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    Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones' $61 million budget submission included adding 18 more employees next year than he budgeted this year. STAFF
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    Commissioners concerned sheriff already hired 19.5 unbudgeted staffers
    Christina Lauderman serves Jack Norris his breakfast Wednesday at the nearly empty Fairborn Family Diner near Wright Patterson Air Force Base. They said that since the government shutdown, business has taken a noticeable hit. MICHAEL KURTZ / STAFF
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    Local families, shops feeling the impact of federal government shutdown
    Kings Island has sent out a survey to guests detailing potential attractions coming to the park. Contributed by Don Helbig
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    Kings Island surveys passholders on 4 potential new attractions
    Aaleagh Hoop, 19, of Camden, is charged with and indicted on three felony counts after allegedly stealing $23,000 from an elderly resident at an Oxford nursing home. She was arrested on Thursday, June 26, 2025. PROVIDED
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    19-year-old pleads guilty to theft from elderly Butler County victim
    John Carter was sentenced to 3 years in prison on July 18, 2024, after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Katelyn Markham. He filed on Oct. 15, 2025, a motion for early release. NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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    John Carter, Katelyn Markham’s former fiancée, wants out of prison early
    Photo illustration of a woman using a laptop computer.
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    Butler County woman scammed out of $88K in cryptocurrency scam
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    Travis Kelce acquires stake in Six Flags, owner of Cedar Point and Kings Island
    Richards Pizza celebrates 70 years of business in Butler County. Founded in Hamilton by Richard Underwood in 1955, the beloved local chain with four locations will celebrate its anniversary with 50-cent steak sandwiches, the price when it was created in 1956. Pictured, from left, are Karen Underwood Kramer, Peggy Underwood, and Gayl Underwood. Karen and Gayl have operated the business since the late 1980s. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    A 50-cent Richards Pizza steak sandwich? It’s one of the ways the restaurant is...
    Executive Director of the Butler County Veteran Services Commission Mike Farmer says the Commission office in Hamilton is so overcrowded there are employees who are office-hopping, as client meetings require privacy. WCPO/FILE
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    Bursting at the seams, Butler County Veterans Office pleads for space amid soaring demand
    Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones announced this week his deputies and ICE agents arrested 23 in what was a called a "targeted operation" across multiple locations in Butler County. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Butler County Sheriff’s deputies, ICE detain 23 in ‘targeted operation’
    Citing declines in births in the region, Kettering Health informed its customers today it’s stopping its obstetric services at Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek. STAFF
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    Kettering Health to stop birth deliveries at Soin Medical Center
    Eighteen local educators will be honored at the 22nd Annual Harry T. Wilks Hamilton Celebrates Education event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, at the Courtyard by the Marriott in downtown Hamilton. Pictured is the late Hamilton philanthropist Harry T. Wilks, who died in March 2014. FILE
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    See the list of 18 Hamilton area educators to be honored by Harry T. Wilks Foundation
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    Area protesters join nationwide ‘No Kings’ movement
    Kettering Health Hamilton hosted its annual Pink Around the Square in Hamilton event on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, at Rotary Park in downtown. The annual awareness event provided free information and to tell women, and even men, the importance of breast cancer screenings, especially those with family histories. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Pink Around the Square moves breast cancer awareness conversation forward
    Greg Dillard will take over as CFO of Dayton Children's Hospital in March when current CFO Chris Bergman retires. CONTRIBUTED
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    Dayton Children’s names Greg Dillard new CFO
    Kings Island visitors ride Invertigo roller coaster Friday, June 9, 2023 in Mason. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Kings Island announces bonus weekend in November
    Kings Island visitors ride Invertigo roller coaster Friday, June 9, 2023 in Mason. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Kings Island announces bonus weekend in November
    Sales associate Roberta Pitman folds merchandise at Rally House Dayton Mall. The store is hiring four positions for the holiday season. MICHAEL KURTZ / STAFF
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    Fewer seasonal jobs for holiday workers, but they’re out there
    Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill has seen a near 350,000 attendee increase from January to September 2025 over the same months in 2024. Pictured is Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce annual meeting was held on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, at Spooky Nook Sports Champion Mill in Hamilton. Around 500 people attended that event. NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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    Nearly 1M attended Spooky Nook events in Hamilton so far this year
    A Hamilton girl wrote Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1963 following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Her letter was included in the former KGB's dossier on the JFK assassination. The dossier was released by the U.S. government on Oct. 15, 2025, after receiving it from the Russian government. SOURCE: JFK FILES
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    Hamilton’s random connection to Russia’s JFK files
    Justin Daniel Dennis (foreground) and his his attorney, Chelsea Panzeca, listen to Butler County Common Pleas Judge Keith Spaeth during a court appearance on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Dennis, 42, is charged with eight counts of sexual battery, all third-degree felonies. The former Lakota teacher allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a student when she was 17 during the 2021-2022 school year. Spaeth set a jury trial for Feb. 2, 2026. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Sexual battery case involving former Lakota teacher to go to trial
    Butler County Auditor Nancy Nix is warning the state will likely order her to increase property values an average of 24% during the 2023 triennial reassessment. CONTRIBUTED
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    Some Homestead recipients might not qualify for local ‘piggyback’ benefit
    A makeshift memorial grows in size at the Turning Point USA headquarters after the shooting death at a Utah college last Wednesday of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder and CEO of the organization, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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    Warren County state rep asking for Hamilton County judge to be removed over alleged...
    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 are inmates on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, entering a pod to assist in cleaning. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Butler County increases cost to house ICE detainees by 54%
    Hamilton City Council candidates attended the Oct. 9, 2025, forum held at the weekly Hamilton Rotary Club meeting at Basil 1791 in downtown Hamilton. They addressed various questions including data center, streets and taxes, and marijuana laws. From left are candidate Pat Bach, Councilman Joel Lauer, Councilman Tim Naab, and candidate Lauren Copas Smallwood. Candidate Andrew Conn was unable to attend due to an illness. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Hamilton council candidates address city’s pot prohibition
    Three vehicles were involved in a crash Saturday evening near the intersection of Ohio 122 and Dixie Highway in Middletown. Nick Graham/STAFF
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    Third person dead following fatal Middletown crash, victims identified
    A shooting occurred overnight Monday at Fountain Square outside of CityBird in Cincinnati. Both victims were taken to the UC Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. WCPO/CONTRIBUTED
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    Cincinnati violence: Two more shootings Monday night in Fountain Square
    Texas Roadhouse in Hamilton will open its newly constructed location in front of Meijer on Main Street on Oct. 22, 2025. The current location at 1366 Main St. will close on Oct. 19, 2025. The new location's building and parking lot is bigger than the current 25-year-old restaurant. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    New Hamilton Texas Roadhouse location opens next week
    The Butler County Regional Transit Authority received three new propane-powered buses, adding a new type of vehicle to the agency's mixed fleet of gasoline and low-emission vehicles. The new propane buses are part of a broader initiative supported by the Federal Transit Administration’s Ohio Zero Emission Ready Ohio (OH-ZERO) Project. PROVIDED
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    Butler County RTA adds propane buses to fleet
    Third Eye Brewing was named Brewery of the Year in the 2025 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colo. The GABF is the largest professional beer competition in the country, which this year featured more than 9,000 entries from more than 2,000 brewers. Third Eye Brewing and Municipal Brew Works together took home a gold medal for its Route 4 Revive-Ale collaboration beer NICK GRAHAM/FILE
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    Hamilton breweries bring home gold at 2025 Great American Beer Festival
    Ben Houser is Kings Island's area manager of entertainment technical production. CONTRIBUTED
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    Reimagining Halloween Haunt at Kings Island part of tech manager Ben Houser’s role
    The total number of abortions were down in Ohio after the first full year of the constitutional amendment protecting the right. But local leaders on both sides of the debate say it's too early to tell what the actual impact will be.  MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Too early to tell impact of abortion amendment, advocates say following new report
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