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One-time benefit to Ohioans with cooling assistance during the summer months
Loveland, Ohio – The Home Energy Assistance Summer Crisis Program (SCP) will provide a one-time benefit to eligible Ohioans to assist with electric bills, central air conditioning repairs, and air conditioning unit and/or fan purchases. The program will run from July 1 through September 30. Apply for Ohio Energy...
Ohio's only Revolutionary War fort will be partially reconstructed
BOLIVAR ‒ With support from the recently passed state capital budget, the Fort Laurens Museum and grounds will get an extensive makeover in time for the Revolutionary War fort's 250th birthday in 2028. The project will include a partial reconstruction of the fort. ...
Arnold Riffle still planting garden at 88
GREENVILLE – Arnold Riffle, at age 88, is still putting out a vegetable garden on ground that is situated between where he lives and where his daughter and son-in-law (Shelley and Dennis Soward) reside on Jaysville-St. John Road. Riffle has been gardening all his life. He begins tilling the...
JD Vance’s former Yale classmate and friend says emails show political transformation on ‘literally every imaginable issue’
A Yale Law School friend of Ohio Sen. JD Vance, who has revealed years of emails the two previously exchanged, said Monday that the Republican vice presidential nominee is a “chameleon” who has changed his views on “literally every imaginable issue.”
JD Vance’s congressman blasts him and his ‘chaotic’ and ‘weird’ campaign
Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), the Democrat who represents Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) district, slammed the vice presidential candidate for his views on abortion, women and marriage, arguing his was “one of the cruelest, most chaotic and downright weirdest” VP campaigns. Landsman, in a lengthy Monday thread on...
Frank, Bonnie Turner to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
Frank and Bonnie Turner of For Loramie will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 11 at a Mass of Thanksgiving at 11 a.m. in the St. Michael Catholic Church in Fort Loramie, followed by a dinner for family and invited guests at the Wooden Shoe Inn in Minster. Frank...
Recovery & Wellness takes reins of mental health clinic
SIDNEY — Effective Aug. 5, community mental health services in Sidney and Shelby County will be provided by Recovery & Wellness Centers of Midwest Ohio, at the N. Vandemark Road location previously operated by Family Resource Center of Northwest Ohio. RWC will be setting up operations and orienting staff...
Two teens who pleaded guilty in killing of Dayton Lyft driver sentenced
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Da’Trayvon Mitchell and Tylan Peaks were both sentenced Wednesday for the murder of a Lyft driver in January 2022. An attorney for Mitchell, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, said the boy was remorseful and has apologized for his actions. PREVIOUS |...
Hundreds of butterflies to be released in Lebanon
LEBANON, Ohio (WDTN) — Hundreds of butterflies are set to be released in Warren County. On Aug. 10 at 10 a.m., the city of Lebanon will release the butterflies at Miller Ecological Park, located at 755 Miller Road in Lebanon. “The butterfly garden is a sanctuary to Monarch butterflies, a species that is currently seeing […]
Dayton Municipal Court has new initiative to help renters who have been evicted
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- A new initiative from the Dayton Municipal Court to help renters who have been evicted in the past will be announced in more detail at a 10 a.m. press conference on Wednesday, July 31. Dayton 24/7 Now Reporter Jenilee Borek spoke with the Dayton Municipal Court...
Mason teachers planning to rally amid contract negotiations
MASON, Ohio (WXIX/ENQUIRER) - Educators in Mason are planning to rally on Monday, Aug. 5, after more than five months of contract negotiations. The most recent union contract expired in June, but the Mason Education Association says they still have not agreed on a new contract with the district. The...
Local school to open $15M facility in Cincinnati suburb
CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - Local career technical education school Butler Tech and the city of Middletown are partnering on an aviation education hangar project. Butler Tech plans to open a new $15 million facility at the Middletown Regional Airport to expand its aviation education program, in turn increasing its...
Cincinnati-operated cameras have been down during recent crimes, city won't say how many
As police continue to investigate a fight in the middle of the Montgomery Inn Boathouse parking lot, they may be missing what could be crucial evidence. There was no security footage due to a non-operating Cincinnati police camera. The confrontation put two people in the hospital but also brought to light an issue...
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