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Local soldier killed in Afghanistan
An Ohio National Guardsman from West Alexandria died March 7 in a non-combat incident that is under investigation, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Spc. Cody D. Suggs, 22, died at the Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan while on mission with the 1487th Transportation Company, based in Piqua. He is the 15th ...
A big red heart made of snow
Inspired by love and a desire to outdo their neighbor’s snowman, an empty-nester couple’s snow sculpture drew some attention Wednesday.Missy and Scott Meredith of Heincke Road said they used shovels and kitchen knives to sculpt some of the snow in their front yard into a large heart, then used red ...
Family finds grisly package near home
Authorities are investigating a grisly discovery made by a family in a ditch near Caesar Creek State Park. The torso of a dismembered pony was found wrapped in a tarp near Hormel and Buck Run roads, on the northeast edge of the park. The resident who found and reported it, ...
OSP arrests Logan Co. man on drug charge
A Logan County man faces a felony drug possession charge after he and a woman from Portsmouth were arrested during a traffic stop Tuesday. Grant A. Underwood, 35, of Quincy, and Susan E. Williams, 41, of Portsmouth, are in the Scioto County Jail after 15 grams of cocaine and 299 ...
Piqua businesses see increase in break-ins
Police here are looking for tips and advising business owners to take precautions as burglaries are up among downtown businesses. Since Dec. 1, there have been 12 break-ins at downtown businesses, including five that occurred the weekend of Jan. 25-27, according to Piqua Chief Bruce Jamison. A Realtor, tax accountants, ...
Supplies needed for 100 dogs seized near Tipp City
Nearly 100 dogs taken from a home near Tipp City on Friday night because the homeowner is in a hospital are in need of adoption.Volunteers helped Miami County animal control officials seize the dogs and transport them to the county fairgrounds, where they will be looked after until they can ...
Family holds vigil for man slain a year ago
Family and friends of a man slain last January in a case that remains unsolved gathered Friday night for a candlelight vigil. Jan. 18 marks the one-year anniversary of the home invasion on Deeds Avenue where 28-year-old father Derick Sturgill was beaten and shot multiple times. He died from those ...
Arrest made after Urbana school lockdown
An 18-year-old Urbana High School student was taken into custody Monday on a felony charge after police accused her of writing a threatening message on the stall door of a bathroom at the school.Police determined the message, which threatened that there would be an explosion in the building at 500 ...
Springfield SWAT arrests child neglect suspect
A man wanted on charges of child neglect and other charges was arrested Tuesday after a brief standoff with Springfield police. Acting on a tip, officers responded at approximately 5 p.m. to 1207 W. Pleasant St., where DeShaun Taylor, 32, had been living. Taylor was wanted by Clark County on ...
Account set up to help children of fatal crash, parents funeral local
Funerals for Scott and Michele Barhorst will be Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Montezuma with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Calling Friday from 2 to 8 pm at the Miller Funeral Home in St. Marys. Michele was a 2000 graduate from ...
Mother released from hospital after Thursday crash
A mother has been released from Miami Valley Hospital after she was injured in a Thursday evening crash that forced emergency crews to use equipment to remove her and a daughter from the wreckage.Crews responded at approximately 4:30 p.m. to the intersection of South Charleston and Grape Grove roads. A ...
Grandson, 21, charged in grandmother’s death
Montgomery County prosecutors approved murder and felonious assault charges Thursday against Dylan Harrison, 21, accused of strangling his grandmother to death. Trotwood police arrested Harrison Tuesday, a day after a routine welfare check at 4964 Natalie Court led officers to the body of Harrison’s grandmother, 69-year-old Regina Davis. She was ...
3 hurt after car rolls down I-75 embankment
Two adults and a 3-year-old boy were injured in a crash Friday afternoon when the vehicle they were in rolled down a steep embankment on Interstate 75.The exit to Springboro Pike remained closed for several hours as emergency crews and Moraine police responded to the crash, at 2:30 p.m. in ...
2 Eaton businesses donate $100K to school project
Residents and businesses in Eaton are rallying behind a project to build a new school and athletic facilities.The latest effort to support the Eaton Community Schools Athletic, Arts and Wellness Fund, which is part of the St. Clair Foundation, involves a $100,000 donation from two Eaton-based businesses: Eaton National Bank ...
Man hospitalized after being shot seven times
A man remains in the hospital after being shot several times and Dayton police believe the incident is related to a car jacking in Harrison Twp. Police discovered the 42-year-old was shot seven times, four in the right leg and three in the left leg, around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in ...
Brother, sister reunited after 60 years
Siblings Debbie and Virgil Lee Spitler grew up on opposite ends of the earth after they were separated as children. Six decades later, after years of searching for connections to their father, U.S. Army SSgt. Forrest Spitler, the siblings reunited Thursday at the Dayton International Airport. “It’s very overwhelming. I ...
Soaking rains likely this weekend
Up to 4 inches of slow, steady rain will soak the area this Labor Day weekend as tropical depression Isaac rambles through this part of the nation, forecasters said. The forecast calls for the rain to begin in earnest Saturday and continue Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The rain will come ...
Two dead, three injured in Logan County crash
A two-vehicle crash on U.S. 68 that left two people dead and three people injured remained under investigation Friday night, the sheriffs’s office said. Deputies were dispatched to the crash in the 4700 block of U.S. 68, north of Township Road 30, about 1:35 p.m., according to the Logan County ...
Debate erupts over response to 3rd St. blaze
A dispute over staffing levels erupted between the Dayton firefighters union and the fire chief following accusations by the union that budget cuts led to slower response to a fire early Thursday morning. The fire at 1201 E. Third St. destroyed 11 apartments and more than five businesses. More than ...
Police: Man threatened to blow up buildings
A man who allegedly called a local emergency number and made threats to blow up several buildings will likely be charged with two felony counts of intimidation, prosecutors announced Friday. At an afternoon press conference, the Montgomery County Prosecutors Office and Sheriff’s Department announced that the Dayton man who made ...
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