Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
The Clermont County Public Water System's 2025 water quality report found PFAS compounds at two of three treatment plants serving Symmes Township, including a PFOS reading of 10.9 parts per trillion — nearly three times the 4 ppt federal limit — though the county reported no violations.
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Clermont County commissioners filed a federal RCRA lawsuit Sept. 24 against Duke Energy and other parties, alleging unlined coal ash ponds at the former Beckjord Station in New Richmond threaten the drinking water supply for 145,000 residents.
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Milford's 2025 water quality report detected five PFAS compounds in the city's drinking water, including PFOS at nearly double the new federal limit that takes effect by 2029, while the aquifer supplying the city's four wells carries a high susceptibility to contamination.
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New traffic signals at the Little Miami Scenic Trail crossing on West Loveland Avenue went live Monday, Sept. 21, replacing the old pedestrian-activated flashing crosswalk and synchronizing with nearby lights at SR-48 and Karl Brown Way.
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The Duke Energy Foundation is offering grants of $2,500 to $10,000 to small businesses in six southwest Ohio counties damaged by summer flooding and storms, with applications due Monday, Sept. 21 at 5 p.m.
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The ATF has deployed its Crime Gun Intelligence Mobile Command Center to the Clermont County Sheriff's Office in Batavia, giving investigators across the county and surrounding communities, including Loveland and Milford, on-site access to the national ballistic evidence network NIBIN.
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Branch Hill-Miamiville Road closes to through traffic Sept. 28 through Nov. 30 for a new sanitary sewer line, affecting Loveland and Milford school district families in the Branch Hill area.
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West Loveland Avenue and intersecting streets close at approximately 6:20 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, for the Loveland High School Homecoming Parade, with closures lasting about one hour.
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A Clermont County grand jury indicted corrections officer Matthew E. Mullenix on two counts of second-degree felonious assault after he allegedly struck a 63-year-old inmate repeatedly in a jail cell on July 7, with body-camera footage and an outside use-of-force consultant supporting the charges.
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Jeffrey Turner Taylor, 66, of Milford faces federal charges alleging he groomed and sexually abused boys while serving as a youth minister at churches in Virginia and Atlanta between 1990 and 2008; the FBI is seeking additional victims.
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Dry Run Road in Miami Township closes Sept. 24 through Nov. 14 for a bridge replacement, forcing an 8.64-mile detour and disrupting Milford school district bus routes.
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Christopher Evans, 34, convicted in 2017 of injuring his newborn son at the family's Loveland home, now faces murder, felonious assault and child endangerment charges in the death of his three-week-old daughter in Cincinnati, with bond set at $2 million.
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