Restaurants, businesses in Butler County looking outside the box for a boost
Many businesses are thinking beyond the walls of their shops and restaurants in serving customers.
Harper Szary, 7, recently was enchanted by the outdoor-dining Igloos that Tano Bistro in Hamilton installed out front.
Her parents, Robin and Jonathan Szary of Hamilton, made a 5 p.m. reservation, and “the igloo stayed at a consistent 72 degrees the entire time,” Robin said.
2nd Hamilton woman dies after 4-car crash on I-75 near Dayton
A second Hamilton women has died following a 4-car crash Sunday on Interstate 75.
Cesere C. Traylor, 28, died of her injuries Monday afternoon, the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced. She was a passenger in a car driven by 53-year-old Sarenthia Traylor of Hamilton, who died Sunday as she was being taken to Miami Valley Hospital.
Three of the vehicles involved in the crash that happened just after noon were stationary on the side of I-75 South near Benchwood Road in Butler Twp. in Montgomery County, the patrol said in a release.
District: Investigation shows no racial taunting prior to basketball game incident at New Miami
No racial slurs from players or fans happened prior to a “violent flagrant foul” during a recent basketball game between New Miami and a Cincinnati high school, according to a statement released Monday by district officials.
New Miami’ statement comes in the wake of some on social media claiming in the days following the Jan. 13 game there were racial taunts heard by some during the game prior to the incident.
New Miami Superintendent Rhonda Parker said witness investigations involving referees, school officials and fans showed no racial slurs were uttered before or after a Cincinnati Oyler High School player allegedly kicked a New Miami player in the head after a foul on a fast-break.
Woman admits guilt in crash that injured 2 Edgewood athletes last summer
A Hamilton woman charged in May after a crash that injured two Edgewood students has admitted guilt in the incident.
Samantha Harvey, 52, of the 600 block of Woodlawn Avenue, is charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, two counts of vehicular assault and misdemeanor charges of driving a vehicle under the influence and driving a vehicle under the influence of marijuana for the crash that happened about 3 a.m. on May 6 near Ohio 4 and Symmes Road in Fairfield.
Then-Edgewood sophomore Savannah Schlueter, 16, who was driving, and then-junior Caila Nagel, 17, were seriously injured, according to school district officials.
Fairfield DNA testing center adapts to offer rapid COVID-19 tests
Credit: Nick Graham
Credit: Nick Graham
It can sometimes take multiple days before someone learns if they have the novel coronavirus, but a Fairfield company is providing results within minutes.
If a person is developing symptoms, they sign up online to take the rapid antigen test at DNA Diagnostics Center, drive to the Fairfield location at their designated time and find out within 15 minutes if they have COVID-19.
But the rapid test isn’t free ― it’s $99 ― though it’s less than most urgent care costs in the region, said Lonny Schwartz, spokesman for the DNA testing facility.
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Can you help? West Chester police looking for missing teen
The West Chester Police Department is asking for help locating a 17-year-old runaway who left home more than a week ago.
Shaudae Royles is 5 feet 2inches tall and weighs 94 pounds. She was last seen on Jan. 16 around 2 a.m. at her home in West Chester. It is believed she is in the city of Cincinnati.
Police are asking anyone who may know the whereabouts of Shaudae to contact their local law enforcement agency.
Tips may also be submitted online through the WCPD anonymous tip line: https://www.westchesteroh.org/departments/police-department/report-a-tip/-fsiteid-1