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    Global Gourmet owner Nikki Markhoff offers cooking classes, tastings, event spaces and premade meals through her new store on Miamisburg Centerville Road. MICHAEL KURTZ / STAFF
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    Global Gourmet in Washington Twp. offers cooking classes, tastings and more
    The new Buc-ee’s coming to Huber Heights will be one of the largest Buc-ee’s in the nation when it opens. CONTRIBUTED
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    Opening date set for Buc-ee’s Huber Heights location
    Tony Klimek is a retired engineer who lives in West Chester. (CONTRIBUTED)
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    OPINION: Ohio voters fighting back against corruption, failed policies
    The Butler County Government Services Center, which houses courtrooms, city council chambers and many more county offices, is on High Street in downtown Hamilton. STAFF FILE PHOTO
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    Fewer raises given to non-union Butler County employees
    First-time homebuyers are having trouble finding affordable options in area's like Springboro, where the average home price is in the mid-$400K range. MICHAEL KURTZ / STAFF
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    Springboro taking steps for first-time homebuyers
    High voltage Ohio AES power lines on Carillon Boulevard in Dayton. FILE
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    Grid gripes: Feds, DeWine air concerns about data/AI power demand
    The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is accepting submissions for its annual duck stamp now through Feb. 1. CONTRIBUTED
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    Annual Ohio duck stamp contest accepting art submissions
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    ‘120 Hours Behind Bars’: Butler County Jail to be featured on Discovery Channel...
    Amelia Bernabei runs into the arms of her father, SSgt. Joey Bernabei, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 at the conclussion of a Call To Duty Ceremony honoring the Ohio Army National Guard's 1137th Signal Company who are deploying for nine months in Support of U.S. Central Command. About 30 members of the Springfield Company are deploying and participated in the ceremony at The First Christian Church on Middle Urbana Road. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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    Ohio Army National Guard’s members expected to be deployed
    The ride, Vortex, at Kings Island on opening day, Friday, April 18, 2014. GREG LYNCH / STAFF
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    Past Kings Island rides and coasters: A trip down memory lane
    FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2018 file photo, a nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta. Hospitalizations related to respiratory illnesses are lower in the most recent week of data compared to previous years, but flu-related hospitalizations still exceed 1,300 statewide in Ohio. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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    Ohio’s flu hospitalizations trending down, still exceed 1,300
    Paul Barhorst, president of the annual Country Concert music festival. CONTRIBUTED
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    President of Country Concert music festival dies at 56
    Wilson Middle School on Eaton Avenue in Hamilton is seen on a snowy Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Hamilton Schools district faces two years of spending deficit
    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...
    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
    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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    Opinion: Additional Flock cameras make regional sense
    Butler County property tax bills are online now. Property taxes are paid in arears, so the bills reflect taxes accrued in 2025. This photo shows an aerial view of a Monroe neighborhood. FILE
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    What to know about paying your Butler County property taxes: Bills are available now
    Heather Shorten
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    Opinion: Protect access to life-saving treatments for Ohioans with rare diseases
    Springboro Pediatrics will become Cincinnati Children's Springboro Primary Care in April. MICHAEL KURTZ/ STAFF
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    Springboro Pediatrics joins Cincinnati Children’s network
    Kristina Knickerbocker, a U.S. Air Force veteran, nurse practitioner, wife, and mother, announced her campaign for Congress in Ohio’s 10th Congressional District. CONTRIBUTED
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    Air Force veteran, Democrat joins race to challenge Turner for congressional seat
    Robert Applebaum
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    Opinion: Lawmakers continue a century-long battle over who should pay for health care
    Franklin voters will again be asked to approve an income tax for the school district. How large of a tax and when it will be on the ballot will be decided on Jan. 26. STAFF
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    Franklin school board weighs income tax options
    FILE -Pedestrians walk up to the The Ohio State University's student union, Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Columbus. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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    OSU residence hall closed for the spring after pipe burst led to flooding
    A "vote here" sign is seen at the Butler County Board of Elections in Hamilton. FILE PHOTO
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    Butler County GOP puts support behind county commission candidate Ryan
    Rep. Mike Turner (R-Dayton) speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, Sept. 26 held by onMain ahead of construction of the first building on the former Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton. Turner, who helped bring the onMain project to fruition, announced Monday he is seeking reelection. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Turner files to run again as GOP expects political headwinds
    The Henderson Development company wants to add 113 single-family homes to the Shaker Meadows subdivision in Franklin. The first phase of the neighborhood was built in 2003. MICHAEL KURTZ / STAFF
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    More new housing may be coming to Franklin
    Wayne Essex and Susan Essex. Photo courtesy Miami Valley Jails.
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    ‘We thought we did our due diligence’: Butler County couple recounts loss in alleged $11M...
    Butler County has paid the city of Oxford $24,000 annually to lease space for the Area I Court since 1995. FILE PHOTO
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    Oxford considers adding mayor’s court after Area I Court exit
    Apoorva Ramaswamy, left, greets her husband, Vivek Ramaswamy, right, a Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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    Vivek Ramaswamy’s family bodyguard arrested on drug trafficking charges
    Regular unleaded gas was selling for $2.39/gallon Wednesday at Speedway on West Central Avenue in Springboro. The national average is expected to fall below $3/gallon this year according to GasBuddy. MICHAEL KURTZ / Staff
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    Area gas prices expected to fall gradually in 2026
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