Lauren Pack

Middletown Heath Department urges parents urged to inspect treats this Halloween including for marijuana gummies. CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

Mia Harris, who is charged with multiple counts of felonious assault for allegedly shooting her infant granddaughter in the head last month at a Liberty Twp residence, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity during arraignment Tuesday in Butler County Common Pleas Court. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

On Tuesday, Butler County Common Pleas Judge Dan Haughey sentenced Harris to an indefinite prison sentence of nine to 12 years in prison. She faced a prison sentence of up to 15 years.

A West Chester Twp. police officer has been indicted by a Butler County grand jury on felony charges alleging she tampered with evidence in a death investigation and misused police equipment, according to prosecutors.

An elderly woman is dead and her daughter is in jail after the 72-year-old woman suffered multiple stab wounds at her Middletown residence Wednesday night, police said.

A 17-year-old Lakota East student was arrested early Thursday morning in connection with a social media threat to the school, according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

After several meetings and bit of retooling, the City of Middletown 2025 budget is poised for approval by council this month with a focus on police staffing to assure public safety in the city’s developing East End.

A person is dead following a off-road vehicle accident late Saturday night in Madison Twp., according to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

A one-vehicle crash that killed a 60-year-old man Friday afternoon in Middletown remains under investigation.

Nov. 4—The trial for one of two men charged in connection with the shooting death of Asiah Slone scheduled to begin this week has been continued until 2025. Brandon L. Davis, 45, was indicted by a Butler County grand jury on Sept. 12 for aggravated murder with additional specifications of a repeat violent offender and use of a gun in the crime. Also included in the indictment is having weapons ...