Farm shifts to agritourism amid growth and suburban pressure
In Butler County townships, open spaces draw visitors as farms expand into agritourism with storage, bed and breakfast, corn mazes, hay rides, and paintball. Farmers face traffic hazards, vandalism, insurance costs, and looming land sales as developers offer lucrative prices, testing the viability of full-time farming.
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Butler County
Steve Bartels
Niedermans
Bartels
Stephen Jones
West Chester
Union Centre Boulevard
Summerville
Lakota
Janos
Talawanda
Liberty
Bethany Niederman
Bob Niederman
Ohio
Robert Niederman
Meth busts surge in Summit County outpace rest of state
General's Bureau of Criminal Investigations notes 113 of 301 meth cases in Summit County, up from 96 in 2001. Sheriff Capt Hylton Baker warns of potential disaster if meth spreads further. Summit County, near Cleveland, hosts a strong drug unit working with state and federal forces, aiming for about 150 busts this year. Warren County also sees rising meth activity with 10 sites last year and more than doubling this year. John Burke, Warren County drug task force commander, predicts continued increases.
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Baker
Scott Duff
BCI
Ohio
Miami Valley
National Drug Institute
Warren County
John Burke
Burke
Wolf Brigade ambush in Beiji aftermath inflames Iraq tensions
Eight members of the Interior Ministry Wolf Brigade died in a dawn ambush on a 20-vehicle convoy in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad. Four police officers were killed by a roadside bomb in Samarra, 60 miles north. Sectarian tension rises as Sunni extremists fuel the insurgency, with more than 530 killed since April 28.
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Interior Ministry
Wolf Brigade
Beiji
Baghdad
Nadar Adil
Samarra
Qassim Mohammed
Iraq
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