West Chester-Liberty Herald
Local news for West Chester and Liberty Township.
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Local Government
West Chester trustees to vote on finance hire, $160K contract
West Chester Township trustees will vote Tuesday on hiring a finance director at roughly $140,000 per year, a $160,000 economic development consulting contract, an emergency resolution locking in electricity rates and an $88,646 police vehicle purchase.
Local Government
Two Cars & Coffee dates remain at Liberty Center
Liberty Center's free Cars & Coffee series has two remaining 2026 dates — Sept. 19 and Oct. 17 — in the Taylor Parking Garage, where car owners display their vehicles and neighbors browse over morning coffee.
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Local Government
West Chester trustees to vote on finance hire, $160K contract
West Chester Township trustees will vote Tuesday on hiring a finance director at roughly $140,000 per year, a $160,000 economic development consulting contract, an emergency resolution locking in electricity rates and an $88,646 police vehicle purchase.
Local Government
Two Cars & Coffee dates remain at Liberty Center
West Chester, OH
77°F
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 77° · 1% rain
MonMostly Sunny93°F3%
TueSunny96°F0%
WedSunny97°F0%
ThuSunny96°F14%
FriChance Showers And Thunderstorms90°F26%
SatSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms87°F25%
SunSunny85°F9%
Local Government
West Chester trustees to vote on finance hire, $160K contract
West Chester Township trustees will vote Tuesday on hiring a finance director at roughly $140,000 per year, a $160,000 economic development consulting contract, an emergency resolution locking in electricity rates and an $88,646 police vehicle purchase.
Local Government
Two Cars & Coffee dates remain at Liberty Center
West Chester, OH
77°F
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 77° · 1% rain
MonMostly Sunny93°F3%
TueSunny96°F0%
WedSunny97°F0%
ThuSunny96°F14%
FriChance Showers And Thunderstorms90°F26%
SatSlight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms87°F25%
SunSunny85°F9%
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Local Government
Kuechly enshrined in Canton as St. Xavier team watches from the stands
Luke Kuechly was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday in Canton, with the St. Xavier football team in attendance two weeks before the Bombers open their season Aug. 21 at Lakota West.
Local Government
Butler County commissioners vote 2-1 to press zoning fight against fifth-generation farm market
Butler County commissioners voted 2-1 on Aug. 4 to continue a legal challenge against Garver Family Farm Market in Lemon Township, with Commissioner Cindy Carpenter dissenting; the case now heads to Common Pleas Court and could set a precedent for how zoning rules apply to agricultural land countywide, including in West Chester and Liberty townships.
Local Government
West Chester Rep. Gross introduces bill requiring voter approval for Ohio data centers
West Chester State Rep. Jennifer Gross introduced House Bill 983 on July 28, which would require Ohio voters to approve large-scale data centers before they can be built, ban local tax incentives for the industry, and impose new environmental and energy-generation mandates on operators.
Local Government
Liberty Township BZA to hear church expansion, fence variance Aug. 11
Liberty Township's Board of Zoning Appeals will consider a River Church sanctuary amendment and a front-yard fence variance at its Tuesday, August 11 meeting.
Local Government
West Chester, Liberty Township homeowners get small JVSD tax credit despite Lakota exclusion
West Chester and Liberty Township homeowners in the Lakota district won't see Ohio's new Inflation Cap Credit on their school tax bill, but a joint guide from the Butler County Auditor and Treasurer shows they still receive a $12.16-per-$100,000 JVSD credit and can request a refund if they already paid in full.
Local Government
Speed limit drops to 35 mph on Cincinnati Dayton Road in Liberty Township
The Butler County Engineer's Office lowered the speed limit on Cincinnati Dayton Road between Liberty Way and Princeton Road from 40 mph to 35 mph effective Wednesday, July 22, citing a traffic study on the heavily congested Liberty Township corridor.
Local Government
Advocacy group packs Butler County commissioners' chambers, demands end to ICE jail contract
Butler County for Immigrant Justice packed the commissioners' chambers on Tuesday, July 21, marking one year of protests against the county's ICE detention contract, while Commissioner T.C. Rogers defended the county's legal obligation to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
Local Government
Lakota families won't see new property tax credit on their bills
Lakota Local School District families in West Chester and Liberty townships will receive $0.00 from Ohio's new Inflation Cap Credit because the district has not reached the state's 20-mill floor, while neighbors in other Butler County districts are seeing credits of $72 to $122 per $100,000 of appraised value.
Local Government
Wildfire smoke drives local air quality past 150; Butler County under advisory
Canadian wildfire smoke pushed the Air Quality Index above 150 across the Cincinnati metro area on Sunday, July 19, triggering an unhealthy air advisory covering Butler County, including West Chester and Liberty townships, with smoke expected to persist into Monday, July 20.
Local Government
State capital budget sends $400,000 to West Chester and Liberty Township projects
Ohio's new $3.7 billion capital budget includes $250,000 for Keehner Park infrastructure improvements and $150,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of West Chester/Liberty, part of roughly $4.8 million directed to 16 Butler County projects.
Local Government
State to fund $250k Keehner Park reforestation plan
West Chester Township will use state funding to revitalize Keehner Park through reforestation and new amenities.
Local Government
Liberty Township seeks emergency block on short-term rentals
A Butler County judge will decide whether to halt short-term rentals at two Granada Court homes while Liberty Township's zoning violation lawsuit proceeds.
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