The Batavia boys’ basketball team didn’t get off to the start they hoped for in 2011-12 dropping seven of their first eight games. However, things seem to be looking up for the Bulldogs as they beat New Richmond on Jan. 7 and put together their first two-game winning streak of the season with a 45-40 [ Read More ]

New Richmond High School has announced the 2012 inductees for the Lions Sports Hall of Fame. They are Joe Hawkins, a 1955 graduate who won 13 letters and went on to play college baseball at The Ohio State University; Todd Wells, a 1989 graduate who was named Southern Buckeye Conference American Division coach of the [ Read More ]

With distractions swirling around them, the Bethel-Tate Lady Tigers were able to overcome a slow start with a strong finish to defeat Clermont Northeastern in a Southern Buckeye Conference American Division matchup on Thursday, Jan. 12, 44-33. “We weren’t focused [starting the game],” Bethel head coach Dave Fallis said after the game. “No focus, it’s [ Read More ]

On Homecoming night at Clermont Northeastern, the Rockets were able to come from as many as 14 points down to knock off Southern Buckeye Conference foe Goshen in impressive fashion on Friday, Jan. 13, 53-51. In the first quarter, Goshen came out with more intensity throwing a man-press at the Rockets and forcing some early [ Read More ]

Kevin Walriven was elected president of the Board of Education of the New Richmond Exempted Village School District at the board’s Jan. 11 reorganizational meeting. David Hawkins, who along with incoming board member Kim Hayden took the oath of office from Clermont County Municipal Court Judge James A. Shriver, will serve as vice-president for the [ Read More ]

As the Goshen bowling teams prepare to wrap up their regular season, head coach Shirley Reynolds is looking forward to a strong performance in the post-season. “I would like to see [both teams] do really well in sectionals and advance to the regionals,” Reynolds said. “I would love to get a couple of them to [ Read More ]

The Felicity-Franklin FFA collected non-perishable foods for the Harvest for America canned food drive competition through the National FFA Association. Last year, the chapter barely lost taking second place and was awarded with a gift card for Carhart clothing for $1,000, which the chapter used to buy all of the members T-shirts, and a $300 [ Read More ]

If students in the New Richmond Exempted Village School District got new electronic gadgets for Christmas, chances are their teacher can show them how it works. New Richmond recently devoted an in-service day for teachers to technology issues ranging from use of smart phones and pad computers, sharing documents over the internet with Google Docs, [ Read More ]

Ruby Alberta Court, 88, of Cincinnati, died Jan. 16. Court is survived by her brothers Jewel, Roy and Paul Lockaby, sisters Betty Robinson and Fay Sullivan, and sister-in-law Shirley Sheff. She was preceded in death by her husband George Court. Visitation 11 a.m. Jan. 20. Interment in Tate Township.

Bette K. Yenowine, 87, of Milford, died Jan. 8 in Montgomery. Yenowine was an accountant for Gold Chest. She is survived by her children Tary (Charles) Klein, Kathy (Dennis) White, Wade (Susan) Yenowine Jr., grandchildren Heather Green, Shelly Imholt and Benjamine White, great-grandchildren Emily and Lauren Green and Sean and Justin Imholt and sister Margo [ Read More ]