CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Kroger Co. stores in the Cincinnati and Dayton areas are asking customers to check their refrigerators and freezers for 5 lb. chub Kroger Ground Beef 73% Lean 27% Fat and Kroger Beef Patties with a "best before or freeze by" date of September 12, 2011. 

This ground beef is part of a recall announced by Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. 

Kroger customers can visit www.kroger.com/recall for the list of products subject to the recall sold in Kroger’s family of stores. The Tyson website lists all of the affected products and retailers. 

Kroger has removed affected items from store shelves and initiated its customer recall notification system. Customers who may have purchased the affected products will receive register receipt messages and/or automated phone calls.

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Huntington Bank joins the financing partners responsible for the completion of the Over-the-Rhine affordable rental housing development Friars’ Court on Friday, September 16. The program will begin at 10 a.m. at 1641 Vine Street, Cincinnati.

The Friars’ Court development creates 25 newly rehabilitated, modern apartments for income-eligible residents, replacing 39 out-of-date units. Funding is made possible by:

•     Huntington Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati

•     City of Cincinnati

•     Cornerstone Community Loan Fund

•     Franciscan Friars, Province of St. John the Baptist

The project is sponsored by Cornerstone Corporation for Shared Equity.

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - GROUPON has selected the Civic Garden Center (http://www.civicgardencenter.org/) to be the first non-profit in their Cincinnati market to benefit from their G-Team program.

Simply put, GROUPON subscribers will be given the option this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to donate on line to the Civic Garden Center to help them buy dirt for neighborhood gardens.  If the threshold of 33 donations of $10 each is reached, the CGC will get the funds immediately.  It is a quick and simple way for GROUPON to partner with a well respected nonprofit to help them raise funds for a very worthy cause.

"We are thrilled that GROUPON has selected us as their first G-Team beneficiary here in Cincinnati," said Vickie Ciotti, Executive Director of the Civic Garden Center.  "We have a waiting list for new neighborhood gardens and all we need is the money to buy more dirt."

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