News Stories for May 2011
Stories for Tuesday, May 31
Are your unemployment benefits being affected by overdraft and other fees?
The Dayton Daily News is writing about unemployment benefits being affected by overdraft and out-of-network withdrawal fees on prepaid bank cards. If you have suffered overdraft or similar fees when using your prepaid bank card please contact staff writer Cornelius Frolik at 937-225-0749 or by e-mail at cfrolik@DaytonDailyNews.com.
Stories for Sunday, May 29
Charter school oversight could be eliminated with new legislation
David L. Brennan’s White Hat Management, whose 46 charter schools include three in the Dayton region, is being sued by the boards of nine northeast Ohio schools who say the for-profit company won’t reveal how many taxpayer dollars go for educating kids and how many end up in its corporate ...
Stories for Thursday, May 26
Dayton Police join effort to increase seat belt use
The Dayton Police Department will join with the Office of Criminal Justice Services and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2011 “Click It or Ticket” campaign.The department will participate in a special nighttime enforcement initiative for two nights beginning at 6 p.m. on Sunday and ending 6 a.m. on Monday ...
Man struck by semi, killed at truck stop
A 59-year-old truck driver from Michigan was killed at the Travel Center's of America truck stop on Ohio 127 just north of I-70 on Thursday night. Preble County Sheriff Mike Simpson said that dispatchers recieved a call about 9 p.m. of a pedestrian struck by a semi tractor-trailer in the ...
Stories for Wednesday, May 25
Driver crashes while telling 911 about chase; woman found dead
DAYTON — A woman who was killed after the car she was a passenger in crashed into a pole, has been identified as Shelly Bailey, 36, of Jefferson Twp. An autopsy for Bailey had not been completed as of 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Montgomery County Coroner’s official. The ...
Stories for Saturday, May 21
Ballot issues draw money to Ohio
COLUMBUS — As two controversial issues steam roll their way to the Nov. 8 ballot, Ohioans can expect another barrage of TV ads that could exceed even last year’s governor’s contest. More than $35 million was spent during the hotly contested race between Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and Republican John ...
Ballot issues draw money to Ohio
As two controversial issues steam roll their way to the Nov. 8 ballot, Ohioans can expect another barrage of TV ads that could exceed even last year’s governor’s contest. One issue calls for repealing Senate Bill 5, legislation restricting public employee collective bargaining. The second proposes a constitutional amendment to ...
Stories for Friday, May 20
Arnold to spend rest of her life in prison
DAYTON — The jury that convicted China Arnold of killing her baby in a microwave oven recommended life without the possibility of parole Friday, sparing the Dayton mother of a possible death sentence. The 12-member jury made the recommendation to Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman. Wiseman immediately sentenced ...
Bicycle Rodeo moves to Miami Valley Hospital South
CENTERVILLE — The Centerville Police Department is hosting its annual Safety on Wheels Bicycle Rodeo from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 21.Unlike previous years, when the event was held at the police station, this year it will take place on the upper deck of the parking garage at Miami ...
Stories for Saturday, May 14
Ohio ranks 46th in classroom spending
Centerville is one of the area’s largest school districts, but it spends the smallest share of education funding on administration, according to a Dayton Daily News examination of 31 districts in Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Warren, Preble and Clark counties.Another big suburban district — Northmont — ranked first for the share ...
Ohio ranks 46th in classroom spending
Squeezing the most out of the education dollar is the goal of every district as tight money and public pressure focus more attention on how tax money is being spent. A Daily News ranking of data from the U.S. Department of Education found Ohio is 12th for the share of ...
Stories for Wednesday, May 11
Flood waters trap families in homes in Clark County
Thunderstorms dumped up to 4 inches of rain on Clark and Champaign counties overnight, flooding area streets and trapping dozens of residents inside their homes. Emergency crews are now on the scene at the Beaver Valley Resort at 6725 E. National Road, where 20 people had been rescued from their ...
Stories for Tuesday, May 10
Dulle devoted dad, sheriff’s deputy
LEBANON — Sgt. Brian Dulle was considered “one of the good guys” by the officers he served with in the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.His boss, Sheriff Larry Sims, already considered him a leader amongst his peers, and said he believed he would a lifelong career of protecting and serving the ...
Stories for Monday, May 9
What was your greatest lesson learned while a high school student?
High school and college seniors: What was your greatest lesson learned while a student? We are preparing a special graduation section and would like to hear from you. Whether it deals with learning how to survive an all night study session or overcoming an obstacle to your education, all stories ...
Van strikes apartment complex building
DAYTON – A woman drove her van into an office at an apartment complex Monday morning, an accident that damaged the building but did not injure anyone. The accident happened about 9:45 a.m. at 616 Summit Square Drive at the Summit Square apartments. The woman told officers her van did ...
Stories for Sunday, May 8
Ex-husband in jail after woman assaulted in parking lot
An Urbana man is in Clark County Jail for allegedly assaulting his ex-wife in a Springfield bar parking lot early Sunday morning, according to a Springfield Police report. Jeffrey S. Weese 46, of 116 Maplewood Lane, was arrested on a domestic violence charge following the 3 a.m. incident on the ...
Man arrested for alleged assault on mother
SPRINGFIELD TWP. — A 54-year-old intoxicated man was arrested Saturday for allegedly assaulting his elderly mother who refused to give him money to buy more beer — on what he told sheriff’s deputies he thought was Mother’s Day. While responding to the reported domestic violence incident on the 700 block ...
Stories for Saturday, May 7
Schools save by sharing services
Since January, Nick Hamilton has been a school treasurer on roller skates, splitting his time among his three employers: the Newton, Ansonia and Mississinawa Valley school districts.By sharing the same treasurer, the three rural districts stand to save a combined $157,000 a year in taxpayer money, even though Hamilton is ...
Schools save by sharing services
Local school districts are embracing cost-cutting measures as state funding falls and local levies fail. In Sunday's newspaper, our reporters examine how schools are sharing their resources to save money. This important coverage is exclusive to the print edition of our newspaper and our iPad app and will not be ...
Stories for Wednesday, May 4
Michelle Malkin: Bush should be at Ground Zero, too
In the spirit of post-bin Laden peace, love and harmony, President Obama has asked all Americans to “harness” national good will and stand together. The commander in chief could practice what he preaches — by inviting President Bush to stand with him at Ground Zero in New York City today.It ...
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