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Beavercreek

Additional apartments proposed for Beavercreek near Wright-Patterson AFB

$The owner of Amar India Restaurant, Surjit Singh Mattu with his wife, Jatinder K. Mattu. There are three of the restaurants in the Dayton area. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Free lunch buffet available at 3 Indian restaurants on Thanksgiving Day

Some Wendy’s restaurants, including 3220 Dayton Xenia Road in Beavercreek, are participating in a Community Day on Friday, Nov. 21 where customers can get free food. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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11 Wendy’s restaurants in Dayton area to offer free food for ‘Community Day’ on Friday

Col. Karl Seekamp, deputy commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), speaks at the D'Azzo Library 25th Anniversary event at the library on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in August. (Air Force photo by Kenneth M McNulty)

Ohio Federal Research Network approves $10.2M for new research

Bellbrook

Tenyetta Olinger, of Fairborn, was convicted of one count each of assault and endangering children after an incident involving a special needs boy on a bus in January. FILE

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Jury finds former teacher’s aide guilty of assaulting autistic boy on Fairborn bus

Restaurants in the Dayton region are continuing to support those facing food insecurity in the Miami Valley. Last week, Wheat Penny Oven & Bar distributed almost 500 meals in two days. Pictured is Liz Valenti, who owns the restaurant with Dave Rawson. FILE PHOTO

Dayton-area restaurants, businesses continue with free meals for those facing food...

The 18,000 square-foot, $5.6 million Clearcreek Twp. police station is on Bunnell Hill Road on the north side of the township's government Center campus. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Voters back Clearcreek Twp., Bellbrook public safety levies

The Blue Berry Cafe opened a second restaurant location in 2024 at 2932 S. Dixie Drive in Kettering. This is the former space of the Golden Nugget Pancake House. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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The Blue Berry Cafe in Bellbrook, Kettering has free meals for those in need amid...

Brookville

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11 Wendy’s restaurants in Dayton area to offer free food for ‘Community Day’ on Friday

A Montgomery County photo of 10 Nutrition Way in Brookville.

Growing plumbing, HVAC company buys Brookville building for nearly $1 million

Sweden Creme in Lindenwald, a neighborhood of Hamilton, is painted pink and light blue, and the building is lit up with neon lights at night. Metal tables with built-in benches and umbrellas and picnic-table style seating are available outdoors. A new sign advertises the signature Dixie Burger. The windows are decorated with dancing Dixie Burgers and ice cream cones. CONTRIBUTED

It’s hot! Here are 150 stops on the Ohio Ice Cream Trail to get a cool treat

Jennifer Vollmer talks about tornado damage her property sustained while standing in front of the remains of a grain bin that was destroyed during the storm last year. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

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Ohio home insurance rates soar due to storms, inflation; how to protect yourself

Centerville

Reclaim Ceramics to open studio, gallery in historic Uptown Centerville building

Security breach reported for emergency alert system used in the Miami Valley

$The owner of Amar India Restaurant, Surjit Singh Mattu with his wife, Jatinder K. Mattu. There are three of the restaurants in the Dayton area. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Free lunch buffet available at 3 Indian restaurants on Thanksgiving Day

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11 Wendy’s restaurants in Dayton area to offer free food for ‘Community Day’ on Friday

Clayton

Water main break closes Clayton road

Several former Northmont High School students who say they were sexually assaulted by a bus driver over multiple years are suing the school district. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF

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Former Northmont students sue school district after allegedly being groomed, raped by bus...

