Michael D. Clark
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Famed humorist P.J. O’Rourke’s beginnings included poverty, success at Miami University
It wasn’t for any lack of talent but rather scant money that saw the then young, budding humorist P.J. O’Rourke almost drop out his freshman year at Miami University in the late 1960s. → Read More
‘Zoom bombing’: Racist messages sabotage Mason black student club’s meeting
A local Black high school group’s recent online meeting was sabotaged by racist messages, said school officials. → Read More
TV ‘Shark Tank’ competitors who are Miami University grads ink multi-million deal
The skyrocketing careers of two Miami University business graduates - who landed a half-million dollar investor last year on TV’s “Shark Tank” – has now seen them ink a multi-million deal to take their tattoo skin care product across America. → Read More
Middletown Schools reinstates mask requirement for students, staff
One of Butler County’s largest school systems will re-start classes this week while also resuming a mandatory mask policy for all students, school staffers and visitors. → Read More
Local man with one arm wins strongman championship in Iceland
Most who visit the nation of Iceland come with a list of tourist activities to do. But Butler County’s Mike Diehl is no tourist. He’s an internationally acclaimed strong man competitor. So, Diehl’s recent version of “touring” Iceland included yanking frantically on a rope – while sitting down - to pull a 6,000-pound truck nearly 20 yards in 18 seconds – all with just one hand. → Read More
4 area teachers dying days apart have schools focused on grieving students
In less than a week, area school communities have been rocked by the deaths of four teachers. It’s been an extraordinarily rare and grim stretch of time where teachers in Hamilton, Fairfield, Springboro and a Hamilton resident who teaches in Harrison - near the Indiana border -saw their lives ended. → Read More
Eagle Scout’s painful memory leads to new U.S. map on school playground
For area high school senior Vincent Ariss, underperforming in elementary school years ago on a geography test - requiring him to label America’s 50 states - is still a painful memory. → Read More
Miami University construction: What’s happening with 3 big projects this summer
It’s summer break at Miami University’s main Oxford campus but no there is no respite from construction activity as work continues on new buildings and upgraded roadways in preparation for students start of fall semester next month. → Read More
Vaccine incentives: Miami students offered hockey tickets, laptops, free tuition and more
Officials from Miami University have taken a page from state officials’ playbook in offering prizes as incentive for students returning to campus in August to get a coronavirus vaccination. → Read More
Records: Former Miami student accused hockey program official of sex offense
A former official of Miami University’s hockey program – now being investigated by Chicago’s NHL team regarding allegations of sexually assaulting pro players – was also accused in 2018 of alleged unwanted touching years earlier by a former Miami student, according to school records obtained by the Journal-News. → Read More
Miami professor death: David Shrider remembered as beloved teacher, part of athletic legacy
Energetic, creative and quick to smile were just a few of traits that made Professor David Shrider one of the star teachers at Miami University, according to his colleagues in the days after his untimely death in the Alaska wilderness. → Read More
Miami University reviewing tenure of former hockey official accused of sexual assault elsewhere
A former member of the Miami University hockey coaching staff is now the subject of a school investigation after reports of allegations of sexual assault by two former NHL players have surfaced, according to Canadian and Chicago news media reports. → Read More
New historic marker notes Butler County lynching, racist mob violence
A new historic marker was unveiled Monday in Oxford recognizing the racist legacy of lynching and mob violence and two local African American men who died from it. → Read More
Monroe residents ask for lower speed limit in area of crash that killed woman, nephew last week
Some residents are asking for a lower speed limit in the area where the crash that killed a Butler County school worker happened. → Read More
2 southwest Ohio students punished after video re-enacting murder of George Floyd
Two Monroe Schools’ students who made a social media video depicting the murder of George Floyd are being disciplined, said school officials. → Read More
Ohio mother upset school said kindergartener committed ‘sexual harassment’
A Hamilton kindergarten student was ordered home and written up by his school for an offense of “sexual harassment” of a teacher after the boy pointed to and commented on her breasts. → Read More
Miami University returning to live classes in the fall, no all-virtual option planned
When students at Miami University start the 2021-2022 school year in August they will return to all in-person classes thanks in large part to the increase in those receiving vaccine shots for the coronavirus, school officials announced today. → Read More
‘He would give hugs to all his teachers’: Middletown school officials mourn first-grader allegedly killed by mother
The mourning of the sudden death of a Middletown 1st-grader extends far beyond the boy’s neighborhood school and officials there moved quickly this morning to provide grief counselors for classmates. → Read More
Middletown teachers hope first school vaccines in Butler County start path ‘back to some normalcy’
Ohio’s first group of teachers to receive the coronavirus vaccine said Wednesday they appreciate it and hope the injections in Middletown are a major step to eventually returning all schools to a pre-pandemic normal. → Read More
Area district: Investigation shows no racial taunting prior to basketball game incident
No racial slurs from either players or fans occurred prior to a “violent flagrant foul” during a recent basketball game between New Miami and a Cincinnati high school, according to a statement released Monday by school officials. → Read More