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Heritage Early Childhood School kindergarten teacher McKenna Walters, once a Lakota grade school student at Wyandot Elementary and seen here in this 2006 photo, is now a teaching colleague of her former teacher and long-ago career inspiration Jessica Epstein. (Provided)

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Full circle: Once a first grader now a work colleague alongside her former teacher2h ago

Pictured are students, teachers and staff at Hamilton High School involved in the Butler County high school's house system. Hamilton High School, which houses grades 10 through 12, has implemented a schoolhouse system for its over 800-student body. The house system helps create a smaller community within a large school, and develops community partnerships, such as with local businesses. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

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Credit: Michael D. Pitman

Hamilton High ignites student engagement with house system2h ago

Hamilton City Council is considering its 2026 budget and is expected to vote on it on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. NICK GRAHAM/FILE

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Budget anomaly for Hamilton could mean a dip in reserve fund

Joe Braden (left) from the Ohio auditor's office, presented fiscal officer Bruce Jones the Ohio Auditor of State Award with Distinction for West Chester Twp.'s 2024 audit. WEST CHESTER TWP. / CONTRIBUTED

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Fairfield, West Chester Twp. receive Ohio Auditor of State Award with Distinction

Teachers at Ross Schools announced today their union has authorized its contract negotiating team to exercise a labor stoppage option, if they choose to, during the team’s stalled labor contract talks with district officials. Teachers held a public rally in November in front of Ross Schools' central office building. (Photo By Nick Graham/Journal-News)

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Ross teacher union oks preliminary strike notice move

Hamilton Police Officer Stephen Heffernan was found to have violated the department's use of force policy after injuring Michael Yordy, 62, of Hamilton. Yordy was arrested on an active warrant. The officer was suspended for 20 days and Yordy had his charges dismissed. CONTRIBUTED/CITY OF HAMILTON PD

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Credit: CITY OF HAMILTON PD

Hamilton suspended officer in October for use of force policy violation

The first Buc-ee's in Ohio is another step closer to opening. Huber Heights council has voted to approve a liquor permit for the business, which is being built on Ohio 235. Company officials say the store will open in April. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF

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Buc-ee’s in Ohio: April 2026 opening still on track, liquor permit approved

Two prison workers, including a nurse, are on administrative leave following the Nov. 29, 2025, death of an inmate at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's Lebanon Correctional Institution. STAFF FILE

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Credit: Greg Lynch

NEW DETAILS: Lebanon Correctional inmate who dies involved in use of force incident

Skyline Cheese Coney Pizza. PHOTO BY SKYLINE CHILI

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Craving Skyline pizza? Kroger now selling limited quantities through the weekend

Residents crowd into the Wilmington City Council chambers on Dec. 4, 2025. JAY SHAKUR/WCPO

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Amazon data center proposal in Wilmington advances to next stage, residents want pause

Hamilton firefighters extinguished a blaze in the 300 block of North Third Street in the German Village Friday morning, Dec. 5, 2025. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Crews knock down fire at building in Hamilton’s German Village

A digital rendering of Cincinnati Children's helicopter for its new helicopter medical transport service. The Airbus Helicopters model EC145, which includes night-vision capability, has a cruising speed of over 150 miles per hour and can travel roundtrip up to 300 miles without refueling. CONTRIBUTED

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Hospital system to provide helicopter transport beginning in February

Serving Homeless with Alternate Lodging Of Middletown (SHALOM) served 130 homeless guests last season, said Bill Fugate, director. SHALOM and local churches will host the homeless for nine week, starting Jan. 4. FILE PHOTO

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Church-based homeless shelter expects ‘extremely high’ demand

Developmental Disabilities Board Superintendent Lee Ann Emmons told the Journal-News she hopes voters consider they haven’t asked for a “raise” in more than two decades. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Developmental Disabilities board asking for increased tax money

Columnist Rick McCrabb walks his daughter, Hannah, down the aisle during her recent wedding at the Reverie. PHOTO BY MADILYN RUSIN PHOTOGRAPHY

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McCrabb: Walking my daughter down the aisle feels like end of a marathon

Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during a news conference on Monday, Dec. 1 at Dayton City Commission Office. DeWine vetoed a bill that would have expanded the hours 14- and 15-year-old employees in Ohio can work. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF

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Credit: Bryant Billing

DeWine vetoes bill allowing workers under 16 to work until 9 p.m. during school year