Springfield News-Sun

12/09/2024

The Springfield Rotary Club helped 145 special needs children have a merry Christmas during their 102nd annual Christmas Party for Children with Disabilities on Monday.

102nd Springfield Rotary Christmas Party for Children with Disabilities

12/09/2024

The earned income tax would raise just shy of $3.1 million annually for five years for day-to-day expenses, according to school board documents. Superintendent Brian Kuhn said the tax rate would be 1%.

At their Dec. 19 school board meeting, Clark-Shawnee Local Schools is expected to put a 1% earned income tax on the ballot for the May election. The tax would raise just shy of $3.1 million per year.

12/09/2024

Police also recovered a mask like one seen in images connected to the killing, and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching the name used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting incident, police said.

NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a 26-year-old man with a weapon consistent with the gun used to kill the head of the largest U.S. health insurer, New York’s police commissioner said Monday.

12/09/2024

Dave Parker played for the Reds from 1984 to 1987 and was a two-time all-star. He was inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame in 2014.

CINCINNATI — Dave Parker has earned baseball immortality in Cooperstown.

12/09/2024

Tecumseh school board is expected to suspend one school policy at its December meeting to allow released time for religious instruction.

Tecumseh school board will suspend its policy to allow released time for religious instruction at the December meeting.

12/09/2024

The Cincinnati Bengals only have things like pride, individual accolades and future contracts to play for at this point.

CINCINNATI — While the Cincinnati Bengals only have things like pride, individual accolades and future contracts to play for at this point, even wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is starting to sound doubtful about how much longer he will be with the team.

12/09/2024

"I thought I was burned out on my writing career. Years of press releases, feature pieces, and Motherhood columns came to a grinding halt; the love was lost. I shut down the computer and walked away."

I thought I was burned out on my writing career. Years of press releases, feature pieces, and Motherhood columns came to a grinding halt; the love was lost. I shut down the computer and walked away.

12/09/2024

Zoo baby season is usually a little closer to springtime, but the Cincinnati Zoo has already welcomed two tiny new additions.

12/08/2024

The glitz and glamour of a red-carpet movie premiere went well with the lights and decorations of the holiday season at Springfield’s State Theater as it hosted the Ohio debut of a new Christmas film on Saturday.

12/08/2024

Ohio State got the No. 8 seed and will play No. 9 seed Tennessee at 8 p.m. Dec. 21 at Ohio Stadium.

Ohio State will open the College Football Playoff at home in two weeks

12/08/2024

When Cade York received an invitation to work out for the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday for a chance to replace injured kicker Evan McPherson, he told his girlfriend that one way or another he would be coming home.

CINCINNATI — When Cade York received an invitation to work out for the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday for a chance to replace injured kicker Evan McPherson, he told his girlfriend that one way or another he would be coming home.

12/08/2024

The Dayton Daily News, Journal-News and Springfield News-Sun holiday cookie contest returned this year with area bakers submitting nearly 30 of their very best recipes.

12/08/2024

Driver’s education continues to get more attention from state officials than it has in years, triggered in part by concerns about inexperienced Haitian immigrant drivers in Springfield.

12/08/2024

“It is my feeling that the D.A.R. chapter could not find a better example of what it means to be a positive human being ...

“It is my feeling that the D.A.R. chapter could not find a better example of what it means to be a positive human being than Alice Marshall.” - Basil Fett at Tuesday program honoring Alice Marshall

12/08/2024

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago sold for a winning bid of $28 million at auction Saturday.

12/07/2024

ATLANTA (AP) — The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting...

ATLANTA (AP) — The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida's Gulf Coast.

12/07/2024

SAN DIEGO (AP) — When Aaron Pierre was cast as Mufasa, the weight of following in the late James Earl Jones' legendary f...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — When Aaron Pierre was cast as Mufasa, the weight of following in the late James Earl Jones' legendary footsteps was enough to rattle any actor. But instead of letting the pressure roar too loudly, he harnessed his nerves to breathe fresh life into his young lion character.

12/07/2024

After the Cincinnati Bengals’ lost their eighth game of the season Sunday, essentially ending their playoff hopes, questions started turning toward the future of the franchise.

CINCINNATI — After the Cincinnati Bengals’ lost their eighth game of the season Sunday, essentially ending their playoff hopes, questions started turning toward the future of the franchise.