Good morning, Hamilton.

Hamilton residents can examine time capsule items at COHatch (219 High St.) on Wednesday, Oct.

21 at 7 p.m., featuring local pop culture and everyday treasures that will be sealed until July 4, 2076. The event is a community effort to preserve a snapshot of life today.

Cleveland-Cliffs reported its best Q3 in three years on Oct.

19, with revenue rising 18% to $5.6 billion plus higher steel prices. It also got a permit to modernize its Middletown mill in a $1 billion project that will bring up to 1,500 construction jobs over the next four years.

For fiscal year 2026, Ohio spent over $1.17 billion on private school vouchers and nearly half went to Education Choice Expansion (a key near-universal program), while educators worry that rising voucher funding worsens public school underfunding.

Edgewood Schools officials released financial projections that suggest a proposed Amazon data center could turn a $20.3 million deficit in 2031 into a surplus of about $1.8 million.

The district emphasized that these projections rely on current estimates (with many unknowns) and that they have no control over the project.

A section of East Kemper Road between Tri County Parkway and Lebanon Road was dedicated on Monday as the Patrolman Earl W.

Casterline Memorial Highway in memory of the officer struck by a train 73 years ago — the state law designation honors his service.

A stopped train delayed Lockland firefighters on Oct.

18 as they responded to a house fire that claimed the life of 89-year-old Marian Haefner. Village leaders say train delays at intersections have long endangered emergency response and are calling on Norfolk Southern to improve safety.

Public health officials in Hamilton County warn that flu cases may spike as test positivity rates remain high and urge residents to get the updated vaccine before Halloween.

The vaccine offers better protection against last season's H3N2 variant.