Butler County Pulse

Bayer's $2.2 billion central Ohio plant stands as the state's largest-ever international healthcare project and biggest German investment in history....

Patchy fog after midnight will cut visibility for Butler County commuters, with lows in the upper 40s and calm north winds around 5 mph. Monday brings morning fog then mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s.

• A suspected impaired driver struck an officer directing traffic at the Ross homecoming parade on Oct. 1, sending the officer to the hospital with...

InSite Real Estate acquired the 1.38 million-square-foot former Kohl’s eFulfillment Center at 3500 Salzman Road in Monroe for $55.95 million in one of...

Middletown's Packaging Corporation of America plant will permanently close by year's end, impacting all 91 employees. Most finish duties Dec. 1 as work consolidates into larger operations elsewhere, leaving the facility vacant soon after.

Butler County's second appeal in the Garver Family Farm zoning case threatens the 100-year-old operation's agricultural tax exemption, which could...

• Crash details: A vehicle struck a home in the 4200 block of Roosevelt Boulevard around 3 a.m., shearing the gas meter and sparking an explosion and...

• $2.5 million awarded to five Ohio organizations through the SSG Fox SPGP for suicide prevention
• Butler County recipients: Community Health...

Butler, Hamilton, Montgomery, and Preble counties have an in-person Farm Bureau office where members are welcome to visit. This provides direct local access for area farmers and agricultural families.

Trail improvements have begun this week at Wilhelmina Park in Liberty Township. Visitors should stay on marked trails, remain on park property, and respect nearby private land.

• Industrial future: Ohio EPA air permit approval allows Cleveland-Cliffs to begin construction on the $1 billion Middletown Works upgrade.
• Energy...

GE Aerospace's nearly $1 million investment targets the region's acute shortage of skilled aerospace and manufacturing workers by expanding training...

A road rage shooting on westbound I-275 near Princeton Pike injured a driver via glass fragments after a bullet struck their vehicle around 3:27 a.m....

Judge Jennifer Muench-McElfresh denied the defense's request to close proceedings in the Natrone Kakaris aggravated murder case, citing Ohio Supreme...

Lyric Vick now faces a 20-foot drop just 10 feet from his back door after a Sept. 20 storm stripped 5-10 feet of his Middletown yard overnight....

High-speed internet is now treated as essential infrastructure in Butler County, not a luxury. The two-year delay for Altafiber's project leaves...

The open commissioner seat controls a $563 million budget and 14 departments after 15 years of the same board.

• Ryan's approach: Economic...

El Rancho Grande has shuttered its Liberty Township site at 6752 Cincinnati Dayton Road but will reopen nearby soon, giving local diners a short gap before the return while directing them to Middletown and West Chester locations in the meantime.

The mothers of Middletown murder victims Marvin Davis Jr. and Daniel Fitzgerald won their fight to remain in an open courtroom as Natron Kakaris faces...

Did medical complications, crash injuries, or both kill the infant?

• Father had rushed the baby to the hospital for medical issues before the 5...