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Ohio Prosecutor Drops 'Charges' Against Punxsutawney Phil
A Tri-State prosecutor who light-heartedly filed charges against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who fraudulently "predicted" an early spring says he has dropped the charges now that the animal's handler is taking the blame.
Paranormal Group Says Hamilton, Ohio Law Office Is Haunted
A paranormal investigation is under way at a Hamilton law firm, which once served as a funeral home and now might be haunted.
Michelle Obama Visits Cincinnati
First Lady Michelle Obama addresses a large crowd at the Duke Energy Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati during a Democratic rally Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Staff photo by Nick Daggy
Bucheit promoted to police captain
The newest captain on the Hamilton Police Department will be promoted effective Saturday. Police Chief Scott Scrimizzi said Lt. Craig Bucheit will be assigned as the administrative bureau commander to fill the vacancy created by the recent retirement of Capt. Steve Poulemanos. Bucheit and Lt. Marc McManus were the only ...
Maintenance consumes majority of parks department budgets
Despite trimming their budgets due to the recession, area parks departments are still spending the bulk of the parks’ budgets on maintenance. In Hamilton, 84 percent of the parks’ $926,503 budget this year goes to maintenance issues, said Richard Engle, Hamilton’s director of public works. The City of Middletown spends ...
Jobs remain top issue in county
Even though employment has slightly increased in Butler County in 2012, government leaders still view job growth as the most important issue facing the area as the calendar turns to the second half of the year.“The top three (issues) are jobs, jobs and jobs,” said Don Dixon, county commission president.Employment ...
Food stamps got out fast — and with flaws
In what state officials said was an unprecedented move to help those in need after the recent widespread power outages, more than 280,000 families in 34 Ohio counties received $10 million worth of additional food stamps from the federal government.The state said it identified the 34 counties as the “hardest ...
City manager looking to improve
HAMILTON — During a conversation over coffee Saturday morning, City Manager Joshua Smith told a group of residents the work will never be completed in making Hamilton the place for people to work, live and play.“You’re never done,” he said. “You’re always working toward continuous improvement.”Smith told the 16 residents ...
Fire chief in Hamilton is calling it a career
Joe Schutte originally planned to go into a career in medicine. As he grew up, circumstances and opportunities changed and Schutte wound up as Hamilton’s fire chief.After 32 years on the job, Schutte officially retires on Sept. 6. As of Tuesday, he has started taking unused vacation leave and will ...
Funeral home in fourth generation
HAMILTON — As it reaches into a fourth generation of family ownership, Weigel Funeral Home has been a steady support for Butler County families for 86 years.Owner and director Bob Weigel has seen many changes in his 49 years of working in the family business, and now his son Rob ...
Two injured after car hits curb, flips onto side
HAMILTON — Two people were injured in one-vehicle crash early this morning after a car landed on its side.Around 1:10 a.m., Hamilton police said they responded to the intersection of Vista and Irene avenues to find a car in the front yard of a home.Lt. Gerald Martin said the vehicle ...
Fort Hamilton cuts nursing positions
HAMILTON — Fort Hamilton Hospital this week cut a small number of licensed practical nurse positions, an entry level nursing job, to reduce expenses, said its parent health system Kettering Health Network.Local leaders of the city’s largest private employer were not available for comment Friday, Kettering Health said. It could ...
Drought puts state on natural disaster list
Ohio is among 29 states with counties now designated as natural disaster areas due to the drought.The U.S. Department of Agriculture said conditions are the worst they’ve been since the country’s last widespread and significant drought in 1988.More than 1,000 counties nationwide have been named by the U.S. Drought Monitor ...
New round of state cuts forcing cities to sharpen pencils more
Doing more with less is something taxpayers and many local governments have been dealing with the last several years in a down economy.And as local governments struggle to figure out how to pay for its General Fund operations for public safety and other services, one source of revenue will continue ...
City’s expenses to outstrip revenue by $4M in 2013
By Ed RichterStaff WriterHamilton is estimating that its 2013 general fund expenditures will be nearly $4.38 million more than its estimated revenue.The financial resources estimate for 2013 was part of the annual tax budget that every government entity has to file with the county budget commission.City Council on Wednesday approved ...
Expo gives businesses way to find customers
HAMILTON — More than 700 people came out to learn about nearly 80 business and organizations at the Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce’s 22nd Annual Business Expo, held Thursday at Badin High School. Longtime Hamilton pizza restaurant Richards Pizza promoted its new barbecue offerings by having employees dress in cowboy ...
Rescue crew calls on pace to top 2011
A rescue vehicle left a fire department in Hamilton and Middletown a little more than once an hour on average last year and calls this year have grown to 32 calls a day.But not all calls force firemen into burning buildings. More than 85 percent of the calls this year ...
Teen accused of killing tells jury about incident
Lance Tiernan, the teenager being tried as an adult for murder in Butler County, told jurors Wednesday he never meant to seriously harm the other teen whose skull he fractured.Tiernan, who turned 18 in May, cried during testimony describing his relationship with his mother who abandoned him in the sixth ...
Divers search for Hamilton man missing for more than a year
HAMILTON — Divers were in the canal off Joe Nuxhall Boulevard Wednesday searching for the remains of a Hamilton man who has been missing for more than a year.Butler County sheriff’s detectives and members of Task Force One, a combined law enforcement dive unit from area counties, spent several hours ...
Hamilton school board OKS $9M in grants
HAMILTON — The Hamilton City School District Board of Education approved nearly $9 million in grants for the 2012-13 school year this week.The largest of the grants was a Title I Targeted Assistance/Title I School wide grant worth more than $4.1 million.That amount was a decrease of nearly $300,000 from ...
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