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Blontas "Winkie" Mitchell, foreground, was a great presence in Springfield's caring community. BETH DIXON/CONTRIBUTED

Workshop trains adults to provide ‘youth mental health first-aid

$Workers have to remove snow from their cars Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 before going home. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Mostly cloudy with slight chance of flurries today

Hundreds of people lined West Dorothy Lane in Moraine on Saturday, March 1, 2025 to protest near a Tesla Service Center. The protest was aimed at Elon Musk, the world's richest man, and his actions with the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency. BROOKE SPURLOCK/STAFF

Crowd lines road near Tesla center in Dayton area to protest Musk

Thousands of Reds fans braved the steady rains to pay their respects to Cincinnati Reds legend and Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader Pete Rose for a memorial visitation on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, at Great American Ball Park. Hosted by the Cincinnati Reds and Rose’s family, the visitation lasted 14 hours, a tribute to the “Hit King’s” jersey number. Rose died on Sept. 30 at the age of 83. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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President Trump says he will pardon Pete Rose, who died last year

Shawnee Middle School's 8th Grade Power of the Pen Team at the District Tournament at Kenton Ridge Middle School. Contributed

Clark-Shawnee to host Power of the Pen competition today

President Donald Trump greets President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine at the White House on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. They are expected to to seal an agreement handing over rare mineral rights to the United States even as the new American administration pursues a separate deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

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This week in federal news — and how it impacts the region

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019, file photo the symbol for Intel appears on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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Intel again pushes back expected opening for semiconductor plant in central Ohio

Members of Springfield's Haitian community gather around Bradley Jean, center, as he translates for them at the 14th Annual Clark County Job Fair Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The job fair featured 60 employers looking for skilled and unskilled workers. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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How could the end of Haiti TPS impact Springfield, regional economy?

Longtime area school administrator pleads guilty in child sexual assault case

Wittenberg University’s Bachelor of Science in exercise science with a concentration in strength and conditioning is the first Council of Accreditation of the Strength and Condition Specialist (CASCE)-accredited program in Ohio and the 23rd nationally. Contributed

Wittenberg earns Ohio’s first CASCE-accredited bachelor’s program in exercise science

FILE - Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrives to speak at a campaign rally, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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‘I got sucked in’: Gov. Walz regrets focus on false claim of Springfield Haitians eating...

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PHOTOS: Crowd gathers to protest at Tesla Service Center in Moraine

$Snow plows out early Sunday morning, February 16, 2024 on Dayton Road in Clark county after heavy snowfall overnight. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF$

PHOTOS: Snow returns to Miami Valley

A semi truck and an SUV burst into flames after colliding on Ohio 41 at the Interstate 70 overpass Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. Both occupants escaped with minor injuries. Ohio 41 was closed for several hours while wreck was cleaned up. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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PHOTOS: Fiery Crash on Ohio 41 at I-70 Overpass

$Cedarville University hosted a service for Grace Maxwell, who died in a plane crash near Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 31, 2025. MARSHAL GORBY\STAFF$

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PHOTOS: Cedarville University students remember Grace Maxwell in service

Education

$The hallways were busy at Sinclair Community College Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 on the first day of classes. More than 15,500 students are enrolled for fall semester. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Sinclair Community College encourages bachelor’s degree completion with new Arizona State...

A bipartisan bill introduced to the Ohio Senate would make all breakfast and lunch free at public and chartered nonpublic schools. ISTOCK

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Ohio lawmakers propose making breakfast, lunch free at schools

$The new k-12 Valley View schools building. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

State budget proposes slashing public school funding while increasing voucher funds

Milo Wiedeke and Khali Jordan, second graders at Lagonda Elementary School, point out some of their favorite Valentines Day cards that their class has recieved from people around the country Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Valentine project connects Springfield students to new friends around nation

In the last 10 years, debate over transgender students' school bathroom use has led to a federal directive, then a state law, and now different bathroom models when schools are constructing new buildings. Bill Lackey/Staff

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Tipp City changes bathroom plan for new school after questions, concerns

Clark County school leaders met Feb. 5, including, back row, from left, Springfield Superintendent Bob Hill, ESC Superintendent Dan Bennett, Southeastern Superintendent David Shea. Front row, from left, Greenon Superintendent Darrin Knapke, CTC Communications Coordinator Alicia Rittenhouse, Global Impact STEM Academy Superintendent Josh Jennings and Shawnee Superintendent Brian Kuhn. BILLL LACKEY/STAFF

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School leaders worry about funding in state budget, adjust to new education laws

Construction for the Sycamore Ridge Housing Development at the intersection of South Burnett Road and Leffel Lane Tuesday, June 18, 2024. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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City of Springfield OKs tax abatement funding deals for housing developments

$Aspen Schiebout (left) and Riley Blair (right) hold back tears as they talk about Grace Maxwell, a Junior at Cedarville University. Maxwell was one of over 60 people that died in a mid air collision earlier this week. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF$

Cedarville University mourns loss of student in D.C. plane crash