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Michael Oiler, left, of the Thelma Fire Department, and Ricky Keeton, of the Oil Springs Fire Department, conduct a water rescue through floodwaters in Paintsville, Ky., following heavy rain on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

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Badin's Becca Wolterman drives past Columbus Bishop Hartley's Bella Parker during their Division II regional semifinal game on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Springfield High School. The Rams won 50-49. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY MICHAEL COOPER

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Students from Rick Krebs' high school art class created this painting of James Hutchinson that was displayed during a Middletown City Schools hosted celebration of life vigil at Barnitz Stadium Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in memory of 6-year-old James Hutchinson who police say was killed by his mother. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

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$A Boeing 767 is being transported on Dayton-Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The plane's three-day journey started in Wilmington and will end at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

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Over 100 people attended a vigil for a Middletown child who was allegedly killed by his mother. The community released balloons, lit candles and held a moment of silence at the vigil at Gardner Park Monday evening.

James Robert Hutchinson was reported missing on Sunday to Middletown police, but detective interviews with the boy’s mother, Brittany Gosney, 29, and James Hamilton, 42, determined James was killed a few days before in Preble County. The child’s body was returned to Middletown and later put in the Ohio River, according to Middletown police. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

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Brittany Gosney and James Hamilton were charged on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 in connection to the death of 6-year-old James Robert Hutchinson of Middletown. James Hamilton admitted to police he kept the boy’s body in this Crawford Street house and then took part in disposing of it in the Ohio River. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

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Hikers watch the sunset from a peak at Papago Park, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Traffic on I-75 southbound was down to one lane at the OH-123 exit from a mobile home that caught fire while being towed this afternoon. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

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Chick'nCone restaurant has opened at The Marcum in Hamilton. The restaurant features air fried chicken chunks with multiple sauces served in fresh made waffle cones. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

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