http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/ Latest articles for the Local-news section at daytondailynews.com. en-us Copyright 2009 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:28:21 GMT 2009-11-10T19:28:21Z en-us Copyright 2009 http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/dad-sentenced-to-spend-fathers-days-in-jail-for-not-paying-support-393288.html?cxtype=rss_local-news A dad who has refused to pay child support will spend the next five Father’s Days in jail. Warren County Common Pleas Judge James Flannery sentenced Patrick A. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/dad-sentenced-to-spend-fathers-days-in-jail-for-not-paying-support-393288.html Denise G. Callahan 2009-11-10T19:00:00Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/kings-island-chamber-of-commerce-vow-to-fight-proposed-admissions-tax-394665.html?cxtype=rss_local-news Visitors to Kings Island, The Beach Waterpark or other Mason attractions may have to fork over a little more to get past the front gates. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:02:05 GMT eschwartzberg@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/kings-island-chamber-of-commerce-vow-to-fight-proposed-admissions-tax-394665.html Eric Schwartzberg 2009-11-10T18:02:05Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/48-million-water-tower-in-jeopardy-after-objections-394658.html?cxtype=rss_local-news LEBANON - Opponents are dousing plans to build a $4.8 million water tower to protect facilities at and around regional fuel-products terminal on Ohio 122, north of Lebanon. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:53:51 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/48-million-water-tower-in-jeopardy-after-objections-394658.html Lawrence Budd 2009-11-10T17:53:51Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/wright-patterson-starts-to-build-alternative-fuels-plant-393775.html?cxtype=rss_local-news WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE - The base is starting construction of a facility that can make 15 to 25 gallons a day of fuel from coal and biomass materials, to support efforts by the Air Force Research Laboratory and University of Dayton Research Institute to develop alternative fuels for Air Force planes. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:46:51 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/wright-patterson-starts-to-build-alternative-fuels-plant-393775.html 2009-11-10T05:46:51Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/tuskegee-airman-to-give-medal-to-museum-393736.html?cxtype=rss_local-news DAYTON - As a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, fighter pilot Charles Williams served across Europe, flying escorts with his fellow black aviators to protect U.S. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:33:04 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/tuskegee-airman-to-give-medal-to-museum-393736.html John Nolan 2009-11-10T04:33:04Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/wandering-goats-taken-off-the-streets-of-dayton-393686.html?cxtype=rss_local-news DAYTON - Two goats were found wandering around in the area of West Third Street and Mia Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:51:24 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/wandering-goats-taken-off-the-streets-of-dayton-393686.html Angela Watson Gay 2009-11-10T03:51:24Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/appeals-court-rules-in-bluffton-u-bus-crash-liability-393642.html?cxtype=rss_local-news LIMA - The 3rd District Court of Appeals in Allen County on Monday, Nov. 9, ruled that a charter bus company and driver in the March 2007 fatal crash involving the Bluffton University baseball team were not covered under two policies with the university that provided a combined $20 million liability limit. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:58:32 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/appeals-court-rules-in-bluffton-u-bus-crash-liability-393642.html 2009-11-10T02:58:32Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/care-items-for-troops-collected-on-veterans-day-393640.html?cxtype=rss_local-news RIVERSIDE - Members of American Legion Post 776 will accept donations from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:54:55 GMT mkissell@DaytonDailyNews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/care-items-for-troops-collected-on-veterans-day-393640.html Margo Rutledge Kissell 2009-11-10T02:54:55Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/h1n1-shots-available-thursday-at-hara-arena-392896.html?cxtype=rss_local-news DAYTON - Another free H1N1 vaccine clinic for targeted groups will be held Thursday, Nov. 12, at Hara Arena in Trotwood, officials announced Monday, Nov. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:37:16 GMT agottschlich@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/h1n1-shots-available-thursday-at-hara-arena-392896.html Anthony Gottschlich 2009-11-09T17:37:16Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/extreme-makeover-family-friends-gather-for-premiere-of-local-episode-392214.html?cxtype=rss_local-news BEAVERCREEK - The biggest applause line Sunday night at the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” watch party wasn’t about the house. