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Harrison Twp. firefighters found a woman dead in a bedroom at a house fire on Fairsmith Street Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. MARSHALL GORBY/STAFF

67-year-old woman found dead in house fire in Harrison Twp. ID’d

In this 2022 photo, captured inside a clinical setting, a patient shows off their bandage on the injection site where they just received an influenza vaccine. The best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated every year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. The CDC recommends everyone 6-months of age and older get a flu vaccine every season. COURTESY OF THE CDC

Ohio records first juvenile flu-related death as hospitalizations continue to rise

Marble Slab Creamery & Great American Cookies opened its doors for a soft opening earlier this week on Old Troy Pike in Huber Heights. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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Marble Slab Creamery & Great American Cookies is open in Huber Heights

1 dead after car goes off road, hits parked car, tree in Harrison Twp.

Dayton’s own Kim Deal kicked off her “No One Loves You More Tour” with a sold-out show in support of her solo debut album at The Brightside Music & Event Venue in downtown Dayton on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. Chicago-based indie rock band Bnny opened the show. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: Kim Deal with Bnny Live at The Brightside

Man pleads guilty in shooting death of 18-year-old in Dayton

52 types of empanadas part of menu at new Freakin' Rican restaurant in Dayton

2 firefighters briefly trapped after floor collapses during Dayton house fire

$Deborah Feldman, President and CEO, Dayton Children's Hospital talks with Montgomery County Commissioner Judy Dodge Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 during the Dayton Children's Hospital indoor ground breaking. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Dayton Children’s, Wright State expand partnership, access to care

The Century is located at 18 S. Jefferson St. in Dayton's Fire Blocks District. PHOTO COURTESY: SARAH BABCOCK

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The Century Bar in Dayton temporarily closes, will reopen

More than 16 million unpaid caregivers — primarily family members and friends — help people with dementia live at home. (An estimated 20% of patients live in institutional settings.) The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, affects nearly 7 million Americans 65 and older. iSTOCK/COX

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Local initiative’s goal is to help people suffering from dementia stay in their homes and...

Thug Riders: What’s next for 14 members of motorcycle club accused of federal crimes

A woman was killed in the 2900 block of Millicent Avenue early Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. MARSHALL GORBY/STAFF

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Man accused of breaking into ex’s Dayton home, shooting her charged with murder

Choice Juice Boxx in Dayton helps customers balance their body’s acidity

Rusty Taco is launching a new menu next month featuring more tacos, all-day breakfast options, new starters and dessert (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO).

2 Rusty Taco locations to launch new menu with items such as Street Corn Fritters

Culver’s, a Wisconsin-based restaurant chain known for its butter burgers and frozen custard, will be the first new retail establishment in West Carrollton's River District.

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3 businesses planning to open this year in West Carrollton

From left, Treva Bashore, restoration program manager, 88th Air Base Wing Civil Engineer Center, Rebecca Mora, project manager, AECOM, and Amir Mott, deputy director, 88th Civil Engineer Group, discuss a monitoring well at the fire training area of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 2020. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees.

Wright-Patt launches five-year environmental review

$The new k-12 Valley View schools building. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

State budget proposes slashing public school funding while increasing voucher funds

Dayton Public Schools Superintendent David Lawrence. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

Dayton Public Schools superintendent given contract extension and raise

Suzanne Klopfenstein, left, and Rob Rohr

Klopfenstein to retire after 32 years at Cox First Media

Mack’s Tavern turns 10: Customers come as strangers, leave as friends

$Laura Duffin, Pharmacy tech, left, and Nnodum Iheme Pharmacist, prepare prescriptions Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 at Ziks Family Pharmacy located at 1130 W Third St, Dayton. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Ohio falls below 2,000 pharmacies for first time in more than a decade

$Peter Benkendorf, founder of the Dayton Collaboratory, goes over how people seeking to take part in the Collaboratory's 10-week campaign to wipe out $22 million in medical debt can visit their website at daytoncollaboratory.org/medicaldebt. The 10-week campaign is part of the Collaboratory's Community of Well-Being Initiative, where the group is partnering with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to purchase qualifying medical debt for a fraction of the cost in order to forgiven that debt and relieve the cost burden on people in the Dayton and Springfield regions. SAM WILDOW/STAFF$

Groups partnering to erase more than $22 million in medical debt

$Fire at Meadows of Catalpa in Harrison Township, Friday morning, Feb. 7, 2025. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Man accused of burning girlfriend’s clothes indicted in Harrison Twp. apartment fire

Man arrested in stabbing, SWAT standoff in Riverside

In this 2022 photograph, captured inside a clinical setting, a health care provider administers a Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine [LAIV] (Nasal Spray Vaccine). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone 6-months of age and older get a flu vaccine every season. COURTESY OF CDC

Hospitals urging people not to overwhelm ERs during flu surge

‘It was like an earthquake’: Explosion reported at apartment building in Dayton

$Edd Wimsatt, left, owner of Price Stores talks with store mgr. Joshua Singleton. The store is located at 553 Miamisburg Centerville Road in Centerville. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Price Stores owner: 75-year milestone the result of ‘service, selection and value’

1 injured after shooting in Dayton; suspect in custody

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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3rd man charged in Dayton stabbing, fight pleads guilty to misdemeanor

TechFest, a free family event, happened at Sinclair Community College’s Building 12 on Saturday, Feb. 15 and Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. Hosted by the TechFest Dayton Foundation which was founded in 2003, Ohio’s premiere STEM event featured over 90 exhibitors and presenters. Here’s a look at highlights from Sunday. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: TechFest 2025 at Sinclair Community College

The Greater Dayton LGBT Center in downtown Dayton hosted its annual Women’s Valentine’s Dance fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. DJ V12 provided the musical entertainment for the ticketed event which also featured light food offerings, a cash bar and drink specials. Founded in 1976, the Greater Dayton LGBT Center's goal is to offer comprehensive, community-based services to the gender and sexual minorities of the Dayton and Miami Valley area. The organization provides the community with a safe space to hold meetings and events and provide resources that encourage advocacy, education and entertainment. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: Women's Valentine's Dance at the Greater Dayton LGBT Center