See how road crews are prepping for the upcoming snowy season

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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Man sentenced to at least 17 years in deadly shooting of Palms Lounge security guard

Dayton

Here are this year’s Holiday Cookie Contest winners

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio acquired the Women’s Med Center in Dayton earlier this year, changing its name to to the Dayton Surgical Center of Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio. Women waited in these chairs after surgery at the Women's Med Center. In October 2025, there were more than 3,000 abortions reported as happening in Ohio, with 946 happening in Montgomery County, according to preliminary data from the Ohio Department of Health. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Number of local abortions surges fourfold in one month, new data report shows

Kettering resident Pat McGohan laughs while having a conversation on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, at Kettering Health Main Campus. The retired businessman recently had an emergency hematoma. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF

Kettering man thankful for doctors who found, removed blood clot

Brooke Bergman (center), now a senior at Versailles High School, overcome numerous injuries after a car accident that happened on Sept. 18, 2024. Bergman is pictured with her family at Miami Valley Hospital’s annual Trauma Survivors Celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. CONTRIBUTED

Back on the court: Versailles player overcomes traumatic brain injury to return to...

Englewood

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. Montgomery County Auditor's Office photo

Miami Valley Hospital buys local church property for nearly $2 million

Former owner of Englewood Cinema opens popcorn shop with screening area in Huber Heights

More Than A Apron in Miamisburg features Birria tacos made with beef, chicken or lamb, as well as Birria bowls, fries and mac and cheese. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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D’s Birria and More to close in Miamisburg, will relocate to Harrison Twp.

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Former Northmont students sue school district after allegedly being groomed, raped by bus...

Fairborn

Paul Quinn with Kettering Health and Angela Abnett with Miami Valley Meals help prepare Thanksgiving meals on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Miami Valley Meals will be giving these meals away free of charge on Wednesday, Nov. 26, at two different distribution sites, including between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at Trotwood-Madison High School and then between noon and 2 p.m. at the event center Fairborn Phoenix. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

Thousands of Thanksgiving meals to be given away by Miami Valley Meals

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11 Wendy’s restaurants in Dayton area to offer free food for ‘Community Day’ on Friday

Greene County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Desire Henson (left) talks to Greene County Coroner's Office chief investigator Warren Hensley during tours of the new Greene County Jail and Gene Fischer Justice Center on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Henson, who is a retired deputy, was one of many who toured the jail after a ribbon cutting ceremony. Inmates will be transferred to the jail in mid-December. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF

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‘Modern, safe, and functional:’ Greene County Gene Fischer Correctional Facility is...

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Jury finds former teacher’s aide guilty of assaulting autistic boy on Fairborn bus

Huber Heights

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1 in custody, no evidence of bomb after threat reported in Huber Heights

Sha’Ron Burgess prepares fish and chips meals during Sunday's community give back event. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

See how 3 women business owners helped people in Huber Heights

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11 Wendy’s restaurants in Dayton area to offer free food for ‘Community Day’ on Friday

2 more Thug Riders, including regional boss, plead guilty in conspiracy scheme

Kettering

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Kettering restaurant Troni’s reopens Friday after 3-month closure

Security breach reported for emergency alert system used in the Miami Valley

The Kettering City School District. STAFF FILE

Man sentenced to probation for Kettering school shooting threat

El Toro Express is coming soon to 3910 Far Hills Ave. in Kettering. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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El Toro Express near Dayton Mall closes, will relocate to Kettering

Lebanon

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Kettering restaurant Troni’s reopens Friday after 3-month closure

$FILE - Scott Camery, votes Tuseday Aug. 2, 2022 at the Waynesville Community Church in Warren County. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Lebanon Schools has seven people running for board of education

The Lebanon Correctional Institution. GREG LYNCH / STAFF

Prisoner gets life sentence in Lebanon Correctional inmate’s death

A former prison worker pleads guilty and the second of three defendants is sentenced for smuggling drugs into Lebanon Correctional Institution, in background, which led to an inmate's 2023 overdose death. STAFF

Former prison worker pleads guilty to smuggling drugs into Lebanon Correctional

Miamisburg

PureMD MedSpa opened at 10645 Innovation Drive in Miami Twp. Nov. 14, 2025. The Austin Landing business offers Botox, dermal fillers, laser rejuvenation, body sculpting, and medical-grade skincare, all performed by licensed professionals.

