DAYTON - A former Dayton Municipal Court probation officer, accused of embezzling more than $90,000 in probationers? fees that were to go to the city, pleaded guilty Monday to seven felonies.
Newt and Callista Gingrich will be in Dayton today during their three-city tour of Ohio. The Republican presidential candidate is scheduled to be at Memorial Hall, 125 E.
DAYTON - Vice detectives, using a secure apartment and Internet advertising busted eight men - from a high school athletic director to a corporate manager to an engineer to a trucker - last week in a three-day decoy operation.
The Federal Aviation Administration has given the Air Force Research Laboratory approval to fly small, remote-controlled aircraft at Wilmington Air Park in Clinton County, the Air Force said Monday.
The government said Monday that it has rejected Science Applications International Corp.?s protest of an Air Force intelligence services support contract awarded to Beavercreek-based defense contractor MacAulay-Brown Inc.
Dayton ranks among the nation?s most segregated cities, even as a pair of studies last week found segregation has declined significantly since 1970, and Hispanics are faring better here than in virtually any other market in the country.
New fuel-economy standards mandated by the Obama administration last summer could create more than 23,000 jobs in Ohio over the next decade, according to a recent report from Ceres, a nonprofit group that studies ?sustainability? issues.
An increase in new retail vendor licenses in Champaign, Greene and Montgomery counties signals growing entrepreneurship and improving confidence in investing in those local economies, according to local business leaders.
TROTWOOD - Ginghamsburg Church of Tipp City has announced plans to open a new church in Trotwood and to invest $250,000 in the project over the next three years.
The final phase of Interstate 75 construction will permanently change how thousands of drivers enter and exit downtown Dayton every day, marking one of the biggest changes in the design of the freeway since it was built half a century ago.
WEST LIBERTY - A project to open new sections of the Ohio Caverns is expected to mean a handful of new jobs and 15,000 to 20,000 additional visitors to Champaign County this year.
YELLOW SPRINGS - WYSO (91.3 FM) in Yellow Springs is one of just 10 public radio and television stations in the United States that have been chosen for ?Localore,? a project to develop new forms of reporting.
DAYTON - One year after the Dayton VA Medical Center publicly disclosed infection control lapses that risked the health of hundreds if not thousands of veterans, hospital officials soon expect the answer to a key question: Did three veterans who tested positive for hepatitis contract the disease during visits to the hospital?s dental clinic?
Super Bowl Sunday is an important day for NFL fans, as well as the restaurants and retailers that provide football party staples such as chicken wings and beer.
DAYTON - Old River Park will remain closed for a second year while the University of Dayton develops a timeline and funding plan for making multimillion-dollar improvements in phases, university officials said.
SPRINGBORO - Leslie Jo Bissett isn?t crazy enough to change her name to Patsy Cline yet, but she could probably get away with it, considering she?s played the country legend an untold number of times.
WASHINGTON - First, they had to get the handshake right. Two decades earlier in Geneva, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai had been mortally offended when Secretary of State John Foster Dulles spurned his offered hand.
DAYTON - Community members wishing to preserve the former Julienne High School claimed a minor victory Friday after a Montgomery County judge issued a temporary restraining order to halt demolition of the school and convent.
VANDALIA - School districts in Montgomery County could become the first in Ohio to explore new revenue streams - beyond relying on taxes, state and federal aid and donations - under a new bill that would allow them to earn profits on its facilities, services and merchandise.
Following years of decline and a savage recession, automakers are reinvesting in Ohio?s auto industry because the state has what it takes to make quality cars and trucks, industry officials and observers said.
Early in a high school boys basketball game between Fairborn and Miamisburg on Jan. 27, referees requested that a disruptive fan be removed from the gym.
FAIRBORN - A sluggish start did not hamper the state?s top-ranked Division II boys basketball team Friday night as Dunbar blasted Thurgood Marshall 79-53 in front of a semi-packed Nutter Center on the campus of Wright State University.
EATON - The Franklin Wildcats won?t say it out loud - their rally cry for the season is ?Win The Next One? - but they took a little time Friday night to enjoy clinching the SWBL Southwestern Division title with a 67-46 win at Eaton.
The Troy High School boys basketball team clinched a share of the Greater Western Ohio Conference North Division title with a 60-55 overtime win over Vandalia Butler on Friday.
SPRINGBORO - Before a second had ticked off the clock, Springboro led Xenia by two points thanks to a technical foul against the Buccaneers for dunking in warm-ups.
MIAMISBURG - In the days of the old Mid-Miami League, Edgewood football coach Steve Channell and Miamisburg?s Tim Lewis used to joke about walking off Harmon Field after a Week 10 game and into retirement together.
Through Wednesday?s games Division I 1. Beavercreek (13-2): The Beavers are for real, having beaten Springboro, Wayne and Thurgood Marshall in succession, while pushing their win streak to eight.
Sure, Wednesday was a big day for college football. Fans put their caps and jerseys on, fired up the tailgate parties in the driveway and gobbled popcorn as they checked recruiting services online or watched television to see who signed the biggest lineman to protect the most athletic quarterback.
KETTERING - The reign of the Fairmont girls basketball team continues. The Firebirds used a strong fourth quarter to dispatch Centerville 54-41 and clinch at least a share of their fourth straight Greater Western Ohio Conference Central Division title.
The old adage is every point counts. That cliché will be reality Friday and Saturday at Trent Arena when the Greater Western Ohio Conference wrestling tournament hits the mats.
