Clermont County, Ohio – Clermont County athletes had a great time at this year’s Special Olympics Ohio Games held in the Jess Owens Memorial Stadium at Ohio State University..
Miami Township, Ohio – There’s still time to register for Game On! – a mom and son themed night out on the Town(ship) – Thursday, MAR 6, 6-8:30 PM.
Sponsored by Miami Township.
This fun filled interactive evening at Miami Township’s own Scene75 Entertainment Center.
The night will include pizza and a drink, a special gift for each son, $10 game card and 2 hours of unlimited use of the following attractions: Go Karts, 4 D Theater, Mini Golf, Mini Bowl, Lazer Maze, Atomic Rush and Spin Zone Bumper Cars.
You gotta be there!
Clermont County, Ohio – The 2024 Annual Report for the Clermont County Soil and Water District is out.
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Last year’s winning design
Clermont County, Ohio – K-12 students, send in your logo designs for the Spring Litter Cleanup by February 28th.
The Clermont County Park District says they are excited to see what the logo for the 2025 Spring Litter Cleanup will be.
The 2025 Logo Design Contest is for local K-12 students. The winner will receive a $100 cash prize and will also receive a $100 cash donation to their school art department or local art program! There will also be $25 individual cash prizes given to the winning design for each grade level (K-12).
All K-12 students attending a school located in Clermont County or within the East Fork Little Miami River Watershed (including home-schooled students) are eligible to compete. Interested students should register using this form. Logo designs should emphasize litter clean-up and prevention – complete contest rules are listed here. Design entries are due to the Clermont Soil & Water Conservation District office by Friday, February 28, 2025.
News from the Warren County EMA
(1/17/25) – The National Weather Service has issued an EXTREME COLD WATCH from 1/20/25 1:00AM-1/22/25 10:00AM
Clermont County, Ohio – Clermont Soil & Water along with the Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District are coordinating the 2025 Spring Litter Clean-up Event with the Logo Design Contest for students K-12th grade.
The student with the winning design will receive a $100 cash award and an additional $100 gift given to their school art department or local art program.
There will also be 13 grade-level awards of $25 each.
Loveland/Miami Township, Ohio Effective 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 5, 2024, Miami Township, Clermont County has issued a Snow Emergency. To assist the Service Department with their snow removal efforts, no vehicles shall be parked on any snow emergency route or any township street. Drivers are discouraged from being on roadways unless they have emergency reasons.
“The Snow Emergency shall remain in place until the Township declares otherwise.”
Clermont County, Ohio – Clermont County officials today announced an upcoming solicitation for proposals to hire a consultant to manage the Clermont County Animal Shelter as well as a request for bids to expand outdoor kennel capacity and new volunteer policies and procedures.
“These recommendations are part of a comprehensive plan to improve our physical facilities and daily operations to ensure our dogs continue to receive top-quality care,” said Angie Livesay, Deputy Assistant County Administrator and Acting Kennel Administrator.
Livesay outlined the recommendations to the Board of Clermont County Commissioners during its regular meeting Wednesday, Dec. 11. The board voted unanimously to approve the recommendations for the bid proposals.
Under the proposed new management structure, all current and future staff at the shelter will remain county employees. The consultant would provide a contracted resident management team for daily operations under the policy direction of the commissioners.
Livesay was appointed by the commissioners to serve full time as Acting Kennel Administrator in July 2024.
The legal notice of the “Request for Proposals for Clermont County Dog Kennel Management” will be posted on the county’s website next Thursday, Dec. 19. Proposals will be due Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
In addition, the county announced that it will begin advertising a request for bids from contractors to expand the shelter’s outdoor kennel capacity to add 61 kennels up from the current 23. The legal notice for the expansion project will be posted to the county’s website.
Livesay also recommended a comprehensive update to the shelter’s policy for volunteers. The board will review the policy and vote on it at the Dec. 18 meeting.
A copy of the policy will be posted on the county’s website once it is finalized and approved by the commissioners.
Clermont County, Ohio – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has announced the appointment of Nathan M. Little to the Clermont County Municipal Court.
Little, of Cincinnati, will assume office on November 11, 2024, and will be taking the seat formerly held by Judge Jesse Kramig, who resigned. He will serve the remainder of the unfinished term and will need to run for election in November 2025 to retain the seat.
Little began his law career in 2008 as a law clerk for the Law Offices of Attorney Vincent A. Salinas in Cincinnati, a position he held until 2009. He is now co-owner of Middletown Title Agency, a partner at the Law Firm of Combs, Schaefer, Ball & Little in Middletown, and serves as a magistrate for the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division.
In 2004, Little received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati. He earned his juris doctorate from the University of Dayton School of Law in 2009.
In his community, Little serves on the executive board of the Clermont County Court Special Advocate (CASA) program. He is also a volunteer with the Inter Parish Ministry (IPM) Food Pantry and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati. Additionally, he is a member of the Ohio Association of Magistrates and the Federalist Society at the University of Dayton School of Law. Little also serves as a deacon at Felicity Christian Church.
Loveland, Ohio – Despite some areas of Ohio receiving rain over the past week, much of the state continues to be impacted by extreme drought conditions. As a result of these conditions, a Ban on Open Burning first ordered on Sept. 6, 2024, by Ohio State Fire Marshal Kevin Reardon has been extended and expanded today to include additional counties.
The ban impacts any county in Ohio identified by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) or United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as being in the “Extreme Drought” or “Exceptional Drought” categories as identified by the United States Drought Monitoring System.
As of today, Sept. 27, the Ban on Open Burning includes the following counties: Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Butler, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Green, Guernsey, Hamilton, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Madison, Meigs, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Tuscarawas, Union, Vinton, Warren, and Washington.
Under the order, if any part of a county is identified by NOAA and the USDA as being in the “Extreme Drought” or “Exceptional Drought” categories, the entire county is included in the burn ban.
“The rain we’ve had is certainly nice and is a breath of fresh air in some regards, but it’s in no way close to replacing the amount of moisture we need to have in our soil in the affected burn ban areas,” said State Fire Marshal Kevin Reardon. “It’s just not enough.”
Some regions of the state are expected to receive significant rainfall from remnants of Hurricane Helene. Any impact from that rainfall would be reflected on next week’s U.S. Drought Monitoring System map update.
Examples of activities prohibited by this Order in the ban area include those involving the lighting or maintaining of an open fire such as:
Prohibited Activities:
Acceptable open flame-related activities include indoor cooking, outdoor cooking with electric stoves/cooking elements or propane/liquid fueled cooking as permitted in this Order, and use of non-flame-based heating or electrical devices.
Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) §3737.82, R.C. §3737.22(A)(1) and R.C. 3737.22(A)(2), and Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) 1301:7-7-03(G)(1)(b), Ohio Fire Code (OFC) 307.1.2. Click here to access the updated order. This order supersedes and replaces SFM’s Sept. 20, 2024 Ban on Open Burning Order.
In addition to the Ban on Open Burning for the above counties, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Forestry’s annual fall burn ban will go into effect for all of Ohio. This law prohibits outdoor open burning statewide in unincorporated areas during October and November between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. This ban includes the burning of yard waste, trash, and debris. The annual fall burn ban serves as an additional type of an open burning ban in the counties impacted by the current SFM Ban on Open Burning, which is in effect 24 hours a day until it is lifted. Once the SFM Ban on Open Burning is lifted for a county, those affected locations will still need to comply with ODNR’s annual statewide fall burn ban for its effective period.