Fairfield Echo

WILMINGTON - More than 1,000 people are without power in Warren County as the National Weather Service is warning locals of strong winds blowing through Southwest Ohio today, Dec. Full Story »

FAIRFIELD - Evidence of the downturn in Fairfield’s single-family housing market can be tracked to 2006, but the developer of Lundsford Estates said it happened as he attempted to tap into the once scant market two years before. Full Story »

WEST CHESTER TWP. - While the township has begun to collect on an economic agreement that brought a portion of a $13 billion operation to the community this year, another agreement has fallen victim to the economy. Full Story »

WEST CHESTER TWP. - AK Steel Corp. will release its fourth quarter and full-year 2009 earnings report at 8:30 a.m. Full Story »

WILMINGTON - The National Weather Service is warning locals of strong winds expected to blow through Southwest Ohio today, Dec. Full Story »

HAMILTON - Butler County officials say an emergency quarter percent sales tax could raise $10 million - more than enough to fill a projected $6.6 million hole in the county’s recession battered budget. Full Story »

FAIRFIELD - Cincinnati Christian Elementary School students are learning what it means to give back to the community. Full Story »

BUTLER COUNTY - More than 3,500 residential and industrial Duke Energy customers are without power this morning, Dec. Full Story »

HAMILTON - With the fifth annual Live Nativity from 6 to 8 p.m., Badin High School’s front lawn will be the center of a bustling evening at the high school on Thursday, Dec. Full Story »

FAIRFIELD - If you need a flu shot - either seasonal or H1N1 - Dixie Urgent Care has them. Full Story »

HAMILTON - It took only a dusting of snow this morning, Dec. 7, to turn Butler County’s roads into a hockey rink, and the morning commute into a contact sport. Full Story »

HAMILTON - A blanket of new fallen snow is frustrating motorists across Butler County this morning, Dec. Full Story »

FAIRFIELD - Vince Marquis has helped turn what was once a blight in the Fairfield community into something new. Full Story »

Longtime Butler County politician Michael Fox is in notorious company as he faces federal corruption charges of depriving the public of its right to “honest services.” Full Story »

LEBANON - he Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal ruled out criminal intent as the cause of Saturday’s fatal fire at the Warren County Fairgrounds. Full Story »

LEBANON - A tight-knit horse community was shocked by a morning fire that ripped through a horse stable here at the Warren County Fairgrounds killing two trainers and 44 horses. Full Story »

LEBANON - Two people are dead from a barn fire Saturday morning, Dec. 5, at the Warren County Fairgrounds. Full Story »

HAMILTON - Fairfield pediatrician Dr. R. Scott Blankenburg, who is awaiting trial in April on 22 sex and child pornography charges, was indicted on new charges Friday, Dec. Full Story »

LEBANON - One person is dead and another remains missing in a barn fire Saturday morning, Dec. Full Story »

LEBANON - Two people are unaccounted for and 50 to 60 horses were killed in a barn fire at the Warren County Fairgrounds early Saturday, Dec. Full Story »

LEBANON - Fire killed an estimated 50 to 60 race horses in a barn at the Warren County Fairgrounds early Saturday, Dec. Full Story »

John Joseph Wagner was a talented graphic artist for Cox Ohio Media. In his personal life, he was known as a quiet and religious family man who had a big heart. Full Story »

Fairfield and Cornerstone Plaza plan to set a festive mood for the holiday season. The city’s annual Holly Days celebration is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Full Story »

FRANKLIN - One person was transported by ambulance to Atrium Medical Center after a single vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 75 this morning, Dec. Full Story »

HAMILTON - Butler County commissioners named an interim county administrator Thursday, Dec. 3, to take the county’s reins until they can find a permanent replacement. Full Story »