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Jason Ware, a Northridge junior, is a student in the career tech center's welding class. He plans to take a job with a local sheet metal union. Eileen McClory / staff

Northridge career tech program helping students create skills for jobs

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs Senate Bill 109, sponsored by Ohio Sen. Bob Hackett, R-London, on Friday, Dec. 20, alongside Ohio State Medical Board Executive Director Stephanie Loucka and President Jonathan B. Feibel. AVERY KREEMER/STAFF

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Ohio law to protect patients, hold doctors accountable for sexual assault

Trotwood standoff: Officer shot, wanted man found dead

Dayton man gets probation for child sexual assault material

A police investigation on Pointview Avenue in Dayton involves several officers and SWAT units. Photos by Marshall Gorby

Dayton man charged with ‘swatting’ son’s school pleads guilty

A shopper leaves a Party City store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The party supplies chain has been long struggling with increased competition from the likes of Walmart and Target. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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Party City closing all stores after nearly 40 years in business

Springfield man indicted in US 35 shooting that stemmed from stolen vehicle tip

Montgomery County Courts Building. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Miami Twp. man who shoots roommate over a cigarette pleads guilty

File - First responders flashed "Goodnight Lights" for Dayton Children’s Hospital patients on July 9, 2020. While the tradition began in September 2018, it took on a special meaning during the COVID-19 pandemic as measures to limit the spread of infection meant few visitors for the young patients beyond a parent or legal guardian. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

DeWine signs the Never Alone Act into law; Patients will be entitled access to an...

Man who shoots, wounds ex’s boyfriend in Miamisburg gets 3-4 years

$Stephen Marlow in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Marlow, accused of killing 4 in Butler Twp., back in court over competency issue

Big Lots is closing 315 stores nationwide, including this store at 359 Miamisburg Centerville Road in Washington Twp. and another store at 7779 Tylersville Road in West Chester Twp. ERIC SCHWARTZBERG/STAFF

Big Lots to close all of its local, national stores: Sales to start soon

Centerville

Big Lots to close all of its local, national stores: Sales to start soon

The Frisch’s Big Boy restaurant chain is in the middle of a major downsizing, with eviction filings that are forcing the closure of a dozen Southwest Ohio locations. DAN MONK/WCPO

Frisch’s set to close another Dayton-area location Friday; see the full list

Five Washington Twp. firefighters posed for awkward photos (similar to your awkward family photos) shot by Lisa Dennison of Lisa D Photography and then posted them to the department’s Facebook. LISA D PHOTOGRAPHY

Social posting gathers attention of local firemen posing awkward to educate on fire...

Chicken Salad Chick, a Southern-inspired, fast-casual chicken salad restaurant, is bringing its products to those in the Dayton area (FACEBOOK PHOTO).

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First 100 customers at Centerville restaurant on Wednesday will get free chicken salad...

Clayton

$Stephen Marlow in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Marlow, accused of killing 4 in Butler Twp., back in court over competency issue

Stan Terrell, from Dayton, pumps $2.79 a gallon gas at the BP on Edwin C. Moses Boulevard Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. The national average for a gallon of gas fell below $3 Monday afternoon for the first time since May 2021. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Gas prices hit 3-year low; local costs likely to ‘dance on both sides of $3′

Man charged with murder in death of security guard who escorts him from Harrison Twp. bar

Mulberry & Main opens in former Brookville firehouse

Dayton

Northridge career tech program helping students create skills for jobs

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Ohio law to protect patients, hold doctors accountable for sexual assault

Dayton man gets probation for child sexual assault material

Dayton man charged with ‘swatting’ son’s school pleads guilty

Englewood

$Stephen Marlow in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Marlow, accused of killing 4 in Butler Twp., back in court over competency issue

Last year, Tim Franck took home first place in TJ Chumps' Battle of the Burgers competition with his chorizo burger (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO).

