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News Stories for August 2011

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Stories for Saturday, August 27

Belmont High School seniors Tiarra Brown (left) and Melissa Heppes say the learning environment at the school has improved since David White became principal.

Crime dips 77% at Belmont High School

DAYTON — From 2001 through 2010, the No. 1 address for violent crimes in the city of Dayton wasn’t a downtown bar, a gentleman’s club or a known drug house. It was Belmont High School, which had 244 recorded incidents of assaults, menacing, unarmed robberies, rape and aggravated assaults during ...

Stories for Friday, August 26

Belmont High School seniors Tiarra Brown (left) and Melissa Heppes say the learning environment at the school has improved since David White became principal.

Crime dips 77% at Belmont High School

DAYTON — From 2001 through 2010, the No. 1 address for violent crimes in the city of Dayton was Belmont High School, which had 244 recorded incidents of assaults, menacing, unarmed robberies, rape and aggravated assaults during the decade, according to an analysis of crime data by the Dayton Daily ...

Stories for Thursday, August 25

Error regarding Seafest

The listing for Seafest that was published in the Kettering/Oakwood edition of the Dayton Daily News Neighbors section on Thursday, Aug. 25 is incorrect. There is no event this year. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Do you know an inspiring educator?

Teachers are a special breed of people. During school, they are responsible for inspiring young minds and teaching children how to think. The Dayton Daily News wants to hear about the special educators you know. Ask a special teacher the following questions so we may consider publishing their information in ...

Stories for Thursday, August 18

Do your housing costs account for half or more of your income?

The Dayton Daily News is looking for people whose housing costs account for 50 percent or more of their income. If you would like to share your story, please contact staff writer Cornelius Frolik at 937-225-0749.

Stories for Wednesday, August 17

Which fashion pet peeves irk you, Miami Valley?

Does the sight of sagging jeans make your blood boil? Do gray roots in otherwise black hair send you through the roof? Does a “whale tail” make you flip? The Dayton Daily News hopes to gauge which fashion pet peeves irk Miami Valley residents the most. The most popular and ...

Stories for Saturday, August 13

 	 Marny Wilson was shot to death on Aug. 7 in an Audrey Avenue driveway and witnesses including her own children say the shooter was their estranged husband and father, Keith Wilson.

14-year-old hears mom plead for life before being shot

Marny Wilson called out to her 14-year-old daughter, “Mar’Kei, call 911.”Marny was arguing on a cell phone with her estranged husband as she moved her belongings from the family home. As they spoke, witnesses said, he drove up to the house, and he had a gun.Mar’Kei said she heard her ...

Stories for Friday, August 12

Keith Wilson, pictured, has been identified by his children as the killer of his estranged wife, Marny Wilson, who was shot to death on Aug. 7 in an Audrey Avenue driveway in Dayton.

14-year-old: ‘My dad just shot my mom’

Marny Lynn Wilson, 40, a fraud investigator for the Ohio Department of Insurance, wedding photographer, school volleyball coach and mother of five, was killed by a gunshot wound to the neck last Sunday, Aug. 7, as she sat in her red Mazda 6 outside her former home at 825 Audrey ...

Stories for Thursday, August 11

Three-car wreck halts U.S. 35 traffic

DAYTON – All eastbound lanes of U.S. 35 were shut down for about two hours west of Smithville Road due to a three-vehicle crash Thursday night. One person was transported to the hospital. The wreck, reported at about 10 p.m., appears to have been caused by a speeding driver sideswiping ...

Error regarding K99.1FM's A Day in the Country

The listing for K99.1FM A Day in the Country that was published in the Huber Heights edition of the Dayton Daily News Neighbors section on Thursday, Aug. 11 is incorrect. There is no event this year. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

Stories for Saturday, August 6

Sen. Sherrod Brown questioned members of the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Dayton VA investigated more than any other veterans' hospitals

DAYTON — Since 2006, the Dayton VA Medical Center has conducted more in-depth investigations of patient abuse and other employee misconduct than any VA hospital in Ohio, a Dayton Daily News examination has found. Between October 2005 and June 2011, the Dayton VA completed 42 formal administrative investigations, known as ...

Stories for Wednesday, August 3

WPAFB could be targeted in cyber attack, expert warns

Local observers say a five-year-long cyber attack against American companies, state governments and the United Nations should be a wake-up call for Dayton and its mix of government and private employers.Dubbed “Operation Shady RAT”, the attack was aimed at more than 70 targets, said computer security firm McAfee Inc. in ...

Trotwood firefighters respond to a barn fire at 9759 Millard Road.

Trotwood barn fire may take days to burn itself out, chief says

TROTWOOD — A barn fire that started early Wednesday at Brubaker Farms, 9759 Millard Road, may take a couple of days to completely burn itself out, according to Trotwood Fire Battalion Chief Mike Gibson. The fire was reported to the Regional Dispatch Center at 2:27 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters were still ...

Stories for Tuesday, August 2

Air Force doing emergency response drills this week at Wright-Patt

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Emergency response drills at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base this week could cause traffic congestion at entry gates, temporary closings of facilities or interrupted services, base officials said.The tests of emergency plans and responses involve base fire, rescue, security forces and specialized teams. Those working at ...

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