Franklin News

Six petitions are out for Carlisle's City Council elections this year, more than a month before petitions are due.

Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce awarded seven local residents and businesses at its annual meeting and awards banquet held Saturday, June 20.

Mike Roe doesn't want "good kids" to slip through the cracks. After his father, Ray Roe, died in 2004, he began a scholarship program named in honor of his father, whom he called "a very good man" known for his integrity and honesty, and Kingdom Youth Ministries, a branch of Kingdom Sports Center in Franklin.

A Warren County grand jury has indicted a Franklin man accused of robbing a person at knifepoint along a bicycle trail.

The man being sought in the shooting of two women at a Riverside home Tuesday night was identified as Bradshaw Taylor.

A black bear was spotted again Wednesday morning in Springboro. The black bear was seen walking across the parking lot of the Dialysis Centers of Warren County in Springboro.

Tri-Staters are invited to cheer on local law enforcement as they embark on the second leg of the Special Olympics Torch Run.

Police in Franklin arrested two people Thursday afternoon on drug charges. Officers received a complaint about possible drug activity around 1:20 p.m. at the Econolodge Motel, and police said a search turned up cocaine and heroin.

During the 60-day closing of the Washington Street Bridge from June to mid-August, traffic bound for Ohio 7 south is being detoured across the Putnam Bridge into the Harmar district.

A Franklin man who injured his newborn daughter in January pleaded guilty to felony charges just days before he was to stand trial in Warren County Common Pleas Court.

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The Black Bear that's been hanging out in Warren County has now been seen at a Girl Scout camp.

A black bear that has been recently spotted in the southern part of the Miami Valley continues to make the region its home.

David Hopper, the so-called "blue-eyed rapist," pleaded guilty Tuesday, June 16, to several charges stemming from the 2004 assault of a woman at cellular phone store.

Warren County dog wardens were still searching for a pit bull that had slipped from their custody almost three weeks ago after biting a neighbor in Franklin when a call came in Thursday, June 11, about a stray pit bull in a nearby neighborhood.

Ahhh ... the golden years. But for many people, living to a ripe old age can be fraught with uncertainty and anxiety.

An East Dayton resident said he had to leave work early Friday, June 12. His next-door neighbor, Philip C. Stohr, had been found dead Thursday at his 106 S. Findlay home, and the neighbor remained upset.

The condition of the Carlisle Building on the corner of Paint and Main streets can be deceiving.

A Franklin woman has been indicted on 12 counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

A 33-year-old Warren County woman faces 15 charges for allegedly having sex with a boy under 16 and plying him and his underage friends with drugs and alcohol two years ago.