Lauren Pack is a courts and crime reporter at the Journal-News. With four decades of experience, she specializes in covering crime and public safety issues throughout Butler and Warren counties, focusing on topics such as murder, theft, and organized crime. Lauren's work has been featured in various outlets including ANCA, Yahoo News, and WCPO 9 News.
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By: Lauren Pack
Vice President JD Vance waves after swearing in John Ratcliffe as CIA Director in the Vice Presidential ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Damien T. Varner is the person discovered and pulled out of a white SUV Tuesday night, according the Butler County Coroner's Office and police.
By: Lauren Pack
Damien T. Varner is the person discovered and pulled out of a white SUV Tuesday night, according the Butler County Coroner’s Office and police.
A 57-year-old Hamilton man has been identified as the person found dead Tuesday inside a vehicle submerged in the Great Miami River in Hamilton.
By: Lauren Pack
In the post, Candice Keller says she chose Central Avenue for the street to be named in Vance’s honor 'since it is one of the few streets in Middletown that runs the entire length of the city.'
Irina Adveeva and her husband, Peter Ainsworth, are celebrating one year in business at Irie Smoothie Café. The café offers a variety of smoothies, parfaits, juices, Jamaican beef patties and more. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
Middletown will have new housing developments under construction this year that will offer apartments and town homes in two different locations.
By: Lauren Pack
The five-story Manchester Inn the closed in January 2011 is included on the National Register of Historic Places and has 119 rooms and is approximately 60,000 square feet. It was 102 in November. it is now city owned. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
An SUV reported stolen from Middletown was pulled from the Great Miami River Tuesday. It was unoccupied. BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
By: Lauren Pack
A Butler County grand jury has declined to issue any criminal charges against a Middletown police officer who fatally shot a man who opened an apartment door holding a gun on Christmas Eve at Olde Towne Apartment complex. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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