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Butler County’s largest school system re-opened its school doors for a new year Tuesday with parents and students sharing optimism and some concerns. With a staggered start that saw only half of Lakota Schools’ 17,200-students attending classes the first day – and the other half attending Wednesday – the district mirrored a scheduling used by many other area school systems designed to better ease into a new school year. Pictured are students entering Lakota West High School in West Chester Twp. MICHAEL D. CLARK/STAFF

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Middletown man police say shot at kids leads them on chase, escapes

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A Kia parked in a parking lot in Dayton. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

Ohio residents sue Kia, Hyundai over vehicle thefts

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Miami University in Oxford. FILE

Miami University receives more than $180K in federal grants

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Denzel Fuller, left, represented by defense attorney Lawrence Hawkins, right, was arraigned Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022 in Butler County Common Pleas Court on indicted charges for allegedly killing his uncle, Terry Fuller, in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Middletown man charged with killing uncle arraigned on multiple charges

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Springboro man victim of 2nd deadly weekend stabbing in Dayton...

Bond was set at $1 million for a man accused of killing a 40-year-old Springboro man Sunday night in the second deadly stabbing over the weekend in Dayton.

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Thomas More University’s Facebook page taken over by hackers

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. — Thomas More University created a new Facebook page after its previous page was hacked.

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Traffic is sitting on Ohio 129 headed west to I-75 due to a crash in the interstate Tues., Aug. 16, 2022. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF>

Crash near I-75 and Ohio 129 involves overturned truck

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Task force recommends changes to decrease wrongful convictions in Ohio: What they suggest

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By the numbers: Top 25 quarterback seasons in Bengals franchise history

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PHOTOS: Lakota West High School seniors paint parking lot spaces for '22-23

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$It was a full-scale opening day Monday for all 6,300 students in Middletown Schools but those youngsters coming to Rosa Parks Elementary were also greeted by costumed movie characters, a bubble machine and school staffers in superhero capes. Middletown's 10 public schools officially began full-attendance classes Monday for the new school year. (Photo By Michael D. Clark\Journal-News)$

Back to school: Movie-themed greetings, superhero capes greet Middletown students

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Fan asked to remove Ukraine flag at tennis tournament in Mason

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Hamilton among nation’s best municipally owned electric providers

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Mulhauser Barn’s weekend rental rates double

Lebanon file motion for summary judgment in concealed carry lawsuit filed by residents. City's lawyers said case fails on its merit. The case goes to oral arguments in November. FILE PHOTO

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Hearing scheduled in Lebanon concealed weapon case

PHOTOS: Lakota West High School Seniors painted their parking lot spaces for the ‘22-23...

32 students aboard school bus that crashed into College Corner home

State Street railroad crossing in Trenton closes for one week; motorists must detour

KJ’s, a family-owned and operated restaurant in Germantown, has closed according to its Facebook post on Aug 13. (COURTESY OF FACEBOOK).

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Germantown restaurant, a longtime fixture in the community, closes

Coroner IDs motorcyclist killed last week in Middletown; other motorcyclist in stable...

Kia, Hyundai try to fight back against TikTok, Youtube theft trend

Franklin man killed in Trotwood crash involving garbage truck ID’d

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A school bus carrying 32 students crashed into a house in College Corner Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Students were taken off the bus and evaluated. The bus driver had to be extricated and was taken to Reid Hospital. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

School bus crashes into house in College Corner

Queen of Peace student Ann Marie Davis wins state award with "No Issue Tissue" design

Semi damages historic, covered Brubaker Bridge in Preble County

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Food & Dining

KJ’s, a family-owned and operated restaurant in Germantown, has closed according to its Facebook post on Aug 13. (COURTESY OF FACEBOOK).

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Germantown restaurant, a longtime fixture in the community, closes

The 9th annual Union Centre Food Truck Rally was held Friday, Aug. 12, 2022 at The Square @ Union Centre in West Chester Township. This is a cheesecake cupcake from The Cheesecakery. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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PHOTOS: Union Centre Food Truck Rally today boasts 40 vendors

La Comedia Dinner Theatre's production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" features: (back row, left to right) Tyler Kirk (Mitch Mahoney), Madeline Nichole (Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre), Christopher Norton (William Barfee), Kyle Krichbaum (Chip Tolentino), Jason S. Lakes (Vice-Principal Douglas Panch), Karie-Lee Sutherland (Rona Lisa Peretti) (front row, left to right) Allison Gabert (March Park), Jonathan Pendergrass (Leaf Coneybear), and Eva Bower (Olive Ostrovsky).

