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Robert DeWeese, 37, of Union Township was sentenced Thursday, July 23, to 30 to 35½ years in prison after pleading guilty to raping a 6-year-old girl in a South Lebanon store restroom, just three days after his release from prison on prior sex crime convictions.
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Friends and fellow volunteers at Heart Church remember Vincent Stoetzel, 29, as a devoted father and tireless community volunteer who spent summers distributing water and organizing free car washes in the Mason area, after he was fatally shot at Carter Lumber on Wednesday, July 22.
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The Warren County Highway Department reopened Mason-Morrow-Millgrove Road on Wednesday, July 22, after repairing Bridge #38-2.93 west of Turtlecreek Road, which had been closed since July 15 due to structural and guardrail damage from a vehicle crash.
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The City of Mason launched a community survey on Wednesday, July 15, asking residents to identify dangerous road segments as part of its Safe Streets for All initiative, a federally aligned program aimed at reducing crashes and improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
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Severe thunderstorm warnings covered Warren County, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 21, as storms moved through the Mason and Deerfield Township area, prompting alerts for damaging winds, flash flooding, and possible tornadoes as part of a multiday outbreak affecting more than 116 million people.
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A Warren County bridge closed indefinitely Tuesday, July 14, after a truck crashed off the roadway, damaging the structure and guardrail. One person was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
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