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    Ryan Quatkemeyer and Zach Whitehead moved their No Wake Marine business from Sycamore Twp. to the site of the former Marine Sales Lodder on Ohio 4 in Fairfield, which they bought in September. CONTRIBUTED/SUE KIESEWETTER
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    Tyler McCleary was named the 2025 Hamilton Citizen of the Year and will be honored in January at the Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    New Miami Mayor Jewel Hensley has been ousted by the village's council. STAFF
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    New Miami village council ousts mayor Jewell Hayes Hensley
    The Minnick family wants to build a fourth drive-thru in Fairfield along River Road, at Patterson Drive. CONTRIBUTED
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    Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber celebrates after hitting a double during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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    More than a 150 Ross Schools teachers and supporters rallied at the opening of a strike headquarters Monday as their union continued to push a possible work stoppage should contract talks not turn in their favor. (Photo By Michael D. Clark/Journal-News)
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    A recent class day at Monroe High School saw the teaching of one of the most important, real-life scenarios for teens as they went through mock job interviews.
The students dress up in business attire for a series of interviews conducted by Monroe High School and Butler Tech instructors, building administrators and more than 50 volunteers from local businesses and organizations. Pictured is Monroe High School Principal Tom Prohaska interviewing sophomore Jazmin Padilla Martinez. (Provided)
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    Mock job interviews prep Monroe teens for real-world career starts
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    A suspect in a stabbing on Bonita Drive Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, reportedly stole a locked Middletown Division of Police Cruiser after crawling through the window. The man was arrested in Independence, Kentucky, according to police. Photo courtesy Middletown Division of Police.
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    Man accused of stabbing person 30 times, stealing Middletown cruiser arrested in Kentucky
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    Marcus Moore, 27, of Hamilton, who is charged with escape and aggravated drug possession, both felonies, was found Wednesday after he had previously cut his ankle monitor. FILE
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    IRG, which owns Third + Dayton is planning to construct a new 120-unit apartment complex across MLK Boulevard in Hamilton. The city is considering a preliminary and final planned development proposal, and a vote on the project could happen in mid-January 2026. Pictured on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, is the site where the apartment building is planned. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Kids performing at the Fitton Center’s Musical Theater Summer Camp earlier this year. Contributed.
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    Hamilton arts organization launches Fitton Stage Academy
    Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, listens during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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    Sen. Moreno tries to play dealmaker on health insurance subsidies
    The Aurora Borealis, or northern lights, was visible from Ohio Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. This was in Madison Township in Butler County. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    West Chester Twp. trustees have revised a moratorium on development between Ohio 747 and Cincinnati-Dayton Road, pictured here. WEST CHESTER TWP./CONTRIBUTED
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    The Middletown Hardee's location has "permanently closed," according to a sign at the restaurant. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Middletown fast-food restaurant has ‘permanently closed’
    Former University of Cincinnati special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs was named Dec. 6 as the University of Michigan special teams coordinator. PHOTO BY UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ATHLETICS
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    Kerry Coombs joins the University of Michigan staff as special teams coordinator
    Ohio Department of Natural Resources wildlife officers remove 72 dead vultures from a Pierce Township elementary school on Dec. 5. PHOTO BY RAY PFEFFER/WCPO
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    Carcasses of vultures found dead at Clermont County school test positive for bird flu
    On April 1, Kings Island gave members of the media a special look at the construction taking place at its Soak City water park. ALEX CUTLER/STAFF
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    Several of Hamilton's utility rates are expected to increase based on past council-approved rate increase plans. Electric rates, however, will not increase, according to the city. NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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    Planned utility rate increases in Hamilton coming on Jan. 1
    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 teacher
    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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    Hamilton High ignites student engagement with house system
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