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Kingdom Sports Center in Franklin is part of one of the lawsuits challenging state COVID-19 orders. Pictured is a 2015 event there.NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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Youth sports groups, day-care centers challenge state COVID-19 orders
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Middletown buying new police radios to replace departing system
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Pilots claiming Middletown skydiving operation being unsafe
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Monroe rejects proposal to require masks in the city
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Middletown teen killed in Warren County crash on Monday
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Monroe council considering mask mandate, civil penalties
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office blocked Oregonia Road, east of Lebanon, while investigating the fatal shooting of Mason Trudics, 18, of Centerville. STAFF/LAWRENCE BUDD
Crime & Law
One of five teens charged in Warren County shooting death takes plea deal
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Lebanon High girls’ soccer player tests positive for COVID-19
Franklin City Council Monday approved new two-year Memorandums of Understanding with the Franklin Board of Education and the Warren County Educational Services Center to provide school resource officers for Franklin schools and the WCESC Learning Centers. This is a photo from an all-day active shooter training Oct. 1, 2020 at Franklin High School as Franklin officers debrief students, staff and faculty. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF Franklin High School spent the day educating students about what to do in case of an active shooter situation in their school Tuesday, October 1 in Franklin. School resource officers told students how the drill would work in the auditorium them dismissed them to classrooms. During the drill, Franklin police officers fired blanks in the hallways of the school so students could hear what gunshots sound like and take the appropriate action of either barricading themselves inside the classroom or exiting the building. Franklin police Lt. Gerry Massey, left, officer Amanda Myers, middle, and officer Kyle O’neil answer questions after the drill. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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Franklin council OKs new school resource officer deals
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51 people indicted in Butler and Warren counties
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Monroe police chief details departments use-of-force policies
The Orion giga coaster is new this year in the new Area 72 at Kings Island in Mason. Orion is 5,321 feet long, 287 feet tall with a first drop of 300 feet and will reach speeds up to 91 miles per hour. Kings Island opens to pass holders July 2 with numerous protocols in place to decrease the chance of spread of COVID-19. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
Nation & World
Meet Orion: Kings Island’s delayed opening brings biggest investment online
Ex-Corrections Officer Ari Combs, accused of sexual battery on an inmate at Warren Correctional Institution last September, listens Monday during a suppression hearing in Warren County Common Pleas Court. Combs’ statements to investigators were suppressed, complicating prosecution of the case. STAFF/LAWRENCE BUDD
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Chronic sex-in-prison problem puts inmates, guards, public at risk
Franklin Board of Education approved the first of two resolutions to place a bond issue on the November 2020 general election ballot. The board wants to build a new high school, three new elementary schools and renovate the current high school into a junior high school. FILE PHOTO
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Franklin makes moves for bond issue to construct new school buildings
Franklin's Luke Kennard greets his teammates during introductions before their game against Monroe at Monroe on Jan. 30, 2015. FILE
From the archives: Looking back at NBA player Luke Kennard’s standout Franklin career
West Chester Trade Center is one of the newest business parks in Butler County. The West Chester Twp. business park is about 68 percent filled. The proposed Fairfield Commerce Park in the city of Fairfield will be the latest park, and is a sign of a trend in the region. Fairfield Development Services Director said businesses park developments are “a sign of the strength of the regional economy.” NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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Business parks activity ‘sign of the strength’ in the regional economy
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Kings Island changes: What to know about new park rules as it opens today
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48 people indicted in Butler and Warren counties
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Warren County adding property tax payment kiosk due to virus fears
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Monroe moving forward with its part of Great Miami River bike trail
David Vail is expected to be named Carlisle’s next superintendent of schools tonight June 25, 2020. He recently retired as superintendent of Miamisburg City Schools. FILE PHOTO
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Carlisle chooses new superintendent from southwest Ohio district
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Franklin Confederate monument that has drawn protest is now vandalized
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Warren County prison guard indicted on sexual battery charge
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Man involved in Traders World Flea Market shooting indicted for concealed weapon
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Police: Moraine man’s pursuit in Franklin follows golf ball theft
Ross Schools departing superintendent Scott Gates is now the rare exception to a recent area trend that for two years has seen a great slowing down of the previous years’ historically high job turnover rate. Gates, who last week announced his departure for another job, worked four years as the top leader at Ross Schools. (File Photo/Journal-News)
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Area superintendents: After once-high turnover, jobs have been more stable
Sales of homes for May were down in Butler County and the Greater Cincinnati area, a trend that was anticipated due to the Ohio stay-at-home order. In Butler County, the number of homes sold fell from 541 in May 2019 to 382 last month, a 29.4% drop. STAFF FILE PHOTO
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May home sales drop in Butler County, Greater Cincinnati as anticipated
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Ex-Springboro teacher to appeal in sex crimes against students
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50 people indicted in Butler and Warren counties
Former Lebanon Choir Director Kristi Ross was granted intervention in lieu of conviction for theft of more than $2,100 from a school choir group.
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Treatment in lieu of conviction granted in Lebanon HS choir embezzlement
Sauerkraut pizza is one of the local delicacies peddled at the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival in Waynesville. STAFF/NICK DAGGY
Entertainment
One of the biggest fall events — Ohio Sauerkraut Festival — canceled
Summertime isn’t break time for some area schools as millions of dollars in new construction expands existing schools at private and public schools in Butler and Warren counties. Marshall High School in Middletown is more than doubling its number of learning labs while Rosa Parks Elementary in the public city schools is also expanding. Badin High School in Hamilton is adding to its campus and Carlisle Schools in Warren County will open a new, pre-K-12 school in early September. (File And Provided Photos/Journal-News)
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Summer break means busy building construction for some Butler, Warren county schools
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