Taylor Weiter

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NEWTOWN, Ohio — The Village of Newtown's mayor has resigned, WCPO has confirmed. In a letter to village council members on Wednesday, Mayor Mark G. Kobasuk said he and his wife have purchased a home near their farm in Kentucky and plan to move soon. "We were planning to build a house on our farm over the next several years but our plans changed when a unique property near our farm became available," Kobasuk said.

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MILFORD, Ohio — No one was injured after a fire broke out near a gun store in Milford Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. David Jetter with Miami Township Fire and EMS told reporters that crews responded to a call about a fire at Just Gun & Ammo on State Route 131. When they arrived, they found flames coming from a structure behind the building and heard what appeared to be explosions.

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FRANKLIN, Ohio — A 17-year-old from Dayton is dead after a crash between a semi and a motorcycle in Warren County Tuesday evening, Ohio State Highway Patrol said. OSHP said a preliminary investigation determined a man driving a 1995 Peterbilt 379 was traveling from the northbound I-75 ramp onto State Route 123 in Franklin when he hit a 2006 Suzuki DL1000 in the intersection before striking a median divider and turning over. The motorcycle also overturned before coming to rest in the median.

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CINCINNATI — A 14-year-old has been charged with the murder of another teenager in Over-the-Rhine last week. Cincinnati police said its Homicide Unit and Youth Services Unit arrested a 14-year-old boy Tuesday and charged him with murder, reckless homicide and two counts of felonious assault in connection with the death of 16-year-old Rasheed Mills. Officers responded to the 1300 block of Vine Street on June 19 after receiving a report about a shooting inside an apartment.

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UNION, Ky. — The man accused of opening fire on a landscaping crew near his home in Union, leading to a SWAT standoff in which he was shot, has been discharged from the hospital and charged with multiple counts of attempted murder. The Boone County Sheriff's Office said in a release Bader M. Jibrini was discharged from UC Medical Center one week after he was shot by police during a standoff at his home on Saunders Lane in the Triple Crown subdivision.