Good morning, Hamilton.

The Oak Hills Sunshine Squad started four years ago and now includes 15 athletes with special needs and volunteer coaches who have won multiple first-place medals.

Their next performance will be Nov. 23 at the Oak Hills Friends and Family Cheer Showcase (open to supporters).

Cincinnati Animal CARE says it has run out of proper kennel space for dogs at both shelter locations, and local vets told WVXU's Cincinnati Edition that higher costs are driving surrenders while Gen Z is choosing birds and small mammals.

At an Oct. 20 investor meeting, Kroger said it will open 110 stores by 2029, cut prices by $5 billion, and invest $5 billion in stores and e-commerce; it will introduce three new formats (about 100K, 75K, 50K sqft) and is pursuing a proposed Marketplace on North Dixie Drive in Butler Twp.

Great Parks planted 300+ trees across eight acres at Mitchell Memorial Forest on Wednesday, Oct.

28 to reforest former farmland and connect fragmented habitat (southeast of the developed park); a $73,000 Clean Ohio Fund grant paid for oak, buckeye, persimmon, redbud saplings and deer-exclusion fencing.

A first-of-its-kind hybrid-electric test plane landed Wednesday morning at CVG to test a conventional engine paired with a hybrid engine, reaching 30,000 feet to evaluate cruise performance and potential fuel and noise reductions for future commercial flights.

Three companies presented competing plans Wednesday for Hamilton’s first recreational marijuana dispensary, and council will pick one site at a second reading set for Nov.

11 (officials will weigh traffic, neighborhood impact, jobs, and public feedback).