WEST CHESTER TWP.: State trooper rear-ended on I-75 (Hamilton watch)

WEST CHESTER TWP.: State trooper rear-ended on I-75
Journal-News - WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP A state trooper and a Hamilton woman were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries following a Tuesday night crash on Interstate 75 near Ohio 129. Mary Lou Fitzpatrick, 66, of 1250 Lisa Renee Drive, was in the right lane

Local news in brief
Cincinnati Post - A fugitive wanted in connection with a robbery in Indiana was arrested Tuesday morning in Cincinnati. Joachim Robinson, 23, was arrested at 895 Blair Ave., Avondale, on a warrant from the Batesville Police Department. He is charged with robbing

Wood takes win in 284th District Court Judge runoff
North Channel Sun - In a come-from-behind win, Cara Wood took a lead in the early voting totals and never looked back to defeat Ruben Hope Tuesday and win the Republican nomination for 284th District Court judge. Wood, a civil litigator with the Montgomery County

CFL set for dispersal draft
CBC News - Eight Canadian Fo otball League general managers will get a freebie of sorts on Wednesday after spending the last two months poring over a long list of free agents. Former Renegades quarterback Kerry Joseph is one of the more popular players heading

HAMILTON: Movie villain gets hero's welcome from area youth
Middletown Journal - HAMILTON He usually portrays bad guys on the big screen, but actor Martin Kove played the role of a good guy Tuesday afternoon as he spoke to children at the Great Miami Valley Central Branch YMCA. Kove who has acted in three Karate Kid

Rare musket might get reprieve
Thunder Bay Source - The fate of a rare, antique musket rests with the original owner. The 200-year-old British Brown Bess musket from the War of 1812 was destined to be destroyed along with 1,254 other guns collected in a month-long amnesty by Hamilton police. Following

Hamilton Book Club: One of a kind
Times Community - The Hamilton Book Club started small, friendly and sociable. It hasn't changed a bit in nearly 100 years. Mrs. A.B. Whittacre in 1911 invited a few friends to join her once a month to swap books and indulge their shared interest in literature. On

LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS - HR
Evening Star - ALBION - Fremont scored nine runs in its final three at-bats to rally and beat Central Noble 11-6 in the opening Northeast Corner Conference game for both teams Tuesday. Gabe Panyard had a two-run double in the Eagles' four-tun fifth inning which