Medical spa offering latest aesthetic treatments opens Austin Landing location

Chick-Fil-A is looking to build a location on a 3-acre property at 10322 Springboro Pike in Miami Twp. The new 4,852-square-foot location, if approved, would be constructed north of Landing Way and south of Taos Drive. CONTRIBUTED

New Chick-fil-A still in the works for Miami Twp.

$The owner of Amar India Restaurant, Surjit Singh Mattu with his wife, Jatinder K. Mattu. There are three of the restaurants in the Dayton area. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Free lunch buffet available at 3 Indian restaurants on Thanksgiving Day

Bob Herbert, Larry Head and Brayden Brem help Miamisburg Helping Hands during an effort that supplied Miamisburg school district families with meal kits on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. The kits were supplied by Crossroads Church, whose Miami Twp. site at the Dayton Mall filled 1,056 Thanksgiving meal boxes. CONTRIBUTED

Miamisburg food pantry helping 200 families ahead of Thanksgiving as part of church’s...

Moraine

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Moraine working toward new splash pad

What’s going on with Fuyao investigation? Congress wants to know

Fire breaks out at local landscaping and mulch business in Moraine

4 teens taken into custody after stolen vehicle hits Kettering police cruiser, flees

Oakwood

Voters sign in at a polling location at New Season Ministry on Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Huber Heights. Poll workers said at around 11 a.m. turnout was slightly lower than normal compared to similar cycles. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF

Oakwood voters re-elect incumbents, according to unofficial results

Oakwood is expected to increase its water and sanitary sewer rates for 2026. STAFF FILE

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Oakwood considering rate hikes for water, sewer costs

The Oakwood City Schools Board of Education joined the statewide Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's EdChoice private school voucher program. STAFF FILE

Oakwood Schools joins lawsuit against vouchers

Three candidates, including one incumbent, are running for two Oakwood City Council seats in the Nov. 4 general election. Pictured is the Oakwood City Building. JEN BALDUF/STAFF

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Election 2025: 3 candidates in race for 2 Oakwood council seats

Springboro

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PHOTOS: 2025 Christmas in Historic Springboro

A 35-acre mixed-used development called "The Lawn" is proposed that will feature residential, retail and public space along the 300 block of West Central Avenue. It will offer a connection between Community Park and North Park. STAFF FILE

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Springboro planners split on ‘The Lawn’ development with retail, 335 apartments

The Forza Fitness team include owner Dominick Anastasio and operations manager Rachel Golem (center). They opened a second location at 222 W. Central Ave. in Springboro, in addition to the original gym at 3012 Far Hills Ave. in Kettering at the Oakwood border. CONTRIBUTED

Oakwood grad expands Forza Fitness with new gym in Springboro

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11 Wendy’s restaurants in Dayton area to offer free food for ‘Community Day’ on Friday

Trotwood

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Dayton Bomb Squad called after altered smoke grenade found in Trotwood

Mar’Tae Kitchen & Cocktails in Trotwood opens to the public

Thousands of Thanksgiving meals to be given away by Miami Valley Meals

Grandson, woman sentenced to prison for role in dismembered Kettering man found in...

Troy

A hand count conducted Monday, Nov. 24, in the race for a Washington Twp., Miami County, trustee seat confirmed a tie vote. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

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Hand count confirms coin toss election race in Miami County

Miami County pushes need for new jail

Voting booths at Redman's Picnic Grounds in Troy on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

Miami County settles tie in Washington Twp. trustee race with a coin toss

The food court at the former Miami Valley Centre Mall in Piqua has been transformed into The Social at Piqua Center, a dining and entertainment destination. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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New food hall, entertainment facility opens in food court at former Miami Valley Centre...

Vandalia

Developer wants to build new Dollar General in Vandalia

$The owner of Amar India Restaurant, Surjit Singh Mattu with his wife, Jatinder K. Mattu. There are three of the restaurants in the Dayton area. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Free lunch buffet available at 3 Indian restaurants on Thanksgiving Day

Credit: Natalie Jones

11 Wendy’s restaurants in Dayton area to offer free food for ‘Community Day’ on Friday