Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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Blue Ash Police and the DEA will collect expired or unwanted prescription pills and patches for free, anonymous disposal on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Municipal and Safety Center on Cooper Road.
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Hamilton County Public Health issued an advisory Sept. 9 urging all residents, including those in Montgomery, Blue Ash and Sycamore Township, to verify their measles vaccination status as Ohio reports 142 cases across 15 counties and the U.S. records its highest case count since 1991.
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Blue Ash stands as a regional outlier by keeping its Flock Safety license-plate cameras running while Lebanon votes to remove all 20 of its cameras, Trenton schedules a Sept. 15 public forum, and the Hamilton County Sheriff's 75-camera network remains paused.
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A 10-ounce bag of Great Value Organic Triple Berry Blend with lot code 6040 01-6 has been recalled from select Walmart stores in Ohio and 15 other states because of potential E. coli O145 contamination linked to a broader outbreak.
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ODOT will close I-75 in both directions through downtown Cincinnati from late Sept. 25 through early Sept. 28 for Linn Street bridge girder installation, pushing commuters and trucks onto I-275 through Montgomery, Blue Ash and Sycamore Township.
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Hamilton County's Emergency Management Agency is asking Montgomery, Blue Ash and Sycamore Township residents to complete an online preparedness survey by Monday, Sept. 21, as part of National Preparedness Month.
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Montgomery Firefighter Mike Henderson will lead two CPR and first aid courses on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Montgomery Safety Center, with a public HeartSaver session starting at $40 for residents.
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Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey paused all 75 Flock license-plate reader cameras countywide, citing unanswered questions about data sharing, a $225,000 annual cost and plans to push Flock Safety and Ohio lawmakers for stronger protections.
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Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey announced Thursday she will pause all 75 Flock Safety license-plate reader cameras the sheriff's office operates, but Blue Ash remains among more than a dozen Greater Cincinnati communities still using the surveillance technology.
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The PulsePoint Respond app, now live across Hamilton County including Montgomery, Blue Ash and Sycamore Township, sends free 911-linked alerts to CPR-trained bystanders within a quarter mile of a cardiac arrest and directs them to the nearest AED.
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An Evendale man pleaded guilty to four felonies after investigators found thousands of AI-generated child sexual abuse images and photos of real students from an unidentified local parochial school on his devices.
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Firefighters from four departments quickly extinguished a late-night condo fire on Chaucer Drive in Sycamore Township on Saturday, Aug. 29, with two residents escaping unharmed and no damage to neighboring units.
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Sycamore Township trustees unanimously approved a partnership with All Saints School on Aug. 11, adding a Hamilton County Sheriff's Office power-shift officer who will serve as a school resource officer during school hours and patrol the township the rest of the year.
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