Batavia News

BATAVIA - Clermont County commissioners today approved a $47.2 million operating budget for 2010, down 8.7 percent from this year's $51.7 million.

The Clermont County Humane Society raised more than $20,000 at its fundraising annual dinner and auction held Nov.

BATAVIA - Judge William Walker, who for 23 years has had a seat on Common Pleas Court in Clermont County, said Thursday he won't seek re-election. Walker, a Republican who was recognized Tuesday as trial judge of the year by the Southwest Ohio Trial Lawyers Association, plans to serve until his term expires at the end of 2010.

BATAVIA - A Goshen Township man, his girlfriend and his mother pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to kill a 7-year-old girl and her mother, who were to testify against the man in a rape case.

One person has been transported to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident in Batavia Thursday morning.

BATAVIA - A grand jury indicted a Clermont County man Wednesday on 19 charges related to thefts from homes or vehicles in Miami Township.

ZANESVILLE - Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper Trenas M. Weaver's peers have voted him Trooper of the Year for the past three years.

UC Clermont College will offer accelerated real estate pre-license classes in a new weekend class format.

Hundreds of people, including many veterans, flocked to the Batavia Township Community Center Wednesday, Nov.

Clermont County will dedicate its new Veterans Memorial Plaza Wednesday. The dedication will start at 3 p.m. and there will be a 21 gun salute and a flyover.

The Central/Joint Fire and EMS District had a busy weekend, with three separate fires in Batavia Township.

The Clermont County General Health District will being taking appointments on Monday, Nov.

BATAVIA TWP. - A flyover by retired military aircraft will be part of a Wednesday dedication ceremony for a new memorial to Clermont County veterans.

Batavia Township Trustees Archie Wilson and James Sauls Jr. are looking forward to continuity on the board after winning their seats in the Nov.

The Batavia Local School District will have to make due with its old elementary school after voters rejected a $13.9-million bond issue to build a new school.

The Salvation Army in Greater Cincinnati has issued a call for food donations. The nonprofit organization is requesting donations of non-perishable food items to stock its food pantry and for its upcoming Holiday Food Basket program.

The Clermont County General Health District begins holding vaccination clinics at county schools this week to administer the first of two H1N1 shots.

Jill Obermeyer Union Township Police and the Clermont County Sheriff's Department teamed up to try to get dangerous drugs off the streets.

Want to vote early? Your application for an absentee ballot must be received by your county board of election by noon Saturday.

BATAVIA - State Rep. Danny R. Bubp, a West Union Republican, may have violated Ohio law by simultaneously working as the magistrate of two communities in his 88th District, claims Dave Lane, chairman of the Clermont County Democratic Party.