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:12:56 GMT kmccall@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/extreme-makeover-family-friends-gather-for-premiere-of-local-episode-392214.html Ken McCall 2009-11-09T05:12:56Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/christmas-food-help-available-at-salvation-army-392760.html?cxtype=rss_local-news DAYTON - A steady flow of people came to the Dayton command of the Salvation Army on Monday, Nov. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:34:08 GMT mkissell@DaytonDailyNews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/christmas-food-help-available-at-salvation-army-392760.html Margo Rutledge Kissell 2009-11-09T16:34:08Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/clearcreek-trustee-case-prompts-questions-about-ethics-inquiries-391032.html?cxtype=rss_local-news CLEARCREEK TWP., Warren County - An unresolved Ohio Ethics Commission investigation didn’t stop voters from re-electing Clearcreek Twp. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:58:11 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/clearcreek-trustee-case-prompts-questions-about-ethics-inquiries-391032.html Lawrence Budd 2009-11-09T13:58:11Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/dayton-literary-peace-prize-honors-authors-391864.html?cxtype=rss_local-news BEAVERCREEK - The two authors of books documenting modern-day atrocities and a third who wrote a fictional account of an act of mercy amid the atrocities of war offered visions of hope during a discussion Sunday, Nov. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:28:49 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/dayton-literary-peace-prize-honors-authors-391864.html Lynn Hulsey 2009-11-08T22:28:49Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/dale-a-distant-strangers-life-and-death-feel-personal-391065.html?cxtype=rss_local-news A large white envelope arrived in my mail Friday, Nov. 6, that was postmarked New York City. I don’t get personal mail very often from New York, and I didn’t immediately recognize the return address, and I was a bit apprehensive as I opened the envelope. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:00:32 GMT dhuffman@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/dale-a-distant-strangers-life-and-death-feel-personal-391065.html Dale Huffman 2009-11-08T06:00:32Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/horse-racing-tracks-face-doubt-after-casino-issue-passes-391985.html?cxtype=rss_local-news When he was a just boy, Chris McGuire’s dad and uncles visited the Lebanon Raceway, bought a few race horses and inadvertently set young Chris’ life on its course. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:07:53 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/horse-racing-tracks-face-doubt-after-casino-issue-passes-391985.html Laura A. Bischoff 2009-11-09T02:07:53Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/funeral-set-for-officer-who-had-h1n1-flu-391841.html?cxtype=rss_local-news Funeral arrangements have been set for Preble County Sheriff’s Capt. Michael Thornsberry, who died Friday, Nov. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:53:26 GMT kmccall@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/funeral-set-for-officer-who-had-h1n1-flu-391841.html Ken McCall 2009-11-08T21:53:26Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/wright-state-research-promoting-geothermal-heating-for-homes-businesses-391037.html?cxtype=rss_local-news FAIRBORN - Wright State University will use a federal grant to develop computer software that could give homeowners and business operators information to help find a ground-source heat pump for their heating and cooling needs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:31:07 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/wright-state-research-promoting-geothermal-heating-for-homes-businesses-391037.html John Nolan 2009-11-08T05:31:07Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/employers-feel-the-pain-as-health-care-costs-rise-391030.html?cxtype=rss_local-news Ouch. It’s been a common reaction among local employers in recent weeks as the cost of providing health insurance to their employees in 2010 becomes clearer. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:26:54 GMT bsutherly@DaytonDailyNews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/employers-feel-the-pain-as-health-care-costs-rise-391030.html Ben Sutherly 2009-11-08T05:26:54Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/afits-new-commandant-brings-afghan-experience-390867.html?cxtype=rss_local-news WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE - Brig. Gen. Walter D. Givhan, new commandant of the Air Force Institute of Technology, is fresh from a one-year assignment helping provide training for Afghan pilots as part of the U.S. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:56:54 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/afits-new-commandant-brings-afghan-experience-390867.html John Nolan 2009-11-08T05:56:54Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/you-can-see-areas-extreme-makeover-house-tonight-391024.html?cxtype=rss_local-news BEAVERCREEK - James Terpenning doesn’t mention the fancy appliances or comfy new furniture when asked about the joys of living in his “Extreme Makeover” home – although he and his family are obviously enjoying both. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:42:29 GMT mmoss@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/you-can-see-areas-extreme-makeover-house-tonight-391024.html Meredith Moss 2009-11-08T05:42:29Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/hershey-dem-triumph-would-delight-mother-in-law-391017.html?cxtype=rss_local-news Somewhere up on a celestial dairy farm, the Holsteins are mooing, and a quiet smile is creasing the face of my late mother-in-law, Ruth Lawrence. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:25:25 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/hershey-dem-triumph-would-delight-mother-in-law-391017.html William Hershey 2009-11-08T05:25:25Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/westwood-neighborhood-cleanup-keeps-young-people-involved-390754.html?cxtype=rss_local-news DAYTON - Bernard Jones said it is important for young people to become leaders and get involved with the City of Dayton. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:40:45 GMT kwynn@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/westwood-neighborhood-cleanup-keeps-young-people-involved-390754.html Kelli Wynn 2009-11-08T01:40:45Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/project-deconstructs-vacant-houses-to-revive-dayton-390598.html?cxtype=rss_local-news DAYTON - For Leslie Sheward, the Dayton Works Plus, LLC, Deconstruction Project provides more than a paycheck, it allows her to contribute to her community. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:34:07 GMT kwynn@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/project-deconstructs-vacant-houses-to-revive-dayton-390598.html Kelli Wynn 2009-11-07T23:34:07Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/miami-county-closing-incarceration-facility-by-years-end-390739.html?cxtype=rss_local-news TROY – Sheriff Charles Cox will close the Miami County Incarceration Facility at year’s end, cutting another 28 corrections officer jobs and idling 240 jail beds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:22:46 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/miami-county-closing-incarceration-facility-by-years-end-390739.html Nancy Bowman 2009-11-08T01:22:46Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/h1n1-flu-suspected-in-preble-county-officers-death-sheriff-says-389862.html?cxtype=rss_local-news PREBLE COUNTY - A Preble County sheriff’s captain has died, an apparent victim of the H1N1 flu virus and pneumonia, Sheriff Mike Simpson announced late Friday, Nov. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:40:57 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/h1n1-flu-suspected-in-preble-county-officers-death-sheriff-says-389862.html Steve Bennish 2009-11-07T03:40:57Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/former-mead-data-central-leader-dies-389931.html?cxtype=rss_local-news Robert M. O’Hara, former president of Mead Advanced Systems Group - which oversaw the unit that became LexisNexis - died Wednesday, Nov. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:31:43 GMT tgnau@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/former-mead-data-central-leader-dies-389931.html Thomas Gnau 2009-11-07T05:31:43Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/children-to-learn-about-aviators-from-miami-county-organizations-389930.html?cxtype=rss_local-news CONCORD TWP., Miami County - Two Miami County-based organizations hope an education program combining aviation personalities and state academic standards takes off in area classrooms. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:30:15 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/children-to-learn-about-aviators-from-miami-county-organizations-389930.html Nancy Bowman 2009-11-07T05:30:15Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/bomb-squad-investigating-suspicious-device-in-kettering-388928.html?cxtype=rss_local-news Police are trying to determine who put a device that had duct tape and wires attached to it in a garbage can in an alley. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:40:28 GMT kwynn@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/bomb-squad-investigating-suspicious-device-in-kettering-388928.html Kelli Wynn 2009-11-06T17:40:28Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/shooting-defies-explanation-area-psychologist-says-388944.html?cxtype=rss_local-news The killing of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, by an Army psychiatrist is bound to prompt new precautions to be taken, a former clinical psychologist at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base said Friday, Nov. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:57:35 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/shooting-defies-explanation-area-psychologist-says-388944.html John Nolan 2009-11-06T17:57:35Z http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime/threats-prompt-school-lockdown-suspect-charged-388970.html?cxtype=rss_local-news LEBANON - A Lebanon man was booked into the Warren County Jail Friday, Nov. 6, after allegedly threatening two high school students and causing a temporary lockdown of Lebanon High School. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:13 GMT http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime/threats-prompt-school-lockdown-suspect-charged-388970.html Justin McClelland 2009-11-07T00:34:13Z