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AFRL team wins major aviation honor
An Air Force Research Laboratory team has landed a major aerospace award for two designs on cargo hauling aircraft, beating out the Chinese Air Force and a record-setting, near space manned parachute jump for the aviation honor. The AFRL team, headquartered in the Aerospace Systems Directorate at Wright-Patterson, worked with ...
Bellbrook horse had tough life, remarkable record
Sleepy Tom, a blind pacing horse from Bellbrook, became famous in the 1870s for his fleet feet in harness racing. On July 25, 1879 he finished a mile race in Chicago in 2 minutes and 12 ¼ seconds. It was a world record which lasted for two years.Harness racing is ...
Crews respond to engulfed barn fire
Crews are working to learn what started a large barn fire in Sugarcreek Twp. early Tuesday morning. Fire crews responded to the fire in the 2100 block of Steward Road just before 3 a.m. Fire crews found the barn was engulfed in flames and part of the roof had already ...
Tax rates vary widely in region
Local tax rates vary dramatically by community, so much so that a family owning a $100,000 home and making $60,000 per year in Oakwood or Trotwood will pay $2,000 more each year in local taxes than if they lived and worked in Beavercreek or Clearcreek Twp. Government and school leaders ...
Circles builds relationships hoping to end poverty
C.J. Moore had three children to take care of and was barely making ends meet. She lived in HUD housing in Kettering.Mike McQuinn, a Circles volunteer, had visited the complex several times in 2011. He was delivering flyers and hosted a Halloween party there in October of that year.“He would ...
Area Girl Scouts receive Gold Awards
Eleven area Girl Scouts recently received the Gold Award, the organization’s highest award.Those receiving the award included Kaitlyn Apple and Megan Woolf of Xenia; Rachel Barnes and Leah Simon of Bellbrook; Diana Harvey and Lauren Saxe of Beavercreek; Barbara Kiddon, Jasmine French, and Caroline Tinsley of Fairborn; Kaitlyn Lare of ...
Woman volunteers with Sugar Maple Festival
Bellbrook’s annual Sugar Maple Festival wouldn’t happen without dedicated volunteers and one of the volunteers behind this year’s April 20-21 event is Nikki Kosins.Kosins, a 1995 Bellbrook High School graduate, married her high school sweetheart, Bobby Kosins. They are now raising their three children in the community.“I was interested in ...
Pickup catches fire in church lot
Crews responded to a truck fire Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of Arrowbrook Baptist Church. A passerby reported the incident just after 3 p.m. The vehicle caught fire underneath an overhang at the church, located at 1124 Upper Bellbrook Road. Xenia fire crews were the first on scene and ...
House fire sends two out in the cold
The occupants of a house on fire were able to escape without injury Saturday morning.Xenia fire crews were dispatched to 2038 Bellbrook Ave around 8:00 a.m. on the report of smoke detectors going off. Upon arrival, crews were able to attack a kitchen fire suspected to have started with the ...
Visiting Dayton for the NCAA tournament? Visit these places, too
Whether you’re visiting the NCAA tournament games at the University of Dayton Arena from out of town or you’re a local resident looking to try new things while the event is happening, the area has plenty of options available: PLACES TO WATCH GAMES Looking for a place to catch games ...
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