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Beavercreek

$The Lynch family, from left, Charlotte, Trixie and Jim at their home in Beavercreek, which was rebuilt after the 2019 tornadoes. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

‘I thank God every day that I’m alive;’ tornado survivors look back on anniversary

Kettering City manager, Mark Schwieterman, left, told his health scare story at the 50th anniversary of the Greater Miami Valley EMS Council Tuesday afternoon at the Montgomery County Business Solutions Center in Dayton. Kettering police officer Chip Protsman is on the right. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

Honor Guard members from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, present the colors during a Memorial Day ceremony in Fairborn, Ohio, May 31, 2021. Established in 1971, Memorial Day is an official federal holiday meant to allow people to honor the men and women who have died while on duty with the U.S. Military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

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Memorial Day 2022: Events planned in Dayton area

The Air Force has identified a second child development facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as an unfunded priority in this year’s military budget process. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Victoria Boyton)

Second Wright-Patt child care center proposed as a new Air Force ‘unfunded priority’

Bellbrook

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

Stafford sues Sugarcreek police, others over golf course incident

Greene County and Fairborn are partnering to give $1.5 million in federal funds to non-profit groups. FILE

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Greene County, Fairborn to aid nonprofits with ARPA funds

Rising costs have delayed a major resurfacing project on North Fairfield Road between Commons and Crossing Boulevards. The city budgeted $1.3 million for the project, but the lowest bid received was $2.3 million, leading the city to reject all bids and delay the project to 2023. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Cost increase woes ‘a perfect storm’ for local infrastructure projects

Brookville

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

John and Shirley Behm stand in front of their house in Brookville that was damaged by the Memorial Day tornados three years ago. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Looking back 3 years later: Tornadoes tore us apart, brought us together

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Retiring longtime school superintendents look back on careers

Riverside police veteran Angela Jackson has been promoted to major, the first female elevated to the department's second highest rank. FILE

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Female major achieves a first for Riverside Police Department

Centerville

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

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Memorial Day 2022: Events planned in Dayton area

$Students at Stevenson Elementary school head to the buses Friday March 11, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Local schools focus on physical security, relationships with kids

Centerville schools, city to collaborate on land use partnership

Clayton

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Man accused of creating child porn involving teen in Clayton

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Looking back 3 years later: Tornadoes tore us apart, brought us together

Freshly seasoned potato chips tumble into the bagging machine at Mikesell’s. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

NEW DETAILS: Nearly $1.5 million proposed to create 1,350 local jobs

Area schools get kids thinking about careers at younger age

Dayton

Dayton Police seek recruits after highest turnover in at least 7 years

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Dayton to conduct rare juvenile curfew sweep tonight after complaints

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In 1975 Elder-Beerman unveiled an artists drawing of the proposed flagship store that would be constructed on Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton. "The store will be geared to contemporary people," a spokesman said at the time. DAYTON DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE

Elder-Beerman brand name making a comeback? Company buys naming rights

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Dayton resident Kourtney Terry created homemade baby food that she now sells at Dorothy Lane Market in Springboro. Her goal is to sell her frozen baby food in all Dorothy Lane Markets around Dayton.

See how local entrepreneur responded to demand for homemade baby food

Englewood

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

Area schools get kids thinking about careers at younger age

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Woman accused of running brothel at Englewood massage business

Riverside mayor on new library branch will "move the community forward"

Decade-long library building project down to last two

Fairborn

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

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Memorial Day 2022: Events planned in Dayton area

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Former Fairborn ROTC leader pleads not guilty in sexual battery case

Second Wright-Patt child care center proposed as a new Air Force ‘unfunded priority’

Huber Heights

$The staff at the Adventure Reef Water Park in Kettering work Wednesday May 25, 2022 to prepare for opening day this weekend. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Lifeguard shortages cause changes to area pools opening Memorial Day weekend

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See how local entrepreneur responded to demand for homemade baby food

