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Joel Penton, founder and CEO of LifeWise Academy, poses at LifeWise Academy offices Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Hilliard, Ohio. The Ohio-based Christian nonprofit that organizes off-campus Bible classes for public school students has taken off in Indiana since the state passed legislation forcing school districts to comply. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

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Bible-based classes for public school kids expanding: Key takeaways from our reporting

WCPO's Adrian Whitsett sits down with Mike Farmer, executive director of Butler County's Veterans Services. WCPO

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New program expands dental services for Butler County veterans beyond cleanings and exams

Hamilton High School senior wrestler Jayden Knowles recently earned the 98th career win when he won the Fairfield Invitational. NICK GRAHAM/
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Hamilton High wrestler nears 100th career win, eyes placing at state

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Congress votes to get more insight into Fuyao investigation

Students attend class at Brookwood Elementary School in Hamilton. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Hamilton Schools board meeting Friday; district faces two years of spending deficit

The snow Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 partially obscures two people as they cross Fountain Avenue in downtown Springfield. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Bitter cold, additional rounds of snow coming this weekend

Pictured is the recently expanded medical wing of the Butler County Jail on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Butler County jail officials say it's hard to know how many people in the jail are developmentally disabled or suffer from mental health as they aren't required to keep that statistic, but the Butler County Sheriff believes it could be as many as a third of the entirety of the jail population. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

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Who has ICE contract authority in Butler County?

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has taken a hard stance on immigration since taking office more than two decades ago. He had 10 deputies credentialed to serve as ICE agents in the county, and said he plans to have more deputies eventually go through the training. Pictured is an inmate on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, pushing a cart of food in the hallway at the Butler County Jail. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

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State investigation clears Butler County Jail of overcrowding claims; some dispute...

Middletown native and recently crowned UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Kayla Harrison returned to her hometown on Thursday, July 10, 2025. She spoke to hundreds that attended Wade E. Miller gym at Middletown High School where she donated $5,000 to Hope House Mission and received a key to the city. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

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‘This is a tough one’: Middletown native Kayla Harrison undergoes neck surgery, postpones...

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, center, talks with reporters as he walks through the Ohio Clock Corridor at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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Sen. Moreno blames Dems as health insurance talks stall in Congress

A proposed statewide referendum to reverse the state’s intoxicating hemp ban was preliminarily shot down this week by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, citing inconsistencies in the submitted petition that he said could mislead signers. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

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Petition to nix Ohio’s intoxicating hemp ban denied by Attorney General Yost

Jerome Collier, 52, of Hamilton, (pictured talking with former attorney David Washington) and Dy'Shonna Goins, 28, of Dayton, were arrested following a June 16 incident that resulted in the death of Jesse Jones, 36, of Middletown, in parking lot outside a Middletown bar. Collier is charged with several felonies, including murder, including an underlying gun specification. Both appeared in Butler County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

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Suspect in Middletown shooting files motion for immunity, citing self defense

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Amy Acton visits Monroe Local Schools as part of bid for governor

Logistix is proposing to construct a 155,000-square-foot data center on a large parcel that is along U.S. 127, Grand Boulevard and University Boulevard in Hamilton on vacant and undeveloped property. The building is expected to be near the corner of Grand and U.S. 127, with planned entrance off Grand Boulevard. PROVIDED

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Data center developer requests Hamilton pause plausibility studies

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Jury finds Clark County man guilty of murder for killing Uber driver

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Opinion: Additional Flock cameras make regional sense