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  • 2 days ago | fox19.com | Ken Brown

    BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says his jail has had to expand the number of beds available due to the increase in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees. Three months ago, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office opened a portion of the jail to ICE. As part of the deal, Sheriff Jones would open 300 beds at the jail to hold detainees. They have already eclipsed that number in the three months.

  • 3 days ago | fox19.com | Ken Brown

    HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX) - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is issuing a warning to drivers who decide to drag race on public roadways. This is an issue the highway patrol is very aware of, and has become such an issue that groups of people hoping to race will make their own roadblocks along the interstate. “It’s not safe, it’s irresponsible,” Sgt. Tyler Ross said. “You’re driving a deadly weapon down the roadway, you know, you have to take it serious. You have to be responsible behind the wheel.

  • 1 week ago | fox19.com | Ken Brown

    HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX) - As property values have gone up, property taxes are getting more costly, and many Ohio residents want it to stop. Increases in property taxes have led to a growing movement to eliminate property taxes in Ohio. However, eliminating property taxes could cost local school districts and other government services more than $24 billion, according to a release from the Butler County Auditor’s Office.

  • 1 week ago | fox19.com | Jennifer Baker |Ken Brown

    MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WXIX) - One man is dead and a woman is hurt in a police-involved shooting during a Middletown drug investigation. No officers were hurt, authorities say. It happened as Middletown police arrived to search a home on Garden Avenue around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser tells FOX19 NOW.

  • 2 weeks ago | fox19.com | Ken Brown

    HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WXIX) - The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday it plans to open a substation at the Harrison Township Civic Center. Harrison Township Trustees voted unanimously to sign a contract with the sheriff’s office for police services to help patrol the northwest area of the county. “We’re going to create a parking spot back here for nine [sheriff’s] cars and give them two offices.

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Ken Brown
Ken Brown @Fox19KenBrown
17 May 25

Mother Nature is starting to get angry out there 🫣 #lightning #Storms https://t.co/fVBHwBwXo8

Ken Brown
Ken Brown @Fox19KenBrown
9 May 25

It’s been like this most of the morning here at the Cintas Center as law enforcement from all over come to remember the life of Deputy Larry Henderson. https://t.co/HfJKgjtoHD

Ken Brown
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3 May 25

Nice to see so many people this interested in Journalism again. #KentuckyDerby #JournalismMatters