A SWAT unit was sent Wednesday afternoon to a Deerfield Township home.
Warren County dispatchers said police were called to a domestic violence call on Auburn Place. The incident was determined to be a false alarm and SWAT is no longer on the scene, dispatchers say.
The incident remains under investigation.
MasonBuzz will update this story.
The Mason Community Center will soon host Weight Watcher meetings.
The meetings will be held from 5-6 p.m. on Mondays and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Fridays.
Informational meetings will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, March 2 and at 5 p.m. Monday, March 5.
The meetings are free and open to the public, but registration is requested by calling the Mason Community Center at 513-229-8555 or register online at www.imaginemason.org (activity code 186202).
The Mason Community Center is at 6050 Mason-Montgomery Road.
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A Mason teen is headed to Columbus to compete in the state Business Professionals of America competition.
Bob Stillwell, a student in the Business Management program at Great Oaks Career Campuses, is one of five Live Oaks students to qualify for the state level at the regional BPA competition.
Stillwell finished in second place in the Network Administration Using Microsoft category. BPA is a national student organization promoting business, technical and marketing skills.
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Paul McKibben reports:
The city of Mason wants the state to designate U.S. 42 in Warren County the “Warren County Veterans Highway” to honor veterans.
The state road in Warren County stretches from Wayne Township in the north to Deerfield Township in the south. It goes through Waynesville, Lebanon and Mason. Mason City Council’s veterans committee hopes the entire highway in Ohio would also get the designation. Statewide, the road runs from Hamilton County to Cuyahoga County.
Mason City Manager Eric Hansen said U.S. 42 was picked because of location. “It’s a strategic road that crosses the entire state. So it has the potential. It cuts through Warren County particularly,” he said.
Warren County Commissioner Dave Young said he would support the veterans designation on the entire part of U.S. 42 in the county.
“Anytime we can give credit to the folks that actually went out there and put their lives on (the) line to give us the ability to go do all the stuff we do here, I’m all for it,” he said.
The Ohio General Assembly would need to approve designating the highway throughout Warren County and the state.
U.S. 42 from Cuyahoga to Hamilton counties is also named the 42nd Rainbow Division Memorial Highway. In April 1945 during World War II, the 42nd Infantry Division went into the Dachau concentration camp in Nazi Germany, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Several other roads in Southwest Ohio have military designations. Some of them are:
Interstate 275 in Clermont County is the Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin Veterans Memorial Highway. Maupin, a 2001 Glen Este High School graduate, was driving a supply truck in April 2004 while serving in the Army in Iraq when his fuel convoy was ambushed and he was captured. His remains were found in 2008.
Ohio 129 in Butler County from Interstate 75 through Hamilton to the Indiana line is the Butler County Veterans Highway.
Ohio 4 in Fairfield from South Gilmore Road to Symmes Road is the Lance Cpl. Taylor Prazynski Memorial Highway. Prazynski, a 2003 Fairfield High School graduate who served with the Marines, died in combat in 2005 in Iraq.
Ohio 48 from Shelby County through Miami, Montgomery, Warren and Clermont counties is the USAF Pararescue Memorial Highway. The Air Force unit does combat search and rescue among other capabilities.
Jennifer Edwards-Baker reports:
The calendar clearly shows it’s still winter, but the forecast feels more like spring.
The high temperature today and Thursday will soar to near 60 degrees under a mix of sun, clouds and slight chance for a bit of rain, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
That’s a good 15 degrees or so above the normal high of 45 for this time of year.
It was still fairly brisk this morning with a reading of 40 degrees at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron. With the wind chill factored in, it felt closer to 33.
The overnight low will fall to 40 with a 20 percent chance for rain.
After another 60-something day Thursday, the forecast will turn more seasonable as a cold front arrives.
That will drive temperatures down Thursday afternoon through the weeken and bring increased chances for rain and light snow flurries through Friday night.
Daytime highs will be in the upper 30s and 40s with overnight lows in the mid-20s and low 30s.
Mason Schools will kick off its 2012-2013 kindergarten registration drive with an orientation meeting for parents on Feb. 29 at the Mason Early Childhood Center, 4631 Hickory Woods Drive.
Kindergarten packet sign-out starts at 6 p.m., with a one-hour general meeting following at 6:30 p.m.
Parents who are unable to attend the meeting can receive a registration packet between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. beginning March 1 at the Mason Central Registration Office at 211 North East Street.
(MECC officials say packets are not able to be mailed or offered for download online due to staffing and service projection needs.)
Mason Schools offers half-day kindergarten programming at MECC with morning and afternoon sessions determined by address. A finalized street listing will be posted online at www.masonohioschools.com by Feb. 1. Bus pickup and drop-off times will not be made available until mid-August.
