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    These "chillers" on the roof of a data center in Germany, seen from above, work to cool the equipment inside the building. MICHAEL PROBST/ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    Crusoe data center to come to Springfield, expected to create 20 jobs
    Clark County Common Pleas Court
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    Clark County Common Pleas Court cases
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    Clark County Municipal Court cases
    Passengers walk through the terminal at James M. Cox Dayton International Airport on Thursday, Dec. 11. AAA projects 122.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home over the 13-day year-end holiday period beginning Dec. 20 and ending Jan. 1. This will be the first time on record that the number of domestic air travelers over the year-end holiday period exceeds eight million. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Record holiday travel: Nearly 5.1M Ohioans hitting the road, skies
    The Air City Garage in downtown Dayton is set for rehabilitation. Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
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    Air City Garage renovation developers get $3M loan from Ohio
    Several inches of snow fell around the Miami Valley on Dec. 13. Vehicles drive on East Main Street in Troy on Saturday, Dec. 13. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Snow totals: How much did the Miami Valley region get?
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    Springfield students react to School of Innovation closure
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    Parents, grandparent react to Springfield’s School of Innovation closure
    Darci Jordan. CONTRIBUTED
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    Column: Sometimes life calls for a compromise
    Gwendolyn Iheme (center) celebrates by holding a key to her new house that was given to her by Springfield ReStore manager Rathena Austin (right) during a home dedication hosted by the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Springfield. The ceremony was for Iheme, who will live in the house with her 8-year-old granddaughter, Rileyanna Foster. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF
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    Habitat for Humanity welcomes new homeowner just in time for the holidays
    FILE - Mariah Carey performs on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, file)
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    Tired of the same old Christmas songs? So were these countercultural carolers
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    Taylorsville MetroPark is one of three MetroParks that have designated sledding areas. CONTRIBUTED
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    PHOTOS: 4-6 inches of snow falls in Southwest Ohio
    Gwendolyn Iheme, center, celebrates by holding a key to her new house that was given to her by Springfield Restore manager Rathena Austin, right, during a home dedication hosted by the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in Springfield. The ceremony was for Iheme, who will live in the house with her 8-year-old granddaughter Rileyanna Foster. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF
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    PHOTOS: Habitat for Humanity holds home dedication for Springfield family
    A bicyclist rides past a shiny Christmas tree at the Springfield Esplanade on South Fountain Avenue, between Columbia and High streets, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Springfield. The tree was lit on Nov. 28, 2025. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF
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    PHOTOS: Christmas decorations standout in downtown Springfield
    Luna Reed, 6, catches some air while sledding on a snow day off school Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 at St. John XXIII School in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    PHOTOS: Snow blankets southwest Ohio on Tuesday, Dec. 2
    A vehicle with evidence markers near its front wheel after a shooting incident in the Sportsplex parking lot near Dayton Road on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025 in Fairborn. MARSHALL GORBY / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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    PHOTOS: Shooting investigated outside Fairborn SportsPlex
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    Parents, grandparent react to Springfield’s School of Innovation closure
    Each year, Fulton Elementary School holds the "Longest Table" event, where all 400-plus students sit to eat a traditional Thanksgiving meal together. Contributed
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    Springfield’s Fulton Elementary students come together before Thanksgiving holiday
    Springfield's School of Innovation where Keifer used to by located. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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    Will you be affected by Springfield’s School of Innovation closure? We want to hear from...
    Springfield School District's School of Innovation. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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    Springfield’s School of Innovation to close, consolidate with Springfield High School
    People walk along a sidewalk at Central State University campus on Oct. 24, 2024. The university recently reported it has about $26 million in unpaid tuition and fees that is more than a year past due. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    Central State owed about $26M in unpaid tuition, fees
    Global Impact STEM Academy teacher Andrea Keener teachers her students during class. CONTRIBUTED
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    Virtual Farm Trips providing students alternative way to learn aside traditional field...
    A student at Kenwood Elementary School waves an American flag during a Veterans Day ceremony at the school on Nov. 11, 2025. Hundreds of students in the Springfield City School District came together to honor veterans through a ceremony with special veteran guests and performances and coloring patriotic pictures to be delivered to local restaurants for veterans. Contributed
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    Springfield schools honor veterans through ceremony, kindness
    A sign on Wittenberg University's campus on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Springfield. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF
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    Accreditor places Wittenberg on probation, citing ongoing financial problems
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