With high school football season nearly upon us, let’s take one last look back at what went down in the Ohio Heritage Conference last season and see what it might tell us about this fall: ...

A new family-owned donut and coffee shop is coming to Middletown. Bismarck Donuts & Coffee is slated to open in October at 4455 Roosevelt Blvd. Owners Kim Lim and Veng Ngob, who are brothers-in-law, ...

About half of Lakota Schools’ 17,000 students and more than 1,000 teachers, began the new school year in the district’s 21 school buildings spread throughout West Chester and Liberty townships.

The Journal-News recently obtained an exclusive first tour of an all-inclusive entertainment center whose owners say will give the public a rare, hybrid leisure fun experience unduplicated in ...

Ohio’s elected leaders are mandated this year to redraw boundaries of the state’s 15 congressional districts amid a brewing fight for political control of the U.S. House of Representatives as the 2026 ...

This year, winter festivities downtown are expanding and Fountain Square’s annual ice skating rink will move two blocks away.

Kindergarten teacher Allison Glaab talks to students on the first day of school Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025 at Brookwood Elementary School in Hamilton. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF ...

The withdrawing express companies were correct. The first whale that was sent to Cincinnati died enroute in Cleveland on June 23, apparently for lack of water in his tank compounded by starvation. In ...

Monroe City Council has to decide whether to follow the recommendations from the Planning Commission and city staff or a ...

Property owners in Butler County are still reeling from the last property value reboot and the county auditor is warning many ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio, at a Dayton-area event on Wednesday, reacted to reports that he’ll face former longtime U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, in the 2026 election.

Here’s some thoughtful advice for back-to-school time for both parents and teachers from Meg Thomas, retired principal of the ...