Stories by Kyle Nagel
NCAA tickets sold out at UD Arena, but options still available
University of Dayton Arena has sold out its allotment of tickets for first-, second- and third-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament games this week, but options remain for fans to acquire seats. The First Four round tickets, for games played Tuesday and Wednesday, have been sold out for months. The final ...
1 in 8 women binge drink, report says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning women that a large number of them are binge drinking and that such activity can lead to other health dangers. In a study the organization published this month, the CDC reported that about one in eight adult women fit the criteria ...
In need of Bengals playoff tickets? Here’s how you can purchase them
The Bengals will travel to face the Houston Texans in an AFC wild card round game at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. There are multiple ways fans can find tickets, here are a few options: The Texans will announce single-game sales information after serving their season-ticket holders. Those details will be released ...
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day restaurant openings
Do you need a place to eat on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? Here are some area restaurants that are scheduled to be open: Open Christmas Eve Anticoli’s Giuliano Tavern 67 S. Main St., Miamisburg www.giulianotavern.com (937) 859-3000 | Open 4 to 8 p.m. Carver’s Steaks and Chops 1535 Miamisburg ...
Local gun sales surging in wake of CT shooting
Concerns about possible changes to gun laws have drawn local buyers in big numbers this week following Friday’s mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., which matches a national trend. Gun shop owners and observers say comments from politicians over the weekend that they will look to increase restrictions on buying some ...
List of U.S. mass shootings since 1999
Mass shootings in the United States since 1999:
Wish-granting groups hoping recovering economy leads to better funding
Organizations that grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions said they hope improving economic conditions in Ohio allow them to help more children.The Make-A-Wish Foundation chapter that serves Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky reported recently that it broke its own national organization record for wishes granted by a chapter with ...
Time, cost of family member care increasing
Ohioans are providing an increasing amount of care for family members, assistance with added up to $17.5 billion in 2009 and is expected to grow as medical advances and an aging population cause more to need help with daily activities.That care comes under stress every holiday season when many people ...
Thanksgiving travel to increase this year
Highways and airports are expected to be busier for this Thanksgiving holiday week, although experts say the tens of millions of Americans traveling will economize in their decisions. From Wednesday through Sunday, 1.7 million Ohioans are expected to travel a roundtrip that involves travel of 50 miles or more from ...
More Americans expected to travel this Thanksgiving holiday
Highways and airports are expected to be busier this Thanksgiving holiday week, but experts say travelers will stay closer to home while extending their time spent away. From Wednesday through Sunday, 43.6 million Americans are expected to travel, a slight increase from last year’s 43.3 million travelers, according to AAA, ...
Safer cigarettes mean fewer smoking fires
Cigarette manufacturing changes meant to reduce the risk of fires have led to a dramatic decrease in those types of blazes in Ohio, which cause nearly a quarter of all fire deaths.In 2011, there were 1,529 Ohio fires caused by smoking, a 40 percent decrease from 2010 and a 53 ...
Ohio food charity need up 45 percent in three years
A difficult employment climate and increased costs for daily necessities led Ohio food banks to distribute 45 percent more food in fiscal year 2012 than they did just three years earlier, during the height of the recession.The 164 million pounds of food that Ohio food banks provided to pantries and ...
Ohio 12th in US for strongest teacher unions
Ohio has the nation’s 12th-strongest teacher unions, which have “highly permissive” bargaining rights and are involved politically even though the public doesn’t consider them as strong as they are, according to a report from an education policy think tank. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute released rankings last week of what ...
Miami County loses computer manufacturing jobs
Systemax Inc. is closing its computer manufacturing plant in Fletcher in Miami County and eliminating 120 jobs there.The company said 80 sales office employees will keep their jobs, and the company will continue to support and service computers already purchased.“This was a difficult decision but necessary given competitive and cost ...
Obama, Romney both support charter schools
In bitterly partisan times, K-12 education policy has been one of the lesser-discussed issues and largely unattached to party labels in the presidential race between President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney. Obama has promoted conservative ideas on education, from charter schools to teacher accountability standards. Romney proposes many of the ...
Ohio spends millions to dispose of dumped tires
State officials are combining two scrap tire cleanup programs in the hopes of streamlining an effort that has seen Ohio pay tens of millions of dollars in the past two decades to decrease health and environmental risks. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency this year incorporated an Ohio Department of Natural ...
Vehicle crashes with deer falling, but more costly
Ohio motorists are having fewer collisions with deer this fall, but a busy season for such crashes and a significant increase in deer killed by hunters has officials urging drivers to be cautious. Crashes involving deer in Ohio dropped 14 percent between 2007 and 2011 to 22,689 last year, according ...
Big weather change begins today
After temperatures soared into the 70s for the fourth straight day Thursday, area weather will shift significantly beginning today with the likelihood of freezing temperatures and the possibility of snowflakes by next week. A high temperature in the 50s and rain are expected today, putting an end to an unseasonably ...
Ohio tax burden rank improves
Ohio’s national ranking for state and local tax burden on its residents has improved steadily in the past decade, reaching its best level in 16 years in fiscal year 2010. Residents paid an average of 9.7 percent of their income to state and local taxes in 2010. That rate ranked ...
Turner criticizes Obama on Delphi pensions
Meeting with salaried Delphi retirees this afternoon, Congressman Mike Turner declared the “White House picked winners and losers” in the auto bailout, which he expected President Obama to tout during his visit to Dayton later in the day. Turner, R-Centerville, spoke from a podium in the parking lot of a ...
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