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 confirmed the first West Nile-positive mosquito trap of 2026, detected in Green Township; no human cases have been reported, and larvicide treatment is underway in the affected area that includes Montgomery, Blue Ash and Sycamore Township.
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About 26% of Hamilton County kindergartners lack vaccination documentation as Sycamore Community Schools begins its 2026-27 year, complicating disease tracking amid record-high national exemption rates and Ohio's third measles outbreak of 2026.
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Montgomery will remove the Main Street yield lane onto Montgomery Road and replace it with a stop-sign T-intersection starting Aug. 31, adding pedestrian crossings and closing Main Street from Remington to Montgomery Road for about 30 days.
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Duke Energy restored power to nearly 85% of the 260,000-plus customers who lost electricity in Tuesday's derecho, with about 20,000 still without service as of Thursday night; Sycamore Township declared a storm damage emergency and is offering free debris pickup for registered residents.
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Hamilton County Emergency Management issued a "Turn Around, Don't Drown" warning on Friday, Aug. 14, covering Montgomery, Blue Ash and Sycamore Township as historic Whitewater River flooding triggered water rescues and evacuation alerts along Lawrenceburg Road and Suspension Bridge Road.
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The Storm Prediction Center confirmed Wednesday that Tuesday's severe storms were a derecho, while 5 to 7 inches of follow-on rain triggered flash flooding across Greater Cincinnati with about 100,000 Duke Energy customers still without power.
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Montgomery City Council's Aug. 5 business session featured a construction management agreement for the Safety Center renovation, a third-reading rezoning vote on Montgomery Road and a new rock salt purchasing contract through Hamilton County.
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Hamilton County EMA tested outdoor warning sirens at noon on Aug. 5 and reminded Montgomery, Blue Ash and Sycamore Township residents that sirens may not be heard indoors, urging sign-ups for the free AlertHC notification system.
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A five-vehicle chain-reaction crash on southbound I-75 in Franklin killed Karen White, 59, of Miamisburg and injured four others on Aug. 4, closing the highway for more than five hours and disrupting the morning commute for Montgomery and Blue Ash-area drivers.
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Sycamore Township declared its second storm damage emergency of the summer after August 1 storms, giving residents until 8 a.m. Wednesday, August 5 to register for free curbside debris pickup, with a free brush chipping day set for August 29.
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Elwood Jones, exonerated after 27 years on Ohio's death row, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Blue Ash and former police officers, alleging investigators planted evidence and developed "tunnel vision" in the 1994 murder case of Rhoda Nathan.
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MSD officials told Hamilton County commissioners Tuesday, July 28, that more than 1,800 sewer backup reports have been filed since the July 17 storm, now officially classified as a 1,000-year event, and outlined the federal thresholds the county must meet to unlock disaster relief for affected residents.
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