Life + Culture

A Father’s Day Road Trip Down Memory Lane

Step Back in Time at Butler County’s 1910 Museum + Chickahominy House Article by Mike Burcham | Photography by Provided by Travel Butler County Long before Interstate 75 became the north-south thoroughfare that transformed Butler County, travelers relied on U.S. Route 25 to move between Cincinnati, Dayton and points north. At the center of it all was a single building at the intersection of U.S. 25 and Ohio 63.  Built in 1910 by Marion G. Warner, the structure now known as the 1910 Building...

Finance + Legal Services

Listening First

Sye Mishler Offers Finance with Heart Article by A.J. Lape | Photography by Len Kaltman + Michelle Moody Sye Mishler believes the most important financial conversations rarely begin with money. They start with questions about family, dreams and the moments people hope to experience—a child’s college graduation, a long-planned trip or the relief of a secure retirement. As a financial advisor with Raymond James and Founder of Mishler Financial Planning, Sye helps clients navigate those...

Entertainment

Celebrate Juneteenth

A Community Juneteenth Celebration Returns to West Chester June 13 Article by Mia Hilkowitz | Photography by Jerome Melson/Melson Photo Arts Studio West Chester’s annual Juneteenth Celebration returns for a third year this June with free live music, spoken word and arts and crafts.  Brenda Melson, manager of Transforming Families Ministries, started the event in 2024 after recognizing there was no established celebration of Juneteenth in West Chester. In past years, she had attended...

Life + Culture

Cabin Fever

Historic Log Cabins Tell the Stories of Butler County’s Earliest Days Article by Mike Burcham | Photography by Provided by Travel Butler County Long before Butler County’s towns took shape, life on the frontier was defined by what settlers could build with their own hands. These simple structures that once sheltered families now serve as storytellers of Butler County’s earliest days. Tucked just outside Oxford stands one of the county’s oldest structures: the Zacariah Price DeWitt log home...