Kindergarten registration will be held between 4-7 p.m. March 15 and 20. Required forms include proof of residency, original birth certificate, parent driver’s license or state-issued identification, immunization record and custody paperwork, if applicable.
“MECC provides a unique opportunity to meet the needs of every child based upon sound, developmentally appropriate practices and a wide variety of instructional programs,” said MECC Principal Melissa Bly. “We encourage parents to become actively involved in their child’s school experience, and look forward to meeting our new parents on February 29.”
For more information, call MECC at 513-398-3741.
Warren County Master Gardener Cindy DeSerna will give a presentation at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29 at the Mason Community Center.
DeSerna’s hands-on workshop, “A, B, Seeds of Gardening,” will discuss good planting techniques. The event is free and open to the community.
The program is sponsored by the Mason Community Garden. The City of Mason has designated an are on Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Road across from the Mason Sports Park as a community garden. Applications are accepted from individuals and groups interested in a 10 by 15-foot plot. For more information on the garden program, go to www.imaginemason.org.
The workshop will be offered in the Senior Center of the Community Center at 6050 Mason-Montgomery Road.
The Enquirer reports:
SYMMES TWP. – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving four vehicles, including an overturned tractor trailer, that closed I-71 during evening rush hour Monday.
A preliminary investigation found that Michael Fortine, 27, was driving a 1998 Mercury Mystique northbound on I-71 when he failed to maintain a clear distance and struck a Toyota Matrix from behind, according to reports.
The Matrix, driven by Clayton Kuhnell, 66, was pushed into the left lane from the right lane, then struck a 2006 Freightliner tractor trailer, operated by David Taylor, 54.
Taylor then swerved to the right, striking 2008 Dodge 2500 van, driven by James Laycock, 49. Laycock’s vehicle then went off the right side of the highway, striking an embankment.
The tractor trailer overturned onto its left side, blocking all four lanes of I-71 northbound. Fortine, Laycock and Taylor were taken to Bethesda North Hospital for minor injuries.
Kuhnell and his passenger, Pamela Kuhnell, 62, were taken to Jewish Hospital.
No alcohol or drugs were involved, reports said.
All northbound traffic was closed near the Fields Ertel-Mason Montgomery exit for about an hour and 20 minutes.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Janice Morse reports:
UPDATE, 7:35 p.m.: All lanes of I-71 north reopened as of 7:15 p.m.
The extent of injuries is unknown.
Contrary to other media reports, there were only four vehicles involved.
UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.: The ramps from east and west I-275 to north I-71 are closed.
UPDATE: 5:28 p.m.: No detours have been set up yet, but a dispatcher says the Ohio Department of Transportation is en route to do so.
The Ohio State Highway patrol advises that northbound traffic should try to exit before reaching Interstate 275; a dispatcher says the highway may not be shut down as long as ARTIIMIS was predicting, but she didn’t have a time estimate yet for reopening it.
SYMMES TWP. – All north lanes of Interstate 71 are blocked near Fields Ertel and Mason-Montgomery roads, ARTIMIS reports.
A semi tractor-trailer was reported overturned around 4:30 p.m.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is handling the investigation.
It will take six hours to clear the scene, ARTIMIS estimated. Three vehicles, plus the truck, were involved in that crash, the patrol said, and three people were being transported to hospitals for treatment of injuries.
A second crash was reported about 20 minutes later, also on Interstate 71 north, about three miles away from the first crash scene. It is unclear whether anyone was hurt.
The left shoulder is blocked at Pfeiffer Road because of the second crash, ARTIMIS said.
Two vehicles are involved in that crash.
The Enquirer and MasonBuzz will update this story when more information is available.
Sue Kiesewetter reports:
Mason will host two American Legion National High School Oratorical Scholarship Program competitions Feb. 25-26.
The competition for Warren County students begins at 1 p.m., Saturday, and will be held at the Mason Municipal Building, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Road. The district competition follows at 1 p.m., Sunday, also at the municipal building.
Winners from Warren County, along with those from Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Brown and Clinton counties will compete Sunday, in the District 4 competition, beginning at 1 p.m., also at the municipal building.
Winners from the district competition will move on to the state competition, which will be held March 18 at Old Dominion College in Columbus. Students will compete there for more than $5,000 in scholarships.
The Ohio winner will advance to the national competition, which will be held April 13-15 in Indianapolis. There, students will be vying for scholarships ranging from $14,000 to $18,000.
The subject in the prepared oration portion of the contest would emphasize the duties and obligations of citizens to the United States government per the constitution. Each presentation will be 8-10 minutes long.
There is no admission charge for either event in Mason.
