🦷 Centerville orthodontist retires: After 30 years of practice, Dr. Steve Burke has retired from Burke Orthodontics, passing the leadership of his Centerville and Huber Heights locations to Dr. Christopher Burns and Dr. Mary Linda Remley.
📮 Ohio mail-in ballot deadline: Starting in 2026, a new law officially eliminates the four-day grace period for mail-in absentee ballots, requiring them to arrive at the board of elections by the time polls close on Election Day.
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U.S. Airman laid to rest at Dayton VA National Cemetery 70 years after aircraft crash in remote Alaskan mountains
More than 70 years after he was killed while serving in the U.S. Air Force, Airman 1st Class Sterling E. Newsome Jr. was laid to rest by his family at the Dayton VA National Cemetery.
• How he died: Newsome, 30, was among 52 service members who lost their lives on Nov. 22, 1952, when the C-124 Globemaster military transport aircraft they were traveling aboard crashed.
• Hard to find: The plane crash happened at a mountain in Mount Gannett, Alaska, during severe weather conditions. Due to its remote location, the crash site would not be discovered until six decades later.
• How the plane was found: An Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew conducting routine training in 2012 spotted aircraft wreckage, frozen in ice, on Colony Glacier.
• Personal items: In 2021, a shirt belonging to Newsome was recovered and presented to his family in Dayton. More recently, additional remains were identified, transported to Dayton, and presented to his extended family.
Headline: Centerville orthodontist retires after 30 years; practice continues
For three decades, Steve Burke has helped people achieve confident smiles while using humor to make the journey enjoyable.
• Retirement: The 59-year-old Centerville resident has called it a career, stepping away from Burke Orthodontics at the end of December.
• Inspiration: “I was in eighth grade and I had braces put on and I looked around the office and saw that he had a few things cool to me, like a Ms. Pac-Man machine in the lobby, and he had TVs in there and a really lovely staff. Everybody was wonderful,” Burke said. “I thought, ‘Well, this is a kind of cool thing,’ so it was actually being a patient that got me interested in it, and then I kind of stuck with it.”
• Business continues: Two doctors now run Burke Orthodontics: Dayton-area native Dr. Christopher Burns, who joined the practice in July 2024, and Mississippi native Dr. Mary Linda Remley, who joined last September.
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From technology and data to mindfulness and mental health, the American College of Sports Medicine top fitness trends for 2026 run the gamut from practical to personal. While some trends, like Wearable Technology, have ranked among the top for years, others, like Adult Recreation and Sport Clubs, are making a first appearance on the list.
What to know today
• One big takeaway: Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a man who worked as his family’s bodyguard is facing federal drug trafficking charges.
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• Dayton Food & Dining: All The Best Delicatessen has been named the Best Deli in Ohio in “The Best Deli in Every State That Locals Defend Fiercely,” a nationwide guide published by Family Vacations U.S.
• Stat of the day: Temperatures reached 62 degrees on Friday, beating the previous record of 61 degrees set in 1939 and tied in 1946.
• Cincinnati Bengals: Joe Flacco said he would be open to the idea of staying with the Bengals.
• Dayton Flyers: The Flyers will wear new Stealth Black uniforms at their next home game against Loyola Chicago on Jan. 16. Check them out here.
• Photo of the day: Demonstrators listen to a speaker during the Dayton to Minneapolis Stop ICE Terror protest in Courthouse Square in Dayton on Thursday, Jan. 8. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a 37-year-old Minnesota woman, Renee Nicole Good, on Wednesday. See more photos from the event here 📷.
