Hooven News

Hamilton County Fire investigators are looking at a 250-gallon propane tank that exploded in Whitewater township just before midnight Saturday.

Hooven-Dayton Corporation , based in Dayton, OH, USA, has been awarded a $350,000 Minority Business Direct Loan by the Minority Development Financing Advisory Board of the state of Ohio.

“I started by helping to unload the imported fiber (400-pound bales of sisal and 275-pound bales of Manila hemp) from the rail cars and stack it in the warehouse”

More... Rope maker subject of documentary By Pamela Ferris-Olson Bill Hagenbuch, 89, knows how to spin a good yarn. via Dayton Daily News

CROSBY TWP. - Two teenagers remain hospitalized this morning in stable condition following a two-vehicle crash Thursday night at Crosby and New Haven roads, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up its testing for possibly dangerous gases in the ground and ground water under the small neighborhood of Hooven, near Cleves, this week. via Kypost.Com

“It seems funny that every time we got to have some testing done, or just something done, and Chevron is right there, disturbing our testing. But I'm hoping with the new testing, maybe it will be gone. We got our sewer system in, that might help, too.”

Last Update: 4/02 7:30 pm Slideshow Neighbors worry about why top soil taken off school playfield over Easter Bill Price Web produced by: Ian Preuth Photographed by: Eric Clajus After years of worrying, many ... via WCPO

The heavy rain has moved off and things were starting drying out in some parts of the Tri-State Thursday morning. via WKRC-TV Cincinnati

“We actually had our father-in-law en route with a boat but they [fire department} happened to be there a little bit before, so we took the first opportunity to get out of there”

The number marked a full 10-feet above flood stage. Officials closed the Miamitown bridge along with the suspension bridge in far western Whitewater Township. via WCPO

WHITEWATER TWP. - A 68-year-old man is scheduled to go before a Hamilton County judge today on charges he attacked a Channel 12 cameraman over the weekend. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

Neighbors in Western Hamilton County say a chemical spill is making them sick. Tuesday night an EPA emergency response team and the Ohio Department of Health held a meeting with residents to talk about the ... via WKRC-TV Cincinnati

“They can't even say that Hooven is safe right now for kids that are there, much less sending more kids there”

Angry parents continue to speak out in Western Hamilton County. The Southwest Local School Board voted to shut down Elizabethtown Elementary School last week. via WKRC-TV Cincinnati

“If it was unsafe, they would have moved everybody out of town”

WHITEWATER TWP. - Southwest Local Schools wants to close one of its elementary buildings in the tiny community of Elizabethtown because school leaders say it's too expensive to repair the building's floors. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

Firefighters are at US 50 and SR 128, near Hooven , for a hazardous materials leak. via WVMX-FM Cincinnati

Sally Lou Kordeleski, 74, of Lorain, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, at EMH Regional Medical Center in Elyria following a brief illness. via The Morning Journal

A Hooven woman was arrested Thursday, accused of ramming her sport utility vehicle twice into the back of another car as both were driving west on Interstate 74. via The Cincinnati Enquirer