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    Across social media and online marketplaces, “adult Easter baskets” are emerging as a seasonal trend, with curated bundles filled not with candy eggs but with wine, gourmet snacks, skincare, candles and other indulgent treats. ISTOCK
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    The adult Easter basket boom2h ago
    Route 68 Promotions hosted The Spring 2025 Great Ohio Toy Show at the Greene County Fairgrounds & Expo Center in Xenia on Saturday, March 29, 2025. The ticketed biannual event featured over 700 tables by vendors all over the United States spread out over seven buildings with vintage, antique, modern, diecast and hobby toys for sale. Food trucks were onsite, and entertainment was provided by DJ Marvel. TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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    The Great Ohio Toy Show to celebrate 10 Years in Xenia
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    Dillard’s opens for business at Beavercreek’s Mall at Fairfield Commons
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    Buc-ee’s in Huber Heights will have a new design where the food is made
    Don’t worry about controlling dandelions and other broadleaf weeds during the colder days of March. The best time to control dandelions is after they finish blooming and are at the puffball or shoe fairy stage. The honeybees can make good use of the blooms, and then you can eliminate them. ISTOCK
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    Dealing with brown spots in your lawn, controlling crabgrass and other spring lawncare...
    Cecil & Lime at 227 E. Cecil St. in Springfield. CECIL & LIME / CONTRIBUTED
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    Springfield’s Cecil & Lime to become The Grand Piano at future New Carlisle location
    An Amish family walks bare feet over a country road. ISTOCK
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    Amish Cook: Walking into a new day, a wedding trip filled with memories
    Garlic Herb Shrimp. GWYNN GALVIN, SWIRLSOFFLAVOR.COM
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    This week’s 7-day menu planner has recipe for Garlic Herb Roast Pork and more
    Singer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon, a Vermont-born folk artist, is bringing his solo show to Yellow Springs on March 24. STEVE GULLICK / CONTRIBUTED
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    Sam Amidon brings experimental folk to Yellow Springs
    Tartar Sauce with Fresh Dill. CONTRIBUTED
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    Making food for others is a physical manifestation of showing them you have listened
    McDonald's Shamrock Shake.
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    The Shamrock Shake: How a green milkshake became St. Patrick’s Day’s sweetest signal
    Members of the Red Stick Ramblers and Foghorn Stringband are collaborating to bring Cajun Country Revival to the Foundry Theater in Yellow Springs. The performance March 21 is presented by WYSO's Louisiana Byways. CONTRIBUTED
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    Cajun Country Revival brings Southwest Louisiana sound to Yellow Springs
    Dr. Jennifer Pue-Gilchrist, Pip's vet, gingerly holds a grumpy Pip who just had his yearly physical and his vaccinations updated. CONTRIBUTED
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    ‘Respect Your Cat Day’ is almost here
    Couple staying hydrated while working out. ISTOCK
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    Overheating in menopause? Moody? Dietitian offers tips for dealing with this and other...
    Russell Singleton is surrounded by neon in his booth at the Springfield Antique Show & Flea Market Extravaganza at the Clark County Fairgrounds Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The Extravaganza runs through Sunday from 8:00 a.m. - 6:00pm and features over 2000 antique, vintage and flea market dealers. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
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    Springfield Antique Show returns to Clark County Fairgrounds
    Comedian Becky Robinson will bring her signature character Entitled Housewife as part of her "The Beasts in Me Tour" to the Clark State Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 20. CLARK STATE / CONTRIBUTED
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    Comedian Becky Robinson to bring out comedy ‘beast’ at Springfield show
    Skyline Chili offers a "Green Way" for St. Patrick’s Day. SKYLINE CHILI/CONTRIBUTED
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    Skyline Chili goes ‘Green Way’ for St. Patrick’s Day
    Nightmares and Video Games has a room exclusively featuring horror movie memorabilia. BRANDON BERRY/CONTRIBUTED
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    Springfield store blends horror memorabilia and video games
    FILE - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce takes off his helmet during warmups before an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, Dec. 25, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)
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    Kings Island parent company Six Flags says Travis Kelce will be its brand ambassador
    Michael B. Jordan, winner of the award for actor in a leading role for "Sinners," poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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    Michael B. Jordan wins, Misty Copeland dazzles, Timothée Chalamet squirms: 7 takeaways...
    Premiere the Powerful, the 48-Hour Teen Film Festival, saw 11 teams of students ages 12-18 producing short films about personal superpowers sponsored by the Bringing Awareness to Students service group and shown at the State Theater on March 9. CONTRIBUTED
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    Teen filmmakers shine at Premiere the Powerful 48-Hour Film Festival
    Rolled oats, quinoa, buckwheat and teff. Whole grains supply protein, as well as a variety of essential vitamins and minerals. HEATHER WILLENSKY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
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    Smart tips for buying and storing whole-grain foods
    In this April 28, 2021 photo, a man works on the settlement tanks at the Conshohocken, Pa., sewer plant. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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    How sewage treatment plants could handle food waste, sparing landfills and the climate
    Toyota Crown. PHOTO BY TOYOTA
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    DRIVER’S SIDE: Toyota’s Crown jewel
    A Northern Spring Peeper crawling over a bed of moss. iSTOCK/COX
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    These tiny frogs are ‘like modern stereo speakers’
    "Bone Valley - a True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida" by Gilbert King. CONTRIBUTED
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    An astonishing story of an innocent man who served 35 years in prison for murder
    Pamela’s mother-in-law, Bessie Chandler, pictured with several of her grandchildren on a family cruise in 2025. Bessie recently passed away, leaving behind a legacy of family, love, and generations who will carry her memory forward. CONTRIBUTED
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    Birthdays and goodbyes: The legacy of a mother
    Pictured is a Green Mango Pineapple Lassi. CONTRIBUTED
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    Turning to smoothies to get through life’s daily grind
    Cecil & Lime at 227 E. Cecil St. in Springfield. CECIL & LIME / CONTRIBUTED
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    Springfield’s Cecil & Lime listed for sale, will be closing
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    Watch: Kings Island gives sneak peek of new Phantom Theater ride
    The biggest addition to Kings Island for the 2026 season is the "Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare" ride, a sequel to the original "Phantom Theater," the park's signature dark ride for 10 years. The attraction took guests through a haunted opera house filled with various ghouls and ghosts, with characters such as Houdelini, The Great Garbanzo and The Maestro, the attraction’s mascot. It closed in 2002. To bring the classic indoor attraction back to life, Kings Island has teamed up with Sally Dark Rides, a prolific manufacturer behind attractions found across the world. These photos are a sneak peek of the behind-the-scenes work getting done ahead of the new ride's opening. ALEX CUTLER/STAFF
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    PHOTOS: Sneak peek of revived Phantom Theater ride at Kings Island
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