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5 reasons to see ‘Spelling Bee’ at La Comedia Dinner Theatre

First look inside Shaq’s Big Chicken opening today at Austin Landing

Ashoc Energy drinks was one of dozens of products people visiting FizzzFest 2022 at The Oscar Station at Jungle Jim's in Fairfield could try. FizzzFest was Aug. 6, 2022 and included samples of non-alcoholic beverages, games, food and live music. MANDY GAMBRELL/STAFF

PHOTOS: FizzzFest 2022 at Jungle Jim's Oscar Station

Nectarines and peaches are genetically identical except for one gene. The nectarine has a recessive gene that results in its smooth skin and somewhat firmer texture compared with its near-twin peach. CONTRIBUTED

Nectarines and peaches have one differing gene

Recall: P.F. Chang frozen entrée in wrong package

Gold Star is celebrating National Chili Dog Day by offering customers a free Cheese Coney with the purchase of any regular Pepsi product (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO).

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National Chili Dog Day: Where you can score free coneys, more

A DQ Grill and Chill opened Saturday at 5841 Dixie Highway, Fairfield. It's the second Butler County location owned and operated by Nirav Patel. CONTRIBUTED

Butler County man opens DQ Grill and Chill location in Fairfield

Business

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Amazon workers in upstate New York file for union election

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FILE- A BNSF rail terminal worker monitors the departure of a freight train, on June 15, 2021, in Galesburg, Ill. The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in the stalled railroad contract talks submitted its recommendations to the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, on how to settle the deal that covers 115,000 rail workers and avert a strike, but the details of what those arbitrators suggested weren't immediately available. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, File)

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Plan to end railroad contract dispute calls for 24% raises

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Amazon: FTC probe hounding Bezos, execs; subpoenas too broad

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FILE - A woman wheels a cart with her purchases out of a Walmart, on Nov. 18, 2020, in Derry, N.H. Walmart Inc. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $5.15 billion.
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said it had profit of $1.88 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.77 per share. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Hot dogs vs deli meat; rising costs shape choices at Walmart

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President Joe Biden hands the pen he used to sign the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Which EVs qualify for new US tax credit? Websites offer help

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FILE - The Airbnb app icon is displayed on an iPad screen in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2021. Airbnb announced Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, that it will use new methods to spot and block people who try to use the short-term rental service to throw a party. The company said it has introduced technology that examines the would-be renter's history on Airbnb, how far they live from the home they want to rent, whether they're renting for a weekday or weekend, and other factors. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Airbnb is rolling out new screening tools to stop parties

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FILE - An Amazon Prime truck passes by a sign outside an Amazon fulfillment center on the Staten Island borough of New York, on March 19, 2020. Amazon is raising charges on third-party sellers again — this time adding a holiday fee for merchants who use the company’s fulfillment services to pack and ship items to customer, according to a notice the company sent to merchants on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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Amazon to raise seller fees for holidays amid rising costs

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FILE - Employees of NY State Solar, a residential and commercial photovoltaic systems company, install an array of solar panels on a roof, Aug. 11, 2022, in the Long Island hamlet of Massapequa, N.Y. Massive incentives for clean energy in the U.S. law signed Tuesday, Aug. 16, by President Joe Biden should reduce future global warming “not a lot, but not insignificantly either,” according to a climate scientist who led an independent analysis of the climate package. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Scientists say new climate law is likely to reduce warming

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High School Sports

H.S. Results 8/16

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MIAMI GARDENS, FL - DECEMBER 11: Trent Cole #58 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates a sack during a game against the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium on December 11, 2011 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Philadelphia Eagles to induct former Xenia, Central State stars into hall of fame

Fairfield quarterback Talon Fisher hands the ball off to running back Jordan Jackson during their Division I playoff game against Mason Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 at Fairfield Stadium. Fairfield won 28-21. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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High School Football: Veteran Krause believes Fairfield is ‘back’

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Hamilton West Side Little League lost 1-0 to Kentucky's North Laurel Little League in a Great Lakes Region elimination baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 at the Little League Central Region Complex in Whitestown, IN. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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PHOTOS: Hamilton West Side Little League falls to Kentucky

Hamilton's Cash Brown (12) comforts teammate Carter Jackson at home plate after their 1-0 loss to Kentucky's North Laurel Little League in a Great Lakes Region elimination baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022 at the Little League Central Region Complex in Whitestown, IN. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

West Side Little League falls to Kentucky in Great Lakes Region

Springfield Catholic Central, Mississinawa Valley, Middletown Christian and Sidney Lehman Catholic competed in a scrimmage on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 at Sidney Memorial Stadium. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS BY MICHAEL COOPER

PHOTOS: Springfield Catholic Central, Mississinawa Valley, Middletown Christian and...

H.S. Results 8/9

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