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Kroger plans to eliminate about 3,000 corporate positions over three years, cutting roughly 37% of its corporate workforce in a restructuring that could affect employees at its Cincinnati headquarters near West Chester and Liberty Township.
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Heritage ECS PTO holds a dine-to-donate fundraiser at Marco's Pizza on Oct. 21, with 25% of qualifying orders going back to the Liberty Township school.
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O'Charley's closed all corporate-owned locations on Sept. 9, including the Springdale restaurant on Princeton Pike near West Chester Township, ending the casual-dining chain's 55-year run.
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The VOA Country Music Festival has signed a contract to operate at the Butler County Fairgrounds through 2031, paying $75,000 in annual rent plus revenue shares, after a billing dispute ended the event's run in West Chester Township.
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B&B Theatres opened Ohio's first 4DX auditorium and the state's largest ScreenX screen at Liberty Center in Liberty Township, part of a $20 million renovation that also includes plans for about 300 apartments and a full-service hotel.
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Ohio will receive $319 million from Meta's $17 billion settlement with 47 states, which mandates two-hour daily screen-time caps, overnight access blocks and silenced weekday notifications for teen users of Instagram and Facebook.
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Newly released public records show West Chester Township had to hire lawyers to collect overdue bills from the VOA Country Music Festival organizer in both 2024 and 2025, and township data found the event actually reduced hotel occupancy and nearby business traffic.
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Ohio's 2026 sales tax holiday runs Aug. 7–9 with narrower exemptions than last year's two-week event, as lawmakers redirected revenue toward property tax relief; West Chester families are preparing for the three-day window ahead of Lakota's Aug. 13 first day of school.
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Procter & Gamble confirmed in a Wednesday federal filing that it has cut 4% of its global workforce under a restructuring targeting 7,000 non-manufacturing jobs by 2027, while announcing a $3.8 billion acquisition of supplement brand Thorne expected to close in Q4 2026.
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Biomanufacturer Resilience and Eli Lilly announced that their combined Ohio investment has reached $750 million, with the latest expansion bringing at least 400 new KwikPen production jobs to Resilience's West Chester Township campus by early 2027.
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Liberty Township opened online vendor applications Friday, July 24, for its annual Fall Festival on Saturday, September 26, at Liberty Park, seeking local crafters, artists and family-friendly vendors.
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Two stations in West Chester and Liberty Township — Costco on Veterans Boulevard and United Dairy Farmers on Hamilton Mason Road — rank among Butler County's cheapest on GasBuddy as Ohio's average gas price tops $4 per gallon amid the U.S.-Iran conflict.
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A West Chester renter went weeks without working AC during a heat wave, highlighting Ohio tenant rights including the 30-day repair rule, rent escrow, and anti-retaliation protections available to local renters.
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Federal investigators confirmed shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants in Ohio is a source of the Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened more than 1,274 Ohioans, with four locations in West Chester Township and Liberty Township falling within the CDC's warning area.
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