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IRL at Kentucky Speedway

Feed your need for speed! View photos from the IRL race at the Kentucky Speedway Sunday, August 13, 2006.

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Praying for peace

View an audio slideshow and listen to comments from those attending a multi-faith prayer vigil at the Greater Cincinnati Islamic Center on Monday, July 7, 2006. The attendees were praying for a cease-fire in the Israel-Lebanon war and peace in the Middle East.

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Feeling the heat

Check out some ways folks are trying to beat the heat!

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Butler County Fair

Check out our photos from the Butler County Fair!

Submit & view your photos from the event

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Look back at The Ohio Challenge

View photos from The Ohio Challenge hot air balloon festival in Middletown!

VIDEO: Jump out of a plane with reporter Carrie Whitaker

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Storms rip through area

View photos from the aftermath of storms, funnel clouds and high winds that ripped through the area Tuesday July 11, 2006.

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Fire hits West Chester restaurant

View pictures from a fire that hit Steak Thyme on Ohio 747 in West Chester Township Thursday, July 6, 2006.

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Home of the free

Area immigrants talk about what it means to be U.S. citizens

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The Historian

Take a trip back in time with photos dating back to the 1800s! Browse more than 125 photos organized by decade!

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Randy Walker dies

View photos from the career of former MU football coach Randy Walker, who passed away on Thursday, June 29, 2006.

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Storms rip through Ohio

View photos of the damage caused by severe storms that rolled through Ohio on Thursday, June 22, 2006.

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2006 Graduation Ceremonies

Browse through tons of photos from area high school graduations!

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NASCAR invades KY Speedway

Check out photos from the exciting Meijer 300, which featured the NASCAR Busch Series and several Nextel Cup regulars at competing at Kentucky Speedway Saturday, June 17, 2006.

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Your Hot Rods

Check out some of the hottest hot rods in the area! This slideshow features pictures of souped-up autos submitted by local car enthusiasts!

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Memorial Day celebrations

Check out our slideshow featuring Memorial Day parades and celebrations held around the area.

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Americana closed for good

View recent and vintage photo from Americana Amusement Park. The owner of the park announced in May that the park will not reopen.

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Prom Season in Session

Check out photos from the 2006 Middletown, Ross and Preble Shawnee proms!

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Memorial service for Rogers

View photos from the public memorial service held at Deerpark High School for Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Rogers, A West Chester native who died April 9 when an explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Iraq.

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Prom Fashion

Check out photos of local students modeling the hottest prom fashions of the season.

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Reds Opening Day 2006

View photos from the Cincinnati Reds' season-opening game against the Chicago Cubs at Great American Ballpark.

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03.24.06 MU Hockey vs. BC in NCAA Tournament

Check out photos from Miami University's game against Boston College, which was played March 24, 2006 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA.

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Golden Lamb up for sale

View classic and current photos from the historic restaurant, which was recently put up for sale.

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Lockout at AK Steel

Browse photos taken before, during and after the lockout at AK Steel.

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Gas explosion destroys home

Photos from the aftermath of a gas explosion that decimated a Middletown home on Monday, March 13.

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Kings Island

Photos of the popular amusement park, which has gone up for sale!

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IceFest 2006

Check out photos from this year's IceFest, which attracted an estimated 25,000 visitors to Hamilton!

VIDEO: Watch an Icefest sculpture being made

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Protestors march in Hamilton

Listen to speakers while viewing photos from the Jan. 22, 2006 Right to Life March in Hamilton, where more than 100 people turned out to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision of Roe versus Wade that legalized abortion.

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2005 YEAR IN PICTURES

Part 1 | Part 2

Relive 2005 by browsing more than 60 of the best pictures taken by JournalNews photographers during the past year.

2005 GALLERIES: Part 1 | Part 2

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Relive 'The Streak'

Watch galleries of classic photos of Jerry Lucas, coach Paul Walker and the legendary Middletown boys basketball team as broadcaster Warren Johnson talks about covering Lucas during the Middies' unbelievable 76-game winning streak.

More videos & stories about 'The Streak'

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Allison Baker's funeral

View photos from services held Wednesday at Badin High School and St. Mary Cemetery for 15-year-old Allison Baker, who was killed in a car crash Friday, Nov. 25 on Hamilton-Mason Road.

STORY: Badin mourns loss

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DEADLY FIRE

Four children died early Friday, Nov. 18 when flames spread through a downtown Hamilton apartment building.

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Badin in action at state!

View a photo gallery from Hamilton Badin's victory in the Division II state girls soccer final! The Rams captured the state crown on Saturday, Nov. 12, at Crew Stadium in Columbus, beating previously undefeated Doylestown Chippewa 2-1 in overtime.

VIDEO: Watch game highlights

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BAND O RAMA

Hamilton High School was transformed into a sea of shining instruments, and uniformed students Saturday, Oct. 1 as marching bands from across Southwest Ohio stepped up to compete in the 29th annual Band O Rama.

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MIDDFEST 2005

Middfest International in Middletown is captured in a series of photos from the weekend of the event, which was held Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, 2005.

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HURRICANE HITS HOME

View photos and read about Hamilton resident Darlene Rutledge, who is seeking assistance for 56 friends and family members who came to Hamilton after hurricane Katrina drovethem out of New Orleans.

RELATED: Story | Video

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MIAMI MANOR FIRE

View photos and read about some of the residents of Miami Manor apartment who were displaced after an arson damaged the complex earlier this month.

STORY: Displacement hard on victims

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SOLDIER MEMORIALS

Photo galleries from vigils, visitations and funerals held for local solders Tim Hines, Timothy Bell Jr. and Michael CiFunetes, who died as a result of injuries suffered in Iraq.

Bell buried at Arlington

Public visitation for Bell

Funeral for Bell at Lakota East

Visitation for Cifuentes

Funeral for Cifuentes

Funeral & visitation for Hines

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CELEBRATING THE 4TH

View photos from the Fourth of July parade, which was held in Hamilton on July 4, 2005.