Shane Seckman, stellar senior student-athlete at Glen Este High School, has signed a letter-of-intent to further his education and athletic career at Ashland (Ohio) University. As of yet he is undecided about his major course of study, but he is certain he will be playing football. “I really liked the college when I saw it, [ Read More ]

Karina Atkinson, a superb Glen Este High School senior student-athlete, has signed a letter-of-intent to to continue her education and athletic career at the University of Akron where she plans to major in the field of bio-medical and to play soccer. “I like the campus and the soccer program and it has an excellent engineering [ Read More ]

Thompson breaks David Angel’s 31-year old career victory record at Amelia A total of 11 Division I Clermont County wrestlers will be advancing to this weekend’s District Wrestling Tournament. The best four finishers in each weight class qualify for the district. Division I The tournament took place at Western Brown High School. As a team, [ Read More ]

Lions win Division II Sectional; Simpson, Hooks, Walker, Carome, Gresham are champs There will be 29 Clermont County matmen advancing to this weekend’s Division II District Wrestling Tournament that will take place at Goshen High School. Clermont County’s squads and individual grapplers dominated the Sectional Tournament that took place at Batavia High School. New Richmond [ Read More ]

Five departments respond to blaze Three horses died in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 9 when a barn in Williamsburg Township was destroyed by flames. Williamsburg Fire Chief Ken Wylie said based on the preliminary investigation the fire started due to an electrical problem in a barn on Bethel-Concord Road sometime before 1 [ Read More ]

Proposal would reduce taxes, cut township funding The Clermont County Commissioners’ public hearing on New Richmond’s petition to form their own “paper” township will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23 and representatives from the village and Ohio and Pierce townships are cautiously awaiting the outcome. New Richmond has petitioned the commissioners to allow the village to [ Read More ]

Preliminary plans for the Korean War Memorial and the Miami Township Memorial Garden and Arboretum were revealed and suggestions were sought at a meeting of Korean War Veterans Thursday, Feb. 10. Bill Knepp, chairman of the committee formed to build the memorial, said the concrete base for the Korean War Memorial will be poured in [ Read More ]

The Union Township Police Department and the Ohio State Highway Patrol are investigating reports of chunks of cinder block and rocks being thrown on to westbound I-275 from behind a sound barrier between state Route 125 and Five Mile Road. Union Township Lt. Scott Gaviglia said the two departments have received at least eight reports [ Read More ]

Money will make more training possible The Clermont County Sheriff’s deputies, detectives, corrections officers, and office staff will be getting the training they need thanks to the generosity of Sheriff A.J. “Tim” Rodenberg’s late parents. The Rodenberg Family Trust members decided to make a $10,000 donation to the sheriff’s office to be used for employee [ Read More ]

Charges to be combined in Craycraft child assault case Jeremy Craycraft, a former Withamsville resident who was convicted of the assault of his two month old twins in 2007, will be receiving a reduced sentence following a ruling by the Twelfth District Court of Appeals. According to the ruling written by Twelfth District Court Judge [ Read More ]