke, theFull Story >
Among the devastation from Monday's tornado in Moore, Okla. was two school buildings. So, are local schools ready if the worst happens?
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:28 PM EDT2013-05-21 22:28:57 GMT
An inmate walks away from a Lebanon jail. Officers are asking the public to be on the look out for Stephen Ramey. Officers say Ramey walked away from the Lebanon Correction Institution just before noonFull Story >
SR 63 is shut down in Lebanon while police look for an inmate who escaped from the Lebanon Correctional Institution. Full Story >
HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) -
The Butler County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday to appoint a new director of Butler County Children's Services.
The former director, Jeff Centers, is currently on paid administrative leave after officials discovered several errors were made in the Middletown case involving a father and step-mother who allegedly locked their 12-year-old daughter in a basement.
Jerome Kearns, who is the current director of Butler County Job and Family Services, is now also the Director of Children's Services, effective immediately.
Joanna and Shawn Blackston, the couple involved in the basement case, have pleaded not guilty. They are scheduled to go to trial on Nov. 12.
FOX19's Cory Stark will have more on this story on the FOX19 Evening News at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:36:49 GMT
(RNN) – A day after long track tornadoes devastated Shawnee and Edmond, OK, another round has begun near Oklahoma City.KOCO broadcast a slow rotating cloud that slowly extended down towards the groundFull Story >
Dozens of people have died after a second day of tornadoes twisted through Oklahoma, this time taking aim at the town of Moore, south of Oklahoma City.Full Story >
Monday, May 20 2013 9:15 PM EDT2013-05-21 01:15:38 GMT
A massive tornado touched down to the southwest of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon. Starting out as a classic funnel it quickly became a giant half-mile wide wedge tornado as it proceeded east north eastFull Story >
A massive tornado touched down to the southwest of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon.Full Story >
Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:44 AM EDT2013-05-21 13:44:48 GMT
Eastbound 275 is closed this morning at the Kellogg due to a roll-over accident with an entrapment. The one car accident happened just after 3A-M. The car landed in the median. One person was takenFull Story >
Officers say speed and alcohol are suspected to be factors in the crash. Jones was wearing his seatbelt. Full Story >
Monday, May 20 2013 5:35 PM EDT2013-05-20 21:35:49 GMT
(RNN) - On May 3, 1999, an F5 tornado touched down near Chickasha, OK and cut northeast through the state before dissipating near Midwest City, OK.Monday's tornado that devastated Moore, OK closely followedFull Story >
In 1999, Oklahoma City saw an F5 tornado that caused more than $1 billion in damage. Full Story >
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:22 AM EDT2013-05-21 10:22:59 GMT
Cincinnati Firefighters are responding to a fire in the 1800 of Jackson Street in Lincoln Heights. Witnesses reported seeing flames on the back side of the building. The location was known as "The SugarFull Story >
Crews from Woodlawn, Evendale and Wyoming are on the scene. The fire is out but the building is still smoking. Full Story >
A 23-year-old father is charged after allowing his 9-year-old daughter to drive. Police were called to the parking lot of Headland's State Park in Painesville Township on Sunday around 10:15 p.m. afterFull Story >
A Lake County, Ohio father is charged after allowing his 9-year-old daughter to drive.Full Story >
Monday, May 20 2013 10:39 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:39:58 GMT
Police are looking for the suspects who robbed the Fresh Market in Oakley. It happened just before 10 p.m. Monday night at the location on Madison Road. Initial reports are that two men with guns enteredFull Story >
Police are looking for the suspects who robbed the Fresh Market in Oakley.Full Story >
Monday, May 20 2013 10:00 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:00:13 GMT
Bonnie Esrig worked for the IRS for 38 years, many of which were spent in the Cincinnati field office. She retired in January 2013 as an Area Manager in Exempt Organizations Determinations. Esrig saysFull Story >
Bonnie Esrig worked for the IRS for 38 years, many of which were spent in the Cincinnati field office.Full Story >
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