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1 injured in I-75 crash

One person was injured in a crash on southbound Interstate 75 in Moraine this morning. The crash was reported shortly after 7 a.m. today near the Ohio 741 exit. It was initially reported that three vehicles were involved in the crash, but only one vehicle appeared damaged. Several other vehicles ...

The Moraine Parks and Recreation Division recently partnered with local teens to create a new hiking trail. Teens Alexia, Amia and Alison Gaines cut down weeds and branches and moved tree limbs to create a hiking trail connecting the Johnny Appleseed Monument Site to Pinnacle Park.

Area youth became actual trailblazers

Three sisters were among those who became actual trailblazers when they helped create a new hiking trail in Moraine.The Moraine Parks and Recreation Division recently partnered with local teens to create a new path from the Johnny Appleseed Monument Site located off Dorf Drive to the Pinnacle Park Tot Lot ...

Leon Bey starts the Great Flood Walk Tour at old courthouse.

End of downtown flood tours, Moraine Embassy Grill coincide in June

Through mid-June, area residents can take in two areas of Dayton history in one downtown trip.The Great Dayton Flood Walks, led by Leon Bey, were planned for March through April, but were so popular they’ve been extended. The tours start at the Old Courthouse and end with lunch at another ...

Dayton BBB honors Eclipse Integrity Award winners

Staff reportThe Dayton Better Business Bureau on Tuesday named this year’s winners of the bureau’s Eclipse Integrity Awards. They are PECo - Process Equipment Co. of Tipp City, Prime Time Party Rental Inc. of Moraine, Possert Construction Co. of Beavercreek, Women in Business Networking LLC of Kettering, Hospice of Dayton, ...

Incenta credit union to celebrate office openings

Incenta Federal Credit Union celebrates May 21 the grand openings of two new branch offices in Moraine and Beavercreek.The Moraine branch, 3000 Elbee Road, is opening at the site of a former car wash.Incenta relocated its office in leased space on Edwin C. Moses Boulevard to the newly built Elbee ...

Moped rider cited for seveal violations, including drinking

MORAINE – A moped with no headlight or license plate was puttering along Willowview Drive near Clearview Road at 11 p.m. when stopped by an officer, who immediately smelled alcohol in the air, most of it coming from the moped driver’s mouth.The driver also had no registration for the vehicle, ...

Argument inconclusive

MORAINE – Four males and a female were conducting a multi-faceted argument in the front yard of a home in the 2400 block of Orange Avenue at 9:30 p.m.The 24-year-old woman first accused a 16-year-old of stealing her wallet and money. Instead of confronting him, she told a second male ...

Utility among items taken during burglary

MORAINE – A Vectren bill was among missing items from a home burglary that could give the victim some relief if the thief pays it.On the other hand, it might just have been scooped up with a couple of television sets and other electronic items as well as assorted credit ...

Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing the Speedway station near the intersection of Alex-Bell and Lamme roads around 1:45 a.m. Friday. DREW SIMON/STAFF

Robber jumps counter, points gun at clerk

Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing the Speedway station near the intersection of Alex-Bell and Lamme roads around 1:45 a.m. Friday. The suspect, described as a black male, taller than 6’ and weighting around 235 pounds, entered the store and jumped the counter, Moraine Sgt. Mike Keegan ...

Nicholas L. Keyes and his sons operate Key-Ads, a company that manages and develops electronic billboards, and is one of downtown Dayton’s newest residents, at 50 East Third St. JIM WITMER / STAFF

Key-Ads takes billboards digital for growth

The advertising market divides and subdivides with each new technology from DVRs to satellite radios, but one of the oldest of them all — the billboard — is evolving into the digital world at Key-Ads Inc. in downtown Dayton. The firm, owned and operated by Nicholas L. Keyes and his ...

Report sees weak but recovering area real estate markets

In general, Dayton retail, industrial and office markets have been “weak” in the first quarter of 2013, but they’re slowly recovering or trending upward, according to a report from Miller-Valentine Gem Real Estate Group.In the year’s first quarter, the area’s retail market was its strongest real estate sector, with about ...

Chris Hanes, sales manager at P&R Communications Service, is seen with a new digital two-way radio used by the public safety sector. P&R representatives are in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act that would require retailers to collect sales tax on online sales. CHRIS STEWART / STAFF

Tax plan stirs clash of titans

An online sales-tax proposal has triggered a divisive debate among business owners and attracted a strange-bedfellows mix of supporters that includes the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. The “Marketplace Fairness Act,” which will be voted on by the U.S. Senate as early as Monday, ...

Steve Thornhill (left) is pastor of the South Dayton Baptist Church, and Mike Adams is an “evangelist/UPS driver.” Each has published a book describing their personal faith stories. CONTRIBUTED

Lives lead to books about faith

Sometimes small churches are mightier than they seem. Steve Thornhill of Centerville has been the pastor of the South Dayton Baptist Church in Moraine for the past 10 years and said he has inspired many with his own life story. “I grew up around music,” Thornhill said. “My dad was ...

David Croley

Accused ‘screwdriver burglar’ is indicted

An accused burglar, whose mode of operation involved using a screwdriver to get into homes and threaten occupants, has been indicted. A Montgomery County grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment against David Croley accusing him on two counts of aggravated burglary and one count of kidnapping. Both are felonies. ...

Area school evacuated for misidentified science project

A science project believed to be a possible suspicious device prompted the evacuation of the Montgomery County ESC Learning Center West this morning.Moraine police Chief Thomas Schenck said a student left a science project in a classroom at the center, 3500 Kettering Blvd. Another student picked up the project and ...

Local prosthetics industry could benefit Boston bombing victims

High-technology prosthetics components manufactured in the Dayton region could be used to help the at least 14 people who lost limbs in last week’s Boston Marathon bombings regain their mobility, local officials said.The Dayton region has the nation’s highest concentration of prosthetics and orthotics professionals, as well as Ohio’s largest ...

A fun way to support those affected by autism

There is a wide range of symptoms and abilities that fall within the neurological disorder of autism. Remarkably, the disease affects more than 8,000 families in the Dayton area. The Dayton Chapter of the Autism Society is holding a 5K Walk/Run for Austism on Saturday. It is an all-volunteer organization, ...

Tuesday’s drug bust of two accused dealers is the latest in a series of investigations in the Dayton Mall area by police.

Drug crackdown aimed at mall area

The drug bust Tuesday at an auto dealership detail shop near the Dayton Mall is the latest in a series of police investigations close to one of the region’s busiest retail shopping areas where 10,000 people visit a day. Still officials say the recent drug arrests around the mall are ...

Reginald Colvard

Heroin, crack cocaine found in mall-area drug raid

Two workers in a body shop behind the Matt Castrucci auto dealership were arrested Tuesday as part of a 10-month drug investigation by the Montgomery County RANGE task force, Sheriff Phil Plummer said. Larry Brown, 52, of Dayton, and Reginald Colvard, 40, of Cincinnati, are accused of supplying mid-level dealers ...

Dining deals

DON PABLO’S Thursdays is All You Can Eat Enchiladas at Don Pablos. During lunch this deal is $8.99, and after 4 p.m. this deal costs $9.99. It is good on the Three Amigos enchiladas only. FRISCH’S BIG BOY On May 3, Frisch’s Big Boy locations will be celebrating their annual ...

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