Middletown buys land from Atrium for fire station, may ask voters to approve levy in November
Atrium sells acres for $80K, far less than going rate, says city manager.
Nick Graham, Journal-News staff
Middletown city council voted for the city to purchase this 2.7-acre parcel of land near Ohio 122 and Atrium Boulevard as a site for one of its four new fire stations. The property is owned by Premier Health/Atrium Medical Center.
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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio â Middletown is one step closer to replacing four fire stations, including headquarters, after city council unanimously approved an emergency resolution Tuesday night, the Journal-News reports.
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Body of missing Middletown woman found in Great Miami River Share Updated: 11:26 PM EDT Apr 12, 2021 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 11:26 PM EDT Apr 12, 2021
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Show Transcript TO COPE TONIGHT. THE SEARCH FOR DEBORAH O’REILLY BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER THE 72 YEAR OLD LEFT HER HOME LATE SATURDAY NIGHT HER NIECE JOHN DE PRATHER WAS QUICK TO JOIN THE EFFORT AND CAME TO THE HOUSE AND HE SAID AND IT’S HER SON. HE CAME TO THE HOUSE AND HE SAID MAMA’S WALKED OFF NEIGHBORS SAY IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME RILEY WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA HAD WANDERED AWAY, BUT THEY ALWAYS MANAGED TO BRING HER HOME SAFELY IN THE PAST THIS TIME AS THE HOURS WERE ON CONCERNED STARTED TO GROW AND I LOOKED OVER THE RIVER AND I SAID LORD DON’T LET TO FIND HER IN THE RIVER IDEA. THAT WAS FOUR CLOCK THIS MORNING. ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER MIDDLETOWN POLICE IDENTIFIED RILEY’S BODY FOUND FLOATING IN THE RIVER. IT TOOK NO TIME FOR THE LEAD TO RALLY HER
Deborah Burgess Riley was found dead, police said. The Butler County Coroner will conduct an autopsy.
A call came in at 2:16 p.m. of a body spotted in the river, police said.
Riley was last seen walking away from the area of Lincoln Street and Sixth Avenue sometime overnight or around 10 a.m. Sunday.
First responders were dispatched at 2:20 p.m., said Middletown Division of Fire Chief Paul Lolli.
A fire department water rescue team pulled the body from the river at about 3:15 p.m., Lolli said.
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