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    New York Times best selling author Lisa See will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, at the One City One Book Hamilton event at the Parrish Auditorium on the Miami University Hamilton campus. PROVIDED/PATRICIA WILLIAMS
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    Author of book being read throughout Hamilton will soon speak at One City One Book event
    Kettering Health Hamilton hosted its annual Pink Around the Square in Hamilton event on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, at Rotary Park in downtown. The annual awareness event provided free information and to tell women, and even men, the importance of breast cancer screenings, especially those with family histories. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Pink Around the Square moves breast cancer awareness conversation forward
    An exhibition by Cincinnati-based artist Chase Melendez is featured at the Middletown Arts Center until early December. He has also added a permanent mural to the center's rear hallway. BRYN DIPPOLD/STAFF
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    ‘Creature Feature Club’ brings pop culture villains to life at Middletown Arts Center
    Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill has seen a near 350,000 attendee increase from January to September 2025 over the same months in 2024. Pictured is Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce annual meeting was held on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, at Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill in Hamilton. Around 500 people attended that event. NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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    Nearly 1M attended Spooky Nook events in Hamilton so far this year
    Butler County grand juries
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    32 people were indicted in Butler and Warren counties
    A Hamilton girl wrote Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1963 following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Her letter was included in the former KGB's dossier on the JFK assassination. The dossier was released by the U.S. government on Oct. 15, 2025, after receiving it from the Russian government. SOURCE: JFK FILES
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    Hamilton’s random connection to Russia’s JFK files
    Ricky J. Sheppard, 47, was in Butler County Common Pleas Judge Keith Spaeth's courtroom for a hearing on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. He was charged with one count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, and one count of gross abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony. Spaeth set a jury trial for Jan. 12, 2026. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Family of pregnant woman found in container ask for no bond reduction
    Justin Daniel Dennis (foreground) and his his attorney, Chelsea Panzeca, listen to Butler County Common Pleas Judge Keith Spaeth during a court appearance on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Dennis, 42, is charged with eight counts of sexual battery, all third-degree felonies. The former Lakota teacher allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a student when she was 17 during the 2021-2022 school year. Spaeth set a jury trial for Feb. 2, 2026. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Sexual battery case involving former Lakota teacher to go to trial
    Owner Tiffany Kidwell's fiancé painted the portrait of her that greets customers at the door at her new business, Tiffany's Enchanted Boutique at 510 Oxford State Road. BRYN DIPPOLD/STAFF
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    New metaphysical shop opens near south end of Middletown
    Hamilton City Council candidates attended the Oct. 9, 2025, forum held at the weekly Hamilton Rotary Club meeting at Basil 1791 in downtown Hamilton. They addressed various questions including data center, streets and taxes, and marijuana laws. From left are candidate Pat Bach, Councilman Joel Lauer, Councilman Tim Naab, and candidate Lauren Copas Smallwood. Candidate Andrew Conn was unable to attend due to an illness. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Hamilton council candidates address city’s pot prohibition
    Texas Roadhouse in Hamilton will open its newly constructed location in front of Meijer on Main Street on Oct. 22, 2025. The current location at 1366 Main St. will close on Oct. 19, 2025. The new location's building and parking lot is bigger than the current 25-year-old restaurant. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    New Hamilton Texas Roadhouse location opens next week
    The Butler County Regional Transit Authority received three new propane-powered buses, adding a new type of vehicle to the agency's mixed fleet of gasoline and low-emission vehicles. The new propane buses are part of a broader initiative supported by the Federal Transit Administration’s Ohio Zero Emission Ready Ohio (OH-ZERO) Project. PROVIDED
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    Butler County RTA adds propane buses to fleet
    Third Eye Brewing was named Brewery of the Year in the 2025 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colo. The GABF is the largest professional beer competition in the country, which this year featured more than 9,000 entries from more than 2,000 brewers. Third Eye Brewing and Municipal Brew Works together took home a gold medal for its Route 4 Revive-Ale collaboration beer NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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    Hamilton breweries bring home gold at 2025 Great American Beer Festival
