Edgewood to Seek Third Levy Vote in November
Edgewood City Schools board moved to certify a 6.9 mill permanent levy for November after two prior failures. Treasurer says ballot is likely. superintendent notes mandatory meetings. If approved, eight bus drivers lose jobs and extracurricular fees may rise while districts pursue cuts to avoid deeper reductions.
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Trenton
Edgewood City
Board of Education
Butler County
Brian Rabe
Tom York
York
New chemical battalion activated by Ohio National Guard
A Middletown based unit of the Ohio National Guard activated as a chemical battalion and placed on readiness for immediate service. Page C1 notes sunny weather with scattered clouds for the day and a high of 79, low of 56 on A2.
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Ohio National Guard
Middletown
Union members picket AK over layoffs at Middletown Works
Informational picket along Roosevelt Boulevard near AK Steel Corp drew about 80 participants led by AEIF as 15 Middletown Works employees were laid off. Members protested contractor hiring, reassignment of trades, and outsourcing of skilled labor to general labor roles while AK officials declined to comment.
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Gary Stelzer
Middletown Journal
James Lawson
AK Steel
Casey Nichols
Roosevelt Boulevard
Armco Employee Independent Federation
Armco Employees Independent Federation
AK Steel Corp
Middletown Works
AEIF
Alan McCoy
Ing
Gary Parks
Ryan Curry
Ed Shelley
Parks
Holzberger faces possible dismissal of felony charges
Former Butler County Sheriff and Hamilton City Councilman Richard Holzberger may have a felony charge for writing bad checks dropped after completing a diversion program. He wrote two checks in 2000 to Sam's Wholesale Club for 820.57 and 594.63, paid restitution, and entered the program, which could lead to dismissal if completed successfully.
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Cincinnati
Butler County
Hamilton
Richard Holzberger
Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office
Holzberger
Springdale Sam’s
Sam
Bruce Taylor
Hamilton County
Prosecutor’s Office
David Parker
Job growth slows as July adds 32000 workers
U S job growth slowed in July with 32000 payroll gains the smallest since December and the unemployment rate edging down to 5.5 percent. Data revisions show weaker employment in May and June and cooling stocks as oil prices rise and policy debates intensify before the election.
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Washington
Uss
Labor Department
Bush
Federal Reserve
Stuart Hoffman
PNC Financial Services Group
Fed
Clashes in Najaf kill 300 insurgents in U S assault
U S reports say 300 militants were killed over two days as helicopter gunships and jets pound fighters in Najaf and across Shiite areas. Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army clashed with coalition forces amid attempts to quell renewed insurgency and secure the interim government.
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U.S
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Muqtada al-Sadr
Al-Sadr
United States
Kufa
Mahdi Army
Adnan al-Zurufi
Baghdad
Sadr City
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