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The 56th reunion of the Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show is set for Aug. 13-16.

The Ohio Rural Heritage Festival will return to Ripley Aug. 27-29.

A 21-count indictment was filed against Cody Daniel Longbottom, 22, of Mt. Orab, on May 22, 2025 in case number CRI20252062.

The Ripley Riverfront Revitalization Project is on schedule with the majority of the work expected to be complete in October of this year.

Brown County Republican voters have spoken, and it’s Frank Fussnecker who they would like to see as the next Brown County commissioner.

The Brown County Conservative Republican Women’s Club hosted its Meet the Candidates forum on Wednesday, March 18 at Southern Hills Career and Technical Center in Georgetown, giving candidates a chance to speak publicly for three minutes each ahead of the May 5 Primary/Special Election.

After submitting a public records request, The Brown County Press, News Democrat, and Ripley Bee (Champion Media) has obtained the Purchase and Sale Agreement (marked confidential) for the sale of the industrial mega-site in the Village of Mt. Orab. The PSA states that “the Property meets the criteria and requirements…

One Mt. Orab Village Council member has taken steps in an attempt to stop a data center from being developed on the more than 1,000-acre mega-site located in Mt. Orab.

Hundreds of residents of Mt. Orab and the surrounding area have made it clear that they do not want a data center coming to the more than 1,000-acre “mega-site” that was sold to DB STU LLC by the Southwest Ohio Regional Development Authority (formerly the Mt. Orab Port Authority) more…