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Charlie Withrow loads a car during a food distribution Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2021, at Village Food Pantry in New Miami. The pantry provides food for nearly 200 families a week. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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Shared Harvest still ‘overwhelmed’ as the food supply, needs are hard to predict
The Butler County commissioners have nearly $75 million in federal American Rescue Plan money to spend on projects they hope will be "transformative" for the county as a whole.
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List of Butler County projects for $75 million rescue funds growing: What could be done
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Butler County Fair was ‘pretty much back to normal’: President discusses the 171st event
The Wings of Hope, a collaborative public art project at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton, consists of 1,026 handmade glass butterflies, contributed by 392 artists from 29 U.S. states and eight countries. PROVIDED
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Fitton Center to receive nearly $200,000 in federal COVID funds in Hamilton
Later this month, when classes begin for the 16,800-student Lakota Schools so too will an expansion of the district's use of learning laptops for younger grades. Thousands of students in grades 3-5 will have in-school access to their own Chromebook for learning, say Lakota officials. Journal-News
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Thousands of Lakota students to receive laptops for learning at start of school year
In the wake of the recent CDC recommendation that all those unvaccinated and vaccinated wear protective masks while indoors, Miami University officials are renewing their call for its students and staffers to do the same when they start fall semester classes later this month. (File Photo\Journal-News)
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Miami renews urging students and staff to mask up, get vaccine
Magnode Corporation is bringing 171 new, high-priced manufacturing jobs to its expanded facility in Trenton.
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Growing Butler County manufacturer gets more incentives to stay in the area
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Newly hired Middletown teachers get tour of city before classes start: What they learned
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Does Butler County have too much space? Leaders look to shedding buildings, moving...
Butler County's four tiny villages, College Corner, Millville, New Miami and Seven Mile are hoping the county commissioners will give them $11.5 million in American Rescue Plan funds to upgrade antiquated infrastructure. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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Butler County villages hoping for $11.5 million in federal funds to fix infrastructure
Some voters came to cast their ballots at the Butler County Board of Elections on election day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Hamilton. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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Butler County candidates for 2022 election already collecting donations
Three Hamilton Highland Elementary 6th graders just made walking to and from school safer for hundreds of classmates with their grant-seeking project that saw the recent creation of a new cross walk. The now 7th graders wrote and pitched for local grant funds to help the city create the new cross walk. Pictured here (L-R) at the crosswalk dedication, which was attended by Hamilton Mayor Pat Moeller, are Xavier Hoxie, Malin Matheny and Kamyn Frazier. (Provided Photo\Journal-News)
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3 Hamilton elementary students create safety crosswalk for classmates
Bianca Rose Stout, who's been doing hair for 14 years, opened her salon in Fairfield a couple of months ago. PROVIDED
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New business filings in Ohio keep breaking records: Why businesses are opening
Marty Brennaman, long-time broadcast partner of the late Joe Nuxhall, and Steve Burns watch as another golfer make a put Monday, June, 16, 2008, during the Joe Nuxhall Scholarship Foundation golf outing at the Hamilton Elks Golf Club in Hamilton, Ohio. FILE PHOTO
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Joe Nuxhall scholarship closing in on $1 million distributed to honor Hamilton great
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OVI checkpoint Friday night in Butler County
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Hundreds of jobs coming to Butler County over next few years: The latest on 3 companies
Butler Tech has submitted the largest proposal for the county commissioners' $75 million in American Rescue Plan funding. They would like $24 million to create facilities in Middletown and Hamilton to teach courses in advanced manufacturing and aviation. (Provided Photo\Journal-News)
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Butler Tech seeking $24 million to boost aviation, manufacturing jobs training
The growing popularity of "esports" video gaming and its industry has Miami University offering a summer camp for teen gamers. The camp this week is an extension of Miami's leadership position in recent years as one of the first schools in the nation to offer a graduate degree in esports management. (Provided Photo\Journal-News)
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Miami holds esports camp to showcase possible careers in a booming field
Middletown City Schools superintendent Marlon Styles, Jr. - shown here at a press conference in May - went on Facebook Live Tuesday to give school families a preview of what the coming school year, which begins Aug. 12 for some of the 6,300 students, will be like as the coronavirus pandemic continues. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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Middletown Schools preview: Many COVID precautions remain in place, but some optional
In this file photo, Ambrose Property Group was nearing completion of its first two of potentially five new buildings in the Fairfield Commerce Park business park on Seward Road in Fairfield. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/FILE
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Manufacturer’s move to Fairfield comes at key business park: Why officials say it’s...
Supports to Encourage Low-income Families may help Butler County award $11.4 million in federal renters' assistance.
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Evictions can restart next week in Butler County: Here’s what help is available
Fairfield Township Police are looking for help in finding Michael McKenney, 28, who has been missing since May 23. SUBMITTED
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2 Butler County mothers continue tireless searches for missing sons
Ambrose Property Group is nearing completion of its first two of potentially five new buildings in the Fairfield Commerce Park business park on Seward Road in Fairfield. The light industrial and manufacturing business park is being developed on 137 acres of mostly undeveloped land and designed to attract 600 to 1,000 new jobs to the city. The city hopes to capitalize on more development projects through a proposed Transformative Economic Development (TED) Fund. In all, the fund would provide a critical, strategic framework for future growth and redevelopment resources to ensure a high quality of life can be sustained for years to come with a focus on job creation, business recruitment and retention, identify and capitalize on strategic properties, and remove blight. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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New jobs coming to Fairfield: Business park lands manufacturer as key tenant
Katherine "Kady" Lobono was found dead in her Fairfield apartment in October 2019. Kirby Cheong, of Miamisburg, admitted to killing the Cincinnati native. He was sentenced on Monday, July 26, 2021.
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Miamisburg man sentenced to at least 17 years for Fairfield woman’s shooting death
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What’s next for Zach Apple? How to follow Butler County’s Olympic gold medalist swimmer...
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Butler County jurisdictions deciding how to spend $155.6 million in federal funds: What...
Few have traveled the career path of Lance Perry, who two decades got his first job in a school as a substitute custodian and now has recently started his new position as Fairfield Schools Director of Business Operations. For Perry, the experience on the ground level has proved invaluable, he says, in helping him understand the facility needs of school teachers and staffers. (Photo By Michael D. Clark\Journal-News)
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From substitute school janitor to Fairfield business director: Meet Lance Perry
Liberty Center in Liberty Twp. had its hearing with the Butler County Board of Revision Thursday on an application to reduce their property value by $31 million. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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Liberty Center $31 million value reduction under consideration: What it would mean
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Back to school: Volunteers stuff school bus with backpacks of donated supplies
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Liberty’s next big development: Why Costco, $133M project come at an important place for...
Butler County grand juries
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Arrest warrants issued for 2 men wanted in separate Butler County rape investigations
Residents of the Cedar Grove subdivision in St. Clair Twp. are hoping the Butler County commissioners can help solve a problem with slow or stopped trains blocking access for emergency and other vehicles.
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Butler County taking next step to fix railroad issue after resident complaints
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