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Waynesville library offers free watercolors course
Roberta Smith of Waynesville hadn’t pursued her pen and ink drawings for years, until she learned of the Mary L. Cook Public Library’s watercolor class.“It spurred me to take up art again,” said Smith.From 9 a.m. to noon, on Mondays from September through May, up to 25 students learn to ...
Washout causes Greene County road closure
Authorities said Waynesville Jamestown Road should be open by the end of the day following repairs of a 20-foot-wide hole that developed because of the heavy rain that hit the area Thursday afternoon.Greene County Highway Maintenance officials said the hole, near the intersection with Hussey Road, was at least 8 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Warren County high schools tops in nation
Five Warren County high schools are some of the best in the nation according to U.S. News and World Report.The magazine evaluated more than 21,000 schools in 49 states and the District of Columbia and placed Kings, Mason, Lebanon, Waynesville and Springboro high schools in the top tiers of all ...
Woman followed the line of poetry within her
One morning in 2005, Grace Curtis was getting ready for work as she normally did. There wasn’t anything particularly special about that morning, although Grace admits her only child, a daughter, was wrapping up her senior year of high school. “Perhaps facing change was the trigger,” says Grace. Or perhaps ...
Ohio adds highway memorials to fallen troops
A red-haired boy and his little cousin tugged on either side of the sheet in unison, pulling it down to uncover a new highway sign. As people clapped, the boy grinned and waved his hand, drawing more applause. He waved again, to the delight of the overflow crowd in the ...
Waynesville native organizer for hunger event
Andrew Valiquette, a 2011 graduate of Waynesville High School, has continued his volunteer activities in Milwaukee. Valiquette volunteered through the National Honor Society and St. Augustine Church in Waynesville when he was in high school.Now a sophomore at Marquette, he volunteered last year for the university’s largest service project, Hunger ...
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 ...
Yoga teacher on why it works
It’s been a long winter, which for most people has meant long stints of sitting inside. For those looking to begin an exercise program or for others just looking to enhance the physical activity they are already doing, the practice of yoga offers a full range of mind-body exercises that ...
Money spent to put tax issues on ballot the ‘cost of doing business’
Asking voters to approve more money for cities, townships and school districts on May 7 will cost thousands of dollars — an expense that government officials say is “the cost of doing business.” The May 7 ballot is a special election in an odd-numbered year. That means the cost of ...
Levy campaign season opening in area communities
Voters in some Warren County communities will consider more than $5.5 million in property tax levies for police and fire protection, ambulance service and road repairs in the May 7 election. Campaigns have begun in Waynesville, Springboro, Franklin Twp. and Carlisle. Officials say the taxes are needed to continue existing ...
Both drivers in fatal crash lacked legal licenses
Both drivers in a March 16 fatal crash in Clearcreek Twp. lacked driving privileges. John C. Mulcahy, the driver who survived the crash, had been under suspension for more than four years at the time of the crash, according to records. Since November 2008, Mulcahy, 53, of Dayton, has been ...
Teacher misconduct accusations triple statewide
Accusations of inappropriate teacher behavior have tripled statewide since 2007, according to Ohio Department of Education records.Regionally, problems with lewd text messages, inappropriate Facebook posts, physical threats and sex acts among teachers is far reaching — including ones from Centerville, Madison, Mason, Wayne and Northeastern school districts, among others.Some experts ...
Crash kills second person in a week in Clearcreek Twp.
A 42-year-old Beavercreek man was the second driver killed in the past week in a fatal crash in Clearcreek Twp.Shane C. Jackson was pronounced dead about 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Ohio 48 and Lytle-Five Points Road, near the Warren-Montgomery county border, according to police.Jackson, a teacher at the Montgomery County ...
Trash truck sideswipes school bus in Greene Co.
Three students were on a school bus this morning when it was side-swiped by a trash truck.The crash was reported around 7 a.m. near the intersection of Waynesville Road and Middle Run Road. No one was injured in the crash, and the bus and trash truck cleared the scene around ...
Woman opens craft shop in Waynesville
While Tammy Curnutt and her family were living in Germany, she fell in love with antiques.Also, for as long as she can remember, she has loved making things.“Even as a small girl, I was doing some type of craft project,” Curnutt said.In 2009, the Curnutt family moved to the area ...
Police headlines
WAYNESVILLEA stand-off scene was cleared by authorities on Saturday after area roads were closed near the 9000 block of Lytle Ferry Road with members of a SWAT team in place.No one was hurt and the incident was called “a false alarm.”The Warren County Sheriff’s Office received a report that at ...
Stand-off ends peacefully in Waynesville
A stand-off scene was given the all clear by authorities after area roads were closed near 9049 Lytle Ferry Road with the SWAT team in place. No one was hurt and the incident was called a false alarm The Warren County Sheriff’s Department said a man was reported hold-up in ...
Water boil is in effect for parts of Waynesville
A boil water advisory is in effect for some area residents due to a water main break.The Village of Waynesville reports the break near Lytle Road near Ferry Road at the three way stop.All residents in Wayne Township that pay their water bills to the Village of Waynesville is on ...
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