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Scenes from the Spooky Nook Sports Play Ball VIP Grand Opening gala held at the Champion Mill Conference Center in Hamilton, Thursday, May 19. Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill will be one of the largest convention centers and indoor sports facilities in the country once completed. GREG LYNCH / STAFF

Spooky Nook Sports ‘ushers in a new era in Hamilton’

Commuters head south on Winton Road toward the westbound Interstate 275 on-ramp in Forest Park in 2017. Traffic normally backs up a half mile north of the interstate interchange. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

I-275 ramp in Fairfield to close Friday

Pro Kleen, which does business as Porta Kleen, plans to begin construction on or before July 1 on a new 27,000-square-foot building at 1095 Tedia Way. PROVIDED

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Pro Kleen expansion to add jobs in Fairfield

airfield High School senior Vincent Ariss is part of a rare handful of high school graduates this spring who achieved graduation credits for their school and a tuition-free, two-year college degrees simultaneously. CONTRIBUTED

Fairfield senior earns high school degree, college diploma simultaneously

Fairfield’s 20 marked police vehicles will have new in-vehicle cameras installed.

Man charged with vehicular homicide for fatal Fairfield crash

Butler County Human Resources Director Laura Murphy was hired to be the city of Fairfield's next assistant city manager. She starts on June 6, 2022. PROVIDED

Fairfield hires new assistant city manager

Students at Fairfield West Elementary School are wearing purple today to remember Reagan Vanoss, 10, who died Tuesday night in an ATV accident.

Fairfield’s Reagan Vanoss to be remembered on her ‘angelversary’

Fairfield Schools Lead Nurse Pam Buehler, seen here tending to a sick student, is among the many local school nurses now being lauded for their hard work during the initial school year - 2020 and beyond - after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. State and local school officials say the nurses were heroes in keeping thousands of students and school staffers safe during the deadlier days of the now fading pandemic. CONTRIBUTED

Front-line heroes: Area school nurses awarded, touted as pandemic warriors

The Butler County Government Services Center is shown here. The county's three largest cities are forming a collaboration in the form of two task forces. One between Fairfield and Hamilton, and one between Middletown and Hamilton. NICK GRAHAM/FILE

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Butler County’s three largest cities talk collaboration, communication

Gas prices on Monday, March 7, 2022, at Thorntons in Fairfield at the corner of Dixie Highway and Ross Road range from $3.799 a gallon for unleaded gas to $4.399 a gallon for super unleaded gas. Diesel fuel was $4.899 a gallon. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

In protest of high prices, group to pay for gas at station near Biden’s visit

The city of Fairfield is asking residents to approve a 9.25-mill fire levy to replace its existing two levies and increase it by 2.1 mills. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/FILE

Fairfield FD looks to start adding full-time staff this year

$Officials from Fairfield and Lakota schools have announced a student records hack on a third-party organization's data bases going back more than a decade. Area school officials say social security numbers are not part of the data breach. (File Photo\Journal-News)$

Fairfield, Lakota, other districts’ student records hacked

Trees down on Buckeye Street in Hamilton. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

Storm in Hamilton on Tuesday was not a tornado, NWS says

Fairfield’s fire levy passes by 2-1 margin

$Attracting new teachers to local school systems – at least for some of area districts – has been a tough sell as schools continue to mirror America’s private industries’ struggles with finding new employees. Among local districts ramping up recruiting is Fairfield Schools. In April a team of Fairfield officials worked the Southwest Ohio Education Career Fair held at Xavier University. Pictured from left to right are: Jennifer Moore, 1st grade teacher at West E;lementary (the 2021 Fairfield Teacher of the Year); Denise Hayes, principal at North Elementary; Ricardo Calles, technology integration specialist; and Katie Myers, director of Human Resources. (Contributed Photo\Journal-News)$

New teacher recruiting getting tougher due to candidate shortages and pandemic, schools...

The DEA Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 30, and there are several locations in Butler County collecting unused or expired prescription medication for safe disposal. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/FILE

Multiple Butler Co. agencies to host DEA Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

Motorcyclist in Fairfield crash identified, is in critical condition

The city of Fairfield is considering establishing a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area, or DORA, in the Village Green area of the city. Several businesses, including Berd's Grill & Bar and Applebee's. City Council could vote on the proposed DORA district later this year but is expected to have a public hearing later in May. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Fairfield City Council considers establishing outdoor drinking area

The Nuxhall Foundation has introduced Joey the Can-Do Kangaroo as the official mascot of The Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields. Joey made his first public appearance at the Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields Opening Day Parade on April 23, 2022, which was followed by an on-field ceremony. PROVIDED

Joey the Can-Do Kangaroo new mascot of Miracle League Fields

The Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, the city of Fairfield and Fairfield City Schools combined to present the inaugural career fest for high school juniors and seniors. It was held on Thursday, April 21 at Fairfield High School. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

Fairfield students get chance to check out career opportunities