Fletcher News

A house in Miami County was damaged in a fire late Thursday morning. The fire happened around 11:30 a.m. at 8575 Union-Shelby Road, which is near the village of Fletcher.

The owner of Brel Aire Bowling Lanes near Piqua pleaded no contest to a felony charge of attempted money laundering and agreed to forfeit about $50,000 state and local authorities seized in a gambling raid.

Two Milton-Union schools Middle School teachers have resigned after students allegedly found them engaged in sexual conduct in a school classroom.

A Milton-Union schools teacher and soccer coach has been charged with contributing to the delinquency or unruliness of a minor for what police call inappropriate text messaging to a 17-year-old. Manuel A. Perez, 42, of Fletcher will be arraigned June 17 in Miami County Juvenile Court.

Eugene L. Blevins, 65, died at 2:30 a.m. May 11, 2009, at his residence. He was born Nov.

Shannon Phillips, a senior at Bethel High School, is the 2009 Troy Strawberry Festival queen.