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By Eamon Baird

COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Director Bruce Vanderhoff, M.D., MBA, recently announced that Ohio is significantly expanding its capabilities to screen newborns for different types of cystic fibrosis.

COLUMBUS—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced new grant funding through CyberOhio to assist local government entities with cybersecurity software and services to boost their preparedness and resilience on Monday, July 22.

TIPP CITY — The Tipp Community Night summer music series continues on Friday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. with guitarist/balladeer “Eli,” followed by the Tom Daugherty Orchestra and swing dancers at 7:30 p.m.

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A worker looks over debris from the former Red Roof Inn on U.S. Route 36 in Piqua on Monday, July 22, as demolition has started on the former hotel in preparation for a new Olive Garden restaurant, Chipotle Mexican Grill and a Hampton Inn by Hilton Hotel. Construction on the new restaurants and hotel is expected to begin in early 2025.

Tour-goers enjoy the garden of Pam and Mike Brookhart, which was one of the gardens featured during Saturday’s 10th Miami County in Bloom Garden Tour, which was presented by the Miami County Master Gardener volunteers.. This year’s theme was “A Garden Is Music to the Earth.” The tour also featured Mike Sedmak, guitarist, and Flutes Etcetera, at two of the six gardens in the tour.

Miami County Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Robert Lewis, left to right, Miami County Commissioner Ted Mercer, Miami County Commissioner Wade Westfall, and Lt. Col. Kevin Wuebker, USAFR, sit in the cockpit of a C-17 “Globemaster” belonging to the 445th Airlift Wing during a visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Monday, July 22. The Board of Miami County Commissioners, along with other county officials, were invited to tour the 445th ALW and one of the wing’s C-17 aircraft.

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