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After 65 years, local veteran receives Little Miami diploma

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 4:45pm
After 65 years, local veteran receives Little Miami diploma

MAINEVILLE, OH (FOX19) - (Sent by Melinda Briggs)

When Don Whitacre left high school, Harry S Truman was president, World War II had ended, and conflicts in Korea and Southeast Asia were heating up.

As a teen, Whitacre and many of his friends witnessed the news of WWII and were seized by a patriotic fervor -- they wanted to "join up" and do their part in the war effort. Whitacre felt so deeply about this that he left school before his senior year and entered the United States Army. In doing so, he sacrificed the opportunity to graduate with his class of 1948 and missed out on getting a high school diploma.

After 65 years, that is no longer the case.

Little Miami Superintendent Greg Power and Board President Stephanie Baxter Black presented Robert Donald Whitacre with an honorary diploma at the recent Alumni Association Dinner, bringing full circle an amazing story of one man's service to his country.

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Ohio Supreme Court will not hear Widmer appeal

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 1:03pm

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)-  

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Wanted man caught after Warren Co. chase

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 8:06am
Mario Gibbs from Warren County jail

MORROW, OH (FOX19)- A suspect in a wild police chase in Reading earlier this month is arrested after a chase in Warren County.

The Warren County chase started near Little Miami High School around 11:30 Tuesday night when police tried to make a traffic stop.

Officers say the driver refused to stop and lead police on a chase until eventually crashing at the intersection of Fields Ertel and Montgomery Road.

According to an AP article, the passenger is Mario "Rio" Gibbs, 22.

Officers have been looking for Gibbs since May 13 when Gibbs was allegedly beating and choking a woman in the front seat of a moving car in Reading.

The officer pulled the car over and Gibbs got out and ran from the scene.

Police say someone picked Gibbs up. They attempted to stop that car but officers say Gibbs pushed the driver out of the car and continued to drive.

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Escaped inmate captured in Warren County

Submitted by Fox19 Web Staff
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 7:56pm
Stephen Ramey (Source: Ohio Department of Corrections)

LEBANON, OH (FOX19)- Police have captured an inmate who escaped from the Lebanon Correctional Institution on Tuesday afternoon.

Stephen Ramey walked away from the facility just before noon. He was captured just after 7:30 p.m. on Shaker Road after police say a female companion called authorities and turned him in.

Police shut down SR 63 in Lebanon after someone reported seeing Ramey in the area of SR 63 and Markey.

Ramey was assigned to work in the garage as an auto mechanic.

Officials say Ramey has been in jail serving a sentence for burglary March 7, 2013.

Ramey is from Montgomery County, Ohio.

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30 riders get stuck on Kings Island coaster

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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 12:55pm
30 riders get stuck on Kings Island coaster

MASON, OH (FOX19)- Thirty parkgoers were stuck on The Beast for Tuesday afternoon.

Kings Island says the ride was climbing the second hill when a safety mechanism kicked on and didn't release the car. 

Officials say the riders were stuck for about 10 minutes and then they were escorted off the ride.

No one was hurt and the ride is back up and running.

 

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Warren Co. factory cited 33 times by OSHA

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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 12:25pm

FRANKLIN, OH (FOX19)- A Warren County manufacturer is cited by OSHA.

According to a news release, The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited A & B Foundry & Machining LLC with 33 health and safety violations, including four repeat violations.

The inspection took place in November of 2012.

According to the release, there were 26 serious violations including failing to ensure use of personal protective equipment, fall hazards, poor housekeeping, inoperative safety latches on crane hoists, lack of machine guarding on multiple machines, electric safety violations, and a failure to train workers on and conduct periodic inspections of energy control procedures.

A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.

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Brady Bunch stars ride the Racer at Kings Island

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 11:30am
Brady Bunch stars ride the Racer at Kings Island

MASON, OH (FOX19) - Brady Bunch stars Christopher Knight (front row right), Susan Olsen (front row left) and Barry Williams (second row right) enjoy a ride on the Racer roller coaster at Kings Island on Sunday. 

The stars were celebrating the 40th anniversary of the “Cincinnati Kids” episode filmed at the 364-acre amusement and waterpark in 1973, the trio returned to Kings Island and entertained park guests during four live shows of singing, dancing and Brady Bunch anecdotes.

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