Clinton County News

A Clarksville-area man has been sent to prison, reportedly for the eighth time, after testing positive earlier this month for the use of cocaine.

A number of descriptors come to mind when speaking about Art Brooks' impact on Wilmington College and the local community over the past 19 years: teacher, mentor, advocate, administrator, innovator, friend, disciple for diversity, practitioner of tough love.

Remembering friends who died in an airplane crash while they were serving their country has become a pre-Memorial Day tradition for a former Wilmington resident who now resides in Greene County, near Xenia.

Clinton County Municipal Court is granting amnesty days to persons who have outstanding warrants that are not felonies, crimes of violence or probation violations.

We are just scratching the surface with what we're interdicting," said Cpt. Paul Hermes, Wilmington District commander of the Ohio Highway Patrol.

The executive director for the Clinton County Family YMCA confirmed Wednesday he's in early talks about the possibility of a new facility on open land in Wilmington west of the high school.

Two persons who observed suspects breaking into a Clinton County church late Friday night apparently foiled their plans to steal items from the church.

Boone County: 12.9 Kenton County: 12.9 Clinton County: 11.3 Hamilton County: 11.1 Ohio average: 7.7 Kentucky average: 7 U.S. average: 6.4 After declining for the better part of two decades, rates of babies dying within a year have flattened and even started to creep up in some parts of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, alarming local health ... (more)

The Clinton County Board of Commission will meet today, May 23, to discuss county property, available appropriations and a human resources update.

Other traffic information: Road Closures in Clinton County Ohio Starting Next Week --Bridge repair work on several routes in Clinton County will require road closures and detours, beginning the week of May 21: Beginning Tuesday, May 29: State Route 28 between Martinsville and New Vienna.

As of today, pit bulls will no longer be defined as "dangerous and vicious" dogs due to their breed, revising a 20-year definition.

Clinton County commissioners are in agreement that the bulk of the restricted proceeds from the sale of Clinton Memorial Hospital should go toward paying off the county's debt.

After concern was expressed earlier this month about the fate of a hangar project, the Clinton County Port Authority said Monday it has come to an agreement with Air Transport Services Group on the terms and conditions for funding the hangar.

Around 3:30 p.m., the owner says he was mowing his lawn when he saw flames coming from the barn on Johnson Road near Ohio 133, in Clermont County.

The Clinton County Board of Commission will meet Monday, May 21, to discuss hospital proceeds, county debt and courthouse roof repairs.

Mitchell Dooley, business major at Drexel University; Ashleigh Achor, communications and political science major at Miami University; Edmund Besong, business major at Wilmington College; and Molly Linkous, political science major at Wittenberg University.

State Route 28 between Martinsville and New Vienna will be down to one lane. Two-way traffic will be maintained with a temporary signal for approximately 30 days.

The Clinton County Board of Commission and Wilmington City Council have been looking into the topic separately over the last few months, but a new program commissioners discussed this week has the potential to bring the entities together.

Linda Hartman says she loves the wooded area on the one-acre lot she and her husband Jim bought 42 years ago in the Lakewood Subdivision just west of Wilmington.

The Clinton County Board of Commission will meet today, May 16, to discuss repair to the courthouse roof and veteran services building, electrical aggregation, and plans for county property.