The Drug Enforcement Agency reports a record amount of old or unwanted prescription drugs were turned in during the fourth annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, April 28, citizens turned in 276 tons of prescription drugs at sites across America. In Clermont County, nearly 250 pounds of medications were turned in, according [ Read More ]

Jon Carpenter, of Blowville in Jackson Township, has won the 2012 Clermont County Fairbook Cover Contest. Carpenter, who is the advisor for the Maple Rey Milk and More 4-H Club, said he took the theme determined by the fairboard, “creating memories,” and designed a cover that resembles a scrapbook page. “It was pretty easy for [ Read More ]

The National Day of Prayer was celebrated in Batavia May 3 during a program held in front of the courthouse on Main Street. The ceremony began with Bible readings and went on to include several prayers and songs as well as recognition of the county’s military personnel, police officers, EMS, government officials, and children. “I [ Read More ]

Pfc. William “Kameron” Wilson of the United States Army National Guard was honored by Clermont County Commissioners April 30 for his service to the country. Wilson, a Bethel Tate High School graduate, returned from his deployment in December of 2011 in time to be there for the birth of his daughter, Lillian Aubrie Wilson. The [ Read More ]

The village of Bethel teamed up with Back Tree Services and ArborJet to chemically treat several trees in Burke Park May 3 to prevent infestation of the Asian longhorned beetle, which was discovered in Tate Township last June. Travis Dotson, village administrator, said the trees treated are not infested by the Asian longhorned beetle, however [ Read More ]

Business owners in the village of Bethel gathered together May 7 at the Grant Memorial Building to participate in the first official meeting of the Bethel Business Association. The recently-formed organization was created to help unify and promote the business community in the village and is open to any business owner or community member who [ Read More ]

Representatives with the Environmental Protection Agency were in Milford April 30-May 1 conducting interviews with Milford residents regarding their concerns with the Milford Contaminated Aquifer site. “The interviews will give us a feel for the concerns of the community,” Patricia Krause, community involvement coordinator for the site, said. Krause said the interviews will help EPA [ Read More ]

Batavia Local School District Board of Education members are beginning to plan how they will trim spending next year after getting a better idea of what the budget may be. “At the end of last school year we needed to cut $1.5 million, and we did,” Michael Ashmore, treasurer for the district, said. Ashmore said [ Read More ]

The Batavia Township Community Center will soon be the site of the Reds Rookie Success League and Brian Wilson Field, a field that will be renovated for the University of Cincinnati Clermont College Cougars baseball team. Officials from the Cincinnati Reds and the Reds Community Fund made the announcements during a press conference May 2 [ Read More ]

A sign unveiling ceremony was held Friday, April 27 at the Point Pleasant birthplace of Union General and 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant.  The ceremony took place in the park near the birthplace, located at 1551 SR 232 in Point Pleasant “This is a really big deal for us,” said Tom [ Read More ]