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    The Ohio House is set to consider a GOP-backed bill that would eliminate the state’s four day post-election grace period for mail-in absentee ballots to get delivered, a period that allowed hundreds of Miami Valley ballots to be counted in the 2024 presidential election. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF FILE
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    Ohio’s mail-in absentee ballot grace period on the chopping block following Senate vote 1h ago
    Friends, family, and members of the West Chester community gathered to say their final goodbyes to 6-year-old Joshua Al-Lateef Jr. on Nov. 30. WCPO
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    West Chester tragedy spurs ‘Joshua Alert’ bill to help missing Ohio kids with autism1h ago
    Hamilton SAY Soccer’s 7- and 8-year-old passers soccer team won the state championship on Sunday at Joyce Park. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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    Hamilton SAY Soccer team wins state championship
    Nathan Prouty rings purchases at the Good Connections food truck on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Prouty is one of the employees of the Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley program that teaches job skills to individuals with developmental disabilities. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Food trucks are latest training tool for people with developmental disabilities
    Outside a recent Lakota Board of Education meeting, newly elected, 18-year-old Benjamin Nguyen chats with Butler Tech Superintendent William Sprankles and Assistant Superintendent Kristen AbuDakar sharing some of his ideas on the future of career tech education in Lakota Schools. (Photo By Michael D. Clark/Journal-News)
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    Teenager makes Lakota school board history with election win
    The RiversEdge canopy was one of the projects included in a Bond Anticipation Note initially issued in 2024. The city is refinancing that note along with borrowing an additional $4 million. Pictured are a pair of acts — Bronwyn Keith-Hynes and Clay Street Unit — performing at the renovated RiversEdge on June 6, 2025. THOMAS PATE/NARRATUS MEDIA
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    Hamilton refinancing $52M bond, borrowing more for road and water projects
    Kings Island's popular WinterFest event returns this month, opening Nov. 28 and open through Dec. 31. CONTRIBUTED
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    Kings Island WinterFest is back with train ride through ‘12 Days,’ live entertainment and...
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    1 seriously injured after Warren pursuit ends in a crash
    Tova Murray moves canned vegetables around the warehouse last month at Shared Harvest Foodbank in Fairfield. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    ‘It’s dire’: Communities urged to act as food banks battle rising need and shrinking...
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    Franklin, Carlisle, Germantown residents expected to save on sewer rates
    Miami University’s acclaimed role in America’s Civil Rights movement is now being showcased on wheels thanks to a newly decorated Butler County bus unveiled by school officials. Miami and Butler County transportation officials recently gathered to spotlight the uniquely decorated bus celebrating the university’s part in the freedom movement that transformed America for African Americans in the 1960s and beyond. (Provided)
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    Butler County bus exhibits Miami University’s role in Civil Rights movement
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    U.S. Postal Service mail collection boxes. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF FILE
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    Columbus man gets jail term for Springboro mail theft
    Warren County Jail. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Hamilton man charged in attempted rape at Warren County halfway house
    Michael G. Davenport, 26, of Middletown, who arrested for shooting out car windows of at least eight vehicles in September, has been indicted by a Butler County Grand Jury on seven charges, according to court records. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Middletown man indicted on charges related to shooting out car windows
    Sarah Lawson, 34, of Germantown was sentenced Monday, Nov. 10, to four years in prison on three counts of sexual battery. She pleaded guilty to the charges Sept. 29. BRYN DIPPOLD/STAFF
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    Germantown woman going to prison for sexual battery of man with developmental...
    The Warren County courts building houses Warren County Common Pleas Court. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Carlisle man intentionally crashes minivan with 3 children inside, gets probation
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    Pinball Garage owner Brad Baker asks entrepreneur Daymond John, who is one of the investors on the television show Shark Tank, Thursday evening, Nov. 14, 2025, on the Parrish Auditorium stage at Miami University Hamilton. The interview and discussion was part of the Harry T. Wilks Distinguished Lecture Series. John, known as "The People's Shark," invested in Baker's VPcabs Virtual Pinball business in 2016, which he has since sold. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    ‘Shark Tank’ investor Daymond John speaks at Miami Hamilton, calls discussion ‘very...
    Dillard's announced strong sales heading into the holiday shopping season. The department store will open at the Mall at Fairfield Commons in March. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Dillard’s heads into the holidays with strong sales
    A Middletown man is charged with seven felony counts of rape and other charges. FILE
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    Middletown man arrested on 12 charges, including rape, kidnapping and assault
    U.S. Postal Service mail collection boxes. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF FILE
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    Columbus man gets jail term for Springboro mail theft
    A blood sample is needed to test animals for Parvovirus. A local clinic says there has been an uptick in cases in 2025. ISTOCK
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    Local clinic says it is seeing uptick in dog parvovirus cases, issues warning to pet...
     An Ohio bill aims to address regulations for third-party ticket sellers. AP FILE
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    Ohio House bill proposes regulations on ticket selling platforms
    President Donald Trump displays the signed the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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    The government shutdown’s end and other federal actions impacting southwest Ohio this...
    Homes line the streets of Springboro in this July 24, 2025 photo. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Ohio property tax relief measures inching forward
    Rob Rohr, President and Publisher of Cox First Media, Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal-News.
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    Donate to Food Relief to help those hungry in our community
    The city of Hamilton's Santa's House in front of the Historic Butler County Court House reopens for the season after a renovation with a significant investment from the Hamilton Community Foundation. Santa's House 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, Friday, Dec. 6, and Friday, Dec. 13; noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 29 and Saturday, Nov. 30, Saturday, Dec. 7, Saturday, Dec. 14, and Friday Dec. 20 until Monday, Dec. 23; and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, Sunday, Dec. 1, Sunday, Dec. 8, and Sunday, Dec. 15 MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Holly Jolly Hamilton boosts local businesses with family-friendly holiday events
    An ordinance was passed Nov. 12 by the Public Safety & Governance committee in Cincinnati to enact a 9 p.m. curfew in on Short Vine Street. WCPO/CONTRIBUTED
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    Portion of Cincinnati now has a 9 p.m. curfew for minors
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    Local lawmakers react to end of government shutdown
    A SNAP EBT information sign is displayed outside of a convenience store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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    Ohio receives guidance on full SNAP payments
    Thirty-four Badin High School students were inducted into the school's National Honor Society during Wednesday night ceremonies. They joined 22 members (wearing yellow stoles) inducted last year. CONTRIBUTED
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    34 Badin students inducted to National Honor Society
    Furloughed employees are returning to work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base following approval of a federal funding bill Wednesday night. U.S. Air Force photo/Michelle Gigante
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    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel returning to work
    The Butler County RTA dedicated its new Chestnut Street Multimodal Station in Oxford. The station will also be home to the new Amtrak Cardinal route, which construction on that infrastructure is expected to be done in 2026.  The building has indoor bus storage, maintenance garage, offices, bus wash, fueling station and a community room. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    See photos of the brand new $27M Oxford ‘multimodal’ transportation center
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