Middletown Journal

A pedestrian was injured after being hit by a vehicle Monday night, Nov. 9. Emergency crews responded shortly before 6 p.m. Full Story »

One of the NBA’s all-time greatest players told youths that hard work pays off during his magical visit Monday night, Nov. Full Story »

Police are investigating what led a motorist to lose control of his vehicle and strike the corner of a house Monday, Nov. Full Story »

DEERFIELD TWP. - Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a weekend shooting found themselves greeted with gunfire that only ceased when the assailant took his own life. Full Story »

More than one of every 10 people in Butler County have turned to food stamps to weather the recession this year, according to the county’s Department of Job and Family Services. Full Story »

Middletown officials are working with a Cincinnati company to help further develop a focus on the arts in the downtown area. Full Story »

In an effort to cleaning up some neighborhoods through eliminating known open air drug markets and drug related crime in Middletown, the city will implement a drug market intervention strategy in the next few weeks. Full Story »

A dad who has refused to pay child support will spend the next five Father’s Days in jail. Warren County Common Pleas Judge James Flannery sentenced Patrick A. Full Story »

The Warren County Drug Task Force has seized “tens of thousands” of Xanax pills and materials and equipment to manufacture the drugs in a house in the 6700-block of Hendrickson Road in Turtlecreek Twp. Full Story »

Area pantries are serving 43 percent more families this year than last year due to the economic downturn. Full Story »

It’s been one of the toughest economic years since the Great Depression and now residents can get a glimpse of what might be next. Full Story »

Area health departments may begin hosting more H1N1 public clinics next month. The Butler County Health Department and the Middletown Health Department have been immunizing a subset of those deemed high risk of getting the virus for weeks as doses remain in short supply. Full Story »

A Marine from Hamilton - a 2006 graduate of Ross High School - was found dead in North Carolina Friday, Nov. Full Story »

CINCINNATI - Procter & Gamble has announced changes that will bring jobs to Butler and Warren counties. Full Story »

LEBANON - Northbound lanes on Interstate 71 will be closing this week. The closing is necessary to accommodate maintenance work on the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge on the interstate, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation. Full Story »

TURTLECREEK TWP. - The Warren County drug task force has busted a house in the 6700 block of Hendrickson Road in Turtlecreek Twp. Full Story »

When he was a just boy, Chris McGuire’s dad and uncles visited the Lebanon Raceway, bought a few race horses and inadvertently set young Chris’ life on its course. Full Story »

Making it begin to look a lot like Christmas often means making sure Christmas doesn’t look the same every year. Full Story »

Middletown: the more things change, the more they stay the same, and nowhere is that more evident than at The Meadows. Full Story »

MIDDLETOWN - Three days after giving birth to her son, Zackery, doctors told his Middletown mother he had failed a hearing test. Full Story »

LEBANON - Lebanon recently celebrated the completion of an eight-month refurbishment of the city’s sidewalks and streetscape along Broadway and Mulberry Streets. Full Story »

There are casual Cincinnati Bengals fans and there are paint-everything-I-own-orange-and-black Bengals fans. Full Story »

Middletown residents voted for change with the election of three new faces in the Middletown City Council races, including the election of the youngest-ever council member. Full Story »

MIDDLETOWN - Middfest International is going back to Africa for the featured country in 2010. Full Story »

HAMILTON - The flu, whether called H1N1 or swine, has people globally wearing masks, standing in line for hours to be immunized, keeping kids home from school and rethinking attendance at favorite events where large crowds are involved. Full Story »