    Election Day is Nov. 4, 2025, and early voting begins on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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    Election 2025: 4 seek 2 spots on Ross Twp. trustee board
    Sisters Ellie Gordon (left) and Mariana Maus opened Frannie & Joe Bridal in 2024 at 226 High St. in downtown Hamilton. They are the only wedding dress shop on High Street in downtown Hamilton. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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    Local businesses aim to form Hamilton Bridal District
    The warrant for Henry Mills’ arrest was issued Monday. He is charged with four courts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of rape and one count of importuning. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Middletown man charged with sex crimes arrested, bond set at $275K
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    Residents say ‘no’ on $1B data center project, want Hamilton to do the same
    Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities GREG LYNCH / STAFF
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    Butler County Developmental Disabilities declares fiscal emergency
    Butler County grand juries
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    36 people were indicted in Butler and Warren counties
    Aglamesis Bros started a summer reading program for the first time this year in 2025 at all three locations. It started in June 2025 and will end at the end of August. Each month, a child 12 and under who reads 12 books in a month can earn a free scoop of ice cream. TVHAMILTON/PROVIDED
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    Sweet deals in store for Aglamesis Brothers anniversary weekend
    Council candidates — Paul Lolli (from left), Joe Mulligan, Scotty Robertson and Larri Silas — discuss goals, visions and ideas during a forum Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025 at Miami University Middletown. BRYN DIPPOLD / STAFF
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    Council candidates differ on approach to address Middletown’s homeless population
    Butler County Sheriff cruiser
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    Teenager hospitalized after accidental shooting near Lakota school
    Jacqueline and Bradly Fenker were baptized last Sunday afternoon by Pastor Chuck Hall, left, and Pastor John Ward in Twin Creek. RICK McCRABB/CONTRIBUTOR
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    McCrabb: Local church heads to the creek to perform 6 baptisms
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    ‘Eye opening:’ Middletown business owners talk about what it takes to succeed in biz
    In a unanimous vote, Middletown City Council agreed Tuesday, October 7, 2025 to a $795,000 settlement with Start Skydiving and Selection Management Systems Inc. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Five years later, Middletown, Start Skydiving agree to $795K settlement
    West Chester Twp. police claim four people targeted homes of Asian-American business owners, using typical criminal techniques, like casing homes and businesses and wearing disguises, and more advanced techniques using surveillance cameras covertly placed. The four were arrested following an Aug. 7, 2025, burglary in West Chester Twp. and face several felony charges. FILE
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    Burglary crew allegedly targeted Asian-American business owners
    City building phone lines and Wi-Fi have been restored almost two months since Middletown city services were disrupted by a cyberattack. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Middletown cyberattack: Phone lines, city building Wi-Fi restored
    The Ohio Historical Marker honoring Joe Nuxhall, the former Cincinnati Reds pitcher and announcer, will be dedicated on Oct. 18, 2025, at L.J. Smith Park. Pictured is the marker that has already been installed. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Hamilton Joe gets an Ohio Historical Marker at L.J. Smith Park
    Fairfield Senior High School was briefly locked down on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, for a caller claiming there was a school shooter. The juvenile caller was arrested for inducing panic and swatting, both felony charges. NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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    Fairfield swatting 911 call: ‘I think this kid’s messing,’ dispatcher heard saying
    Trenton could potentially see four new faces on its city council following the Nov. 4 election. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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    5 seek 4 spots on Trenton City Council
    As part of Miami University's polytechnic initiative, the school is planning to develop a master plan for its Hamilton regional campus after it acquired nearly 55 acres. Pictured is the former Vora Tech building on Knightsbridge Drive which will house the new Advanced Manufacturing and Workforce Hub, a partnership with Butler Tech, the city of Hamilton, Hamilton City Schools and 30 businesses, among others. Miami University's southern campus is in the top right corner of this photo taken in August 2025. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Miami U.’s polytechnic transformation may include student housing in Hamilton
    Construction will be completed on Echo Ridge Apartments around the end of November. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Apartments expansion along I-75 corridor in Middletown continues
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