Ross News

Some Ross, Ohio baseball moms are making a pitch to 'strike out' brain cancer. Devastated by the plight of a boy on their sons' baseball team, Diane Siereveld and other moms are organizing the "Strike-Out Brain Cancer" benefit for the family of 9-year-old Nik Scheffler.

Members of the Ross Local School District have filled the position of superintendent less than a week after Todd Yohey officially tendered his resignation effective July 31.

Butler County commissioners will travel to New Miami Thursday, July 2, for their next commission meeting in the community.

Oak Hills Local School Board officials are expected to announce today that they're hire M. Todd Yohey, superintendent of Ross Local Schools, as the district's new superintendent.

DRY RIDGE - The Rev. Gary Lee Mocahbee Sr., 62, died Wednesday, June 17, at Hospice of the Bluegrass Care Center in Fort Thomas.

You can get married for free at an open house at a family-owned business in Ross in Butler County this weekend.. A licensed minister and notary public will help people tie the knot at Ross Self Storage on Venice Boulevard from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The chief of the Miami University Police Department has been named the new school board member for the Ross Local School District.

Mount Notre Dame senior forward Kendall Hackney - Ohio's Ms. Basketball this past season - will visit Northwestern next week, according to her father, Ed Hackney.

Gary Dittman said his grandparents used to drive the horse and buggy to the Farmers Market on Saturdays.

A Butler County commissioners are headed to Ross Twp. for their Monday, June 1, regular meeting.

SILVERTON - Charles H. Ross Sr. wept the day after Barack Obama was elected president.

Volunteers will be hitting the streets and the banks of the river Saturday, May 2, to pick up trash and debris.

Without implemented and projected budget cuts of more than $5 million, Ross Local School District officials are looking at a projected budget deficit for fiscal year 2011.

A Butler County remains among the top counties in the state for drug arrests by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, according to new statistics released by the patrol Wednesday, April 15.

Butler County's newest residents, a pair of bald eagles, are fast becoming a local attraction.

Nearly $1 million in federal landowner assistance funds and technical advice from a forester are available in a 22-county area that includes Ross and Pike for woodland owners interested in controlling invasive species.

A man Fairfield police arrested Friday night, March 27, on charges of driving under the influence and driving under suspension also is facing charges in Hamilton County for allegedly hitting and killing a bicyclist with his work truck.

February and March have been lucrative for thieves throughout the county with Butler County Sheriff's detectives looking to solve more that 50 vehicle break-ins and prevent more.

The Riverbank Cafe has teamed up with the Fraternal Order of Police Associates Lodge 19 in Hamilton and Butler County for a fundraising and awareness-raising event, 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 27.

LANCASTER - Dr. Mark Kimpton, Dr. Steven Meliotes, Dr. Jason Rich and Dr. David Vaziri have joined the staff at Fairfield Medical Center.