By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff More than 20 Batavia Middle School students participated in the “Just Think” Cincinnati Ohio region Invention Convention at Fairfield Senior High School April 27. Jackie Chambers, a sixth grade science teacher at Batavia Middle School, said the competition was a great opportunity for the students. “All of my sixth graders [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff The fourth annual Bethel Arts and Music Festival is right around the corner and will feature a variety of arts and crafts vendors, activities, music, and other entertainment all day May 11. “It’s a family event,” Judi Adams, BAM Fest committee chairperson, said. “There is something for everybody there.” Adams [ Read More ]

By Art Hunter Jon Carpenter, of Blowville in Jackson Township, has won the 2013 Clermont County Fairbook Cover Contest. Carpenter designed the cover to reflect the theme of the 2013 Clermont County Fair: “There’s magic at the Clermont County Fair.” His cover features a close-up photograph of a rooster crowing the fair’s theme. Carpenter is [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff One of University of Cincinnati Hospital’s Air Care units is temporarily operating from the Union Township Civic Center. Union Township Administrator Ken Geis announced at the trustees April 25 meeting that Air Care arrived earlier in the week and would be operating out of the civic center for the time [ Read More ]

Main Street Salon, Batavia, has invited the public to a mother and daughter fund-raiser Sunday, May 5. The event will be held from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, May 5. All proceeds will go to purchasing mattresses for the James E. Sauls Homeless Shelter. The shelter has 35 beds and is in desperate need [ Read More ]

State House Representative Doug Green toured a quality-rated child care program in Batavia on Thursday, April 4. The goal was to draw attention to the many community-based child care programs that will not benefit from the preschool dollars included in Governor Kasich’s education budget. Michele Jowers, director of the Afton Wesleyan Preschool and Day Care, [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Bethel officials are looking into building a new water tower in the village in the coming years and discussed the project during their April 11 meeting. Councilwoman Donna Gunn, chair of the parks and village property committee and the finance committee, said they have been discussing the need for a [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff Amelia Police Chief David Friend recommended council members give the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program a try in the village during the April 23 council meeting. Friend said the program allows existing officers to be dedicated to only traffic violations in the village. “I truly believe in this program,” Friend said. [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff More information is coming to light in a child endangering investigation that led to the arrest of two Batavia women at the end of March. On April 17, Alexsis Sexton, 19, of Batavia, was indicted by a Clermont County Grand Jury and charged with felonious assault and two counts of [ Read More ]

By Kristin Bednarski Sun staff State Auditor Dave Yost stopped in Clermont County April 19 to visit with Clermont County Auditor Linda Fraley. Yost said he has been traveling throughout Ohio making stops to talk to county auditors and people in the business community. “By getting out of Columbus I am hearing directly what is [ Read More ]