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State Rep. Karen Brownlee is calling for an indefinite statewide pause on automatic license plate readers after a Sharonville police lieutenant was indicted for allegedly misusing the same Flock camera technology that Liberty Township installed earlier this year.
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Lakota West teachers describe mold, bee infestations and cockroaches in the freshman campus building, adding firsthand accounts to the case for a $223 million bond issue on the Nov. 3 ballot that would close the building and end the district's split-campus model.
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A 2-year-old child was transported to UC West Chester Hospital on Saturday, July 18, after being pulled from a residential pool on Coachlight Way in West Chester Township
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The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Friday evening covering southern Warren County, including West Chester and Liberty Township, as water rescues and road flooding were confirmed across Hamilton County and Interstate 71 was temporarily shut down near Norwood.
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Liberty Township trustees approved a contract addendum adding two Butler County Sheriff's deputies to the township's patrol force by end of July 2026, at a cost of about $105,000 each per year, as calls for service have risen more than 38% since 2021.
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Ohio's Cyclospora cases surged to 1,274 on Thursday, July 16, and the Middletown Health Department in Butler County has warned local residents about the outbreak spreading through contaminated produce across the Midwest.
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A Fairfield woman and three other Greater Cincinnati residents were indicted Wednesday, July 15, on charges of defrauding Ohio's Medicaid program as part of a larger statewide enforcement action announced by Attorney General Andy Wilson.
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Do's and don'ts: This is what you need to know about laws regulating e-bikes, scooters, mopeds and golf carts.
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Four-vehicle crash shut down I-75 and sent two people to the hospital.
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