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

Huber Heights city manager hiring process suddenly in limbo

Kettering

$The staff at the Adventure Reef Water Park in Kettering work Wednesday May 25, 2022 to prepare for opening day this weekend. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Lifeguard shortages cause changes to area pools opening Memorial Day weekend

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Kettering is expected to allow loaded firearms on all-purpose vehicles – consistent with Ohio law – despite some city officials’ opposition to the issue. FILE

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Gun on a snowmobile? Kettering officials question required law change

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

$Demolition has started on parts of the Town and Country Shopping Center Monday May 23, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Part of Kettering Town & Country torn down for redevelopment

Lebanon

Lebanon extends medical marijuana moratorium another four months

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Lebanon signs stipulation not to enforce section of abortion ban, may amend ordinance

Organizers of a pro-abortion rally make their voices heard on Tuesday evening prior to the Lebanon City Council meeting Tuesday. More than 50 people were at the rally. ED RICHTER/STAFF

People on both sides of abortion issue speak in Lebanon on one-year anniversary of...

The city of Lebanon will be working with the Ohio Department of Transportation to extend the bike trail east of Ohio 48 as well as assist in the widening of the East Turtlecreek-Union Road Bridge for a bike lane. CONTRIBUTED/CITY OF LEBANON

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ODOT to close Lebanon bridge on June 13, for 150-day span

Miamisburg

$The staff at the Adventure Reef Water Park in Kettering work Wednesday May 25, 2022 to prepare for opening day this weekend. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Lifeguard shortages cause changes to area pools opening Memorial Day weekend

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Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

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Memorial Day 2022: Events planned in Dayton area

Miamisburg Board of Education at its most recent meeting voted to approve a resolution putting a substitute levy on the ballot this November. STAFF FILE PHOTO

Miamisburg schools substitute levy aimed at replacing two expiring ones

Moraine

$Moraine Police Sgt. Andrew Parish talks to the media Tuesday May 10, 2022 about the body-worn camera footage from a officer involved shooting on May, 4, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Body cams show deadly I-75 encounter with police, famous knife designer

$Moraine Police Sgt. Andrew Parish talks to the media Tuesday May 10, 2022 about the body-worn camera footage from a officer involved shooting on May, 4, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

WATCH: Body cameras show deadly I-75 shooting

The Fuyao Glass Plant in Moraine Ohio employs over 2000 workers.

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Moraine pursuing economic development growth around Fuyao, other areas

VIDEO: Traffic camera video, scanner traffic show new angles on Moraine officer-involved shooting

Chief: Man in I-75 crash told to drop gun 41 times before deadly shooting

Oakwood

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Oakwood priest on leave after allegations of domestic violence

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Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

The parade is set to return Saturday to for That Day in May in Oakwood for the first time since 2019. CONTRIBUTED

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Parade returns to Oakwood spring festival on Saturday

On July 1, the discharge of consumer-grade fireworks in Ohio will be legal on private property except in communities choosing to opt out, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. FILE

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Fairborn keeps fireworks ban, joining Beavercreek, Dayton after Ohio changes law

Springboro

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

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Memorial Day 2022: Events planned in Dayton area

$Students at Stevenson Elementary school head to the buses Friday March 11, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Local schools focus on physical security, relationships with kids

Jack Blosser has been selected as the new executive director of the Springboro Area Chamber of Commerce. CONTRIBUTED/SPRINGBORO AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Springboro chamber of commerce names new executive director

Trotwood

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Trotwood man sentenced to jail in crash that killed 73-year-old Dayton woman

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$The Lynch family, from left, Charlotte, Trixie and Jim at their home in Beavercreek, which was rebuilt after the 2019 tornadoes. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

‘I thank God every day that I’m alive;’ tornado survivors look back on anniversary

Kettering city manager finally describes near-death event, and how EMS saved him

$One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital after a house fire on Denlinger Road in Trotwood early Monday morning, May 23, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$