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TJ Chumps’ Battle of the Burgers returns; winning recipe to be featured on menu

The Wendy's at 948 Miamisburg Centerville Road in Miami Twp. near the Dayton Mall is permanently closed. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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4 restaurant chains have closed stores in the Dayton region: Here’s what we know

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Gas prices hit 3-year low; local costs likely to ‘dance on both sides of $3′

Huber Heights

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Party City closing all stores after nearly 40 years in business

Man armed with air rifle shot by Huber Heights police gets 3 years

Five Rivers MetroParks hosted its annual Christmas on the Farm event at Carriage Hill MetroPark’s Daniel Arnold Historical Farm in Huber Heights on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. A Victorian Christmas and its many different traditions were presented to attendees of the free, all-ages event. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: Christmas on the Farm 2024 at Carriage Hill MetroPark

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Woman tries to shoplift while dozens of cops inside Huber Heights store

Kettering

Kettering 2025 budget shows income tax revenue, total spending both up

Dayton History bought the former Neil's Heritage House on Heritage Point Drive in Kettering several years ago. The longtime popular restaurant will undergo a $4 million renovation to be the home of Dayton History's archives. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Dayton History plans $4M redo of ex-restaurant for archives of NCR, DP&L, others

The Dayton Daily News Holiday Cookie Contest returned this year with area bakers submitting nearly 30 of their very best recipes. A panel of judges selected the top three cookies. Pictured are Candy Bar Cookies. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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10 recipes from our 2024 holiday cookie contest

Kettering man who seriously injures newborn son gets 2½ years

Miamisburg

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Party City closing all stores after nearly 40 years in business

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Miami Twp. man who shoots roommate over a cigarette pleads guilty

Man who shoots, wounds ex’s boyfriend in Miamisburg gets 3-4 years

Miamisburg is planning a project that aims to fix and improve Sycamore Trails Aquatic Center at a cost that could exceed $12 million. The center, which opened to the public in 1996, was shut down in late 2023, due to issues with the piping infrastructure, which had critically failed over several prior years

Miamisburg’s redesigned aquatic center to feature 5 separate bodies of water

Moraine

Don’t want to chase? Just fire a GPS. New tech helps police track fleeing vehicles, break...

Trotwood man convicted of murder of rival in DMAX shooting gets life sentence

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Gas prices hit 3-year low; local costs likely to ‘dance on both sides of $3′

A man loads up a U-Haul truck in Dayton. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

Fewer Ohioans moving; Census says more people moved into Buckeye State than out

Oakwood

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10 recipes from our 2024 holiday cookie contest

Oakwood’s board of education is moving to place a 4.75-mill, $40 million bond levy on next year’s May ballot. FILE

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Oakwood school board moving to put $40M bond issue before voters

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Meet our Holiday Cookie Contest winners: Local bakers submitted nearly 30 recipes

Oakwood has rejected a plan to allow a business (foreground left) to build a pickleball court on former NCR property after concerns raised by nearby residents in an upscale development off Ohio 48. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Oakwood tie vote blocks pickleball plan at business on ex-NCR site

Trotwood

Trotwood standoff: Officer shot, wanted man found dead

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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Trotwood man gets up to 12 years for sexually abusing 2 girls in Dayton

Trotwood Councilman Ron Vaughn resigns with one year left in term

Grand jury declines to indict 19-year-old accused in Trotwood homicide

Vandalia

$Stephen Marlow in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Marlow, accused of killing 4 in Butler Twp., back in court over competency issue

The Frisch's restaurant at 3311 Benchwood Road in Butler Twp. is one of the most recent additions to a long list of the chain's closures. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

Butler Twp. Frisch’s joins growing list of restaurant closures

Police Chief Kurt Althouse will soon transition into the role of Vandalia city manager. CONTRIBUTED

Vandalia Police Chief Althouse to assume city’s top leadership position

1 injured in single-vehicle crash Sunday in Vandalia

West Carrollton

Restaurant and convenience chain Sheetz opened a new location at 821 Miamisburg Centerville Road in Washington Twp. last month. The company wants to buy land in West Carrollton to build a similar store. CONTRIBUTED.

West Carrollton plans to sell part of River District property to Sheetz for $3.6M

Cornerstone Building Supply wants to buy a West Carrollton facility it leases at 145 South Alex Road and make upgrades in office space, machinery and power. The upgrades are expected to result in a 10-fold improvement of employee production in some processes. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Manufacturer’s nearly $1.3M investment includes West Carrollton property acquisition...

West Carrollton plan aims to establish network of recreational opportunities

West Carrollton is working to amend zoning code for its City Center area ahead of a new river district being constructed along the Great Miami River at Interstate 75's West Carrollton interchange. The City Center district’s boundaries are South Alex Road to the west, Kimberley Lane and a mobile home park to the south, Interstate 75 on the east, and the Great Miami River on the north. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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West Carrollton aims to prohibit certain uses, allow other ahead of river district...