Finneytown News

Teachers of music, English, art, government, foreign language, special education and primary grades, as well as counselors, principals, and intervention specialists are among the 22 educators who will be honored at the seventh 'Celebrate Excellence' breakfast at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24, at the Sharonville Convention Center.

Planet Fitness employees and patrons are counting down the days until they host NBC's "Biggest Loser" TV show casting call from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the gym, 8501 Winton Road.

Olverson, who is the kindergarten-12 curriculum and instruction director at Licking Heights Local Schools in Pataskala, Ohio, signed a contract on April 18 to become Finneytown's superintendent.

Fifty shotguns, rifles and handguns lay on the floor of BLOC Ministries in West Price Hill that a were bought during Gifts for Guns buy back initiative.

Chuck Grosser, 42, said it was the advice his parents gave him that helped him on his career path "They always told me, 'Try to help at least one person every day,' and that always stuck with me," he said.

Now that the Bengals drafted a tight end in the first round of the NFL Draft, what's in store for... With an 8-1 loss to Washington at Nationals Park, the Reds fare now just 1-6 away from home early... FINNEYTOWN - Demolition crews have leveled the former Angelo's Family Restaurant and Bar at 8270 Winton Road in to make way for a Bob Evans ... (more)

There are now many folks living here that have no idea about some of the before and after.

Not all excellent-rated schools are created equal. Milford has been rated "excellent" by the state of Ohio for nine consecutive years, and last school year it received a Performance Index Score of 105.1, which is a "compilation of all the state test scores for school districts," said Bob Farrell, superintendent.

Finneytown Local School District has a new superintendent signed, but he won't be delivered until next month.

Springfield Township resident Marlene Kenworthy said she was excited to show her art work close to home.