In a tight economy, the cost of feed, hay and other supplies for show animals might seem like a luxury.

Expect hot and humid conditions this week with plenty of chances for rain due in part to the season’s first tropical storm, which made landfall early today on the Florida Panhandle near Fort Walton Beach.

A man was robbed and shot early in a street robbery early today in the 2400 block of Kenton Avenue, according to Cincinnati police.

A 52-year-old man was arrested and charged Sunday with fondling a woman while she slept.

About 14,000 people flocked to the Hamilton County Fair last week, a figure that tops 2008 numbers by about 5,000, the fair’s manager said today.

DRY RIDGE - Peggy Peters, 56, died Friday, Aug. 14, at St. Elizabeth Edgewood. A member of Point Pleasant Church of Christ, she was a hotel manager of a Holiday Inn in Charlotte, N.C.

FORT THOMAS - Irene Stone Dutle, 71, died Friday, Aug. 14, at her home. She was a coding specialist at St. Elizabeth Covington and a volunteer at St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas.

FLORENCE - Cameron C. Draper, 23, died Saturday, Aug. 15, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

OWENTON - James Edgar “Ed” Ashcraft, 64, died Saturday, Aug. 15, at St. Luke Hospice, Fort Thomas.

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