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Beavercreek

Ohioans disposed of more than 16 tons of prescription drugs like these on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 29, 2020. PHOTO/PROVIDED

Get rid of expired, unwanted medicine Saturday on National Prescription Drug Take Back...

Chai Corner is located at 2632 Colonel Glenn Highway in Fairborn near Wright State University. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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New cafe near Wright State is a fusion of cultures with chai, Turkish coffee, Indian...

Beavercreek insurance agent must pay $200K to clients in theft sentence

CBCB Bar & Grill, otherwise known as Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers, is closing its doors in Beavercreek at the end of this month. The restaurant’s last day of business will be April 27 (FACEBOOK PHOTO).

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‘An end of an era’: Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers to close in Beavercreek

Bellbrook

The Popeyes restaurant at 6242 Wilmington Pike near Miami Valley Hospital South in Sugarcreek Twp. has “temporarily closed” its doors, according to a sign posted at the site. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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Popeyes in Sugarcreek Twp. is closed, franchisee says operations being consolidated

$Death Grip Donuts is collaborating with Uncle Boof’s World Famous Pancake Mix for a “Locals Only” donut featuring a traditional vanilla donut with maple glaze, three mini pancakes and a dollop of cinnamon butter that’s served with a pipette of maple syrup. Pictured left to right is Kylie Bauer, Anthony Brewer, Dexter Clay, Cameron Hill and Lainey Lucas. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Bellbrook’s Sugar Maple Festival returns this weekend: 5 things to know

$In this file photo, the Sugarcreek Twp. fire department worked with Kettering Health Network’s Surgical Emergency Response Team on an exercise at Tom’s Mulch & Landscaping, along with the Bellbrook and Beavercreek Fire Departments. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Sugarcreek Twp. voters considering additional tax levy for fire department

Bellbrook seeks answers after election board rejects city’s tax levy from ballot

Brookville

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‘Keep It Rural?’ Residents push back against new housing, cities seek balance

The city of Brookville on Monday, Jan. 27, 2024, held the first in a series of meetings about its proposed comprehensive land use plan project. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

Big crowd discusses Brookville land development plan after ‘Keep it Rural’ fight

Couple sues Brookville, claims city workers left yard ‘a barren moonscape’

Brookville Mayor Chuck Letner (left) and Vice Mayor James Zimmerlin

Brookville mayor, vice mayor keep their jobs as voters reject recall effort

Centerville

A cultivation room at Pure Ohio Wellness' medical marijuana grow facility in Clark County. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

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Centerville votes to extend medical marijuana ban

Underground Chuck's is opening on May 6 at the site of the former O'Charley's near the Dayton Mall. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF

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Underground Chuck’s to open in May near Dayton Mall

Nothing located after possible plane crash reported near Washington Twp.

Wheat Penny’s cocktail wins first place at Buckeye Vodka Battle of the Bartenders

Clayton

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‘Keep It Rural?’ Residents push back against new housing, cities seek balance

Northmont High School. Eileen McClory/ staff

Northmont schools seek new tax levy after voters said no twice in 2023

A water tower at the Miami water treatment plant on Chuck Wagner Lane in northeast Dayton. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

Dayton responds to Montgomery County’s $14M water lawsuit; many cities affected

Esther Price Candies launches ‘Golden Egg Hunt’

Dayton

Shooting reported in East Dayton Sunday afternoon

Alice and daughter Caitlin Henry prepare dinner. Alice’s gynecologist at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is managing her menopause symptoms so Alice can get back to the things she loves. CONTRIBUTED

Area native was caught off guard by menopause symptoms, and she’s not alone, survey shows

A Miamisburg Applebee's was vandalized with Nazi imagery Saturday morning. In this photo, taken in the afternoon, the remains of a swastika can be seen on the center brick. The restaurant was closed for cleaning Saturday, April 26, 2025. LONDON BISHOP/STAFF

Antisemitic vandalism closes Miamisburg restaurant

How area people are surviving with rising grocery prices

Englewood

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‘Keep It Rural?’ Residents push back against new housing, cities seek balance

Northmont schools seek new tax levy after voters said no twice in 2023

Dolly's on Troy Town Drive, just off of West Main Street in Troy, is preparing to open. It is the second location opening in the Dayton area at a site of a former Frisch's Big Boy. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

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Dolly’s Burgers & Shakes opens second location today in Dayton region

Dolly’s Burgers & Shakes CEO says people will find new things on menu. The goal of...

Fairborn

Wright State’s property acquisition and management arm Double Bowler Properties Corp. increased its land holdings near Colonel Glenn Highway with a complex of four office buildings that cost $11.3 million. The buildings, including the former Wright-Patt Credit Union, surround WSU’s Alumni Foundation building on Presidential Drive. WSU’s main campus is at top left. CONTRIBUTED

Wright State’s real estate arm sued for foreclosure of 4 office buildings

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New cafe near Wright State is a fusion of cultures with chai, Turkish coffee, Indian...

Man sentenced to more than 7 years in national scam that stole $80,000 from Fairborn man

Fairborn food truck known for egg rolls to open spot at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Huber Heights

Huber Heights voters to consider 10-year income tax renewal on May ballot

A person is dead after a vehicle left Interstate 70 East in Clark County and crashed into Mad River Friday, April 25, 2025. Traffic was backed up on I-70 East as crews investigate the crash. Photo courtesy Ohio Department of Transportation.

Huber Heights woman dies after vehicle leaves I-70, crashes into river in Clark County

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‘Keep It Rural?’ Residents push back against new housing, cities seek balance

2-year-old struck by vehicle in Huber Heights

Kettering

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Developer eyes Kettering research park for large advanced manufacturing plant

Dayton Street Eats is reopening on Tuesday, April 29 at 5993 Bigger Road in Kettering. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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Carryout restaurant Dayton Street Eats to reopen in Kettering

The 18th annual Kettering TreeFest, an Arbor Day celebration, happened at Gentile Nature Park, located at 915 Peach Orchard Rd., on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Community volunteers planted trees and cleaned up the park during the event, hosted by the City of Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department. The City of Kettering’s Arbor Day Tree, an Eastern Redbud, was dedicated by city officials and tree committee members. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: Kettering TreeFest at Gentile Nature Park

The City of Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department and Eudora Brewing Company hosted the third annual Tree Love: A Celebration of Trees and Craft Beer at Eudora Brewing Company, located at 3022 Wilmington Pike on Saturday, April 19, 2025. This family-friendly event featured children’s activities, local arborists, creation of an Arbor Day beer, native trees and raffle prizes. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: Celebrating trees and craft beer at Eudora Brewing Company

Lebanon

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Dolly’s Burgers & Shakes opens second location today in Dayton region

Warren Correctional Institution. STAFF FILE

Heartless Felons gang members indicted in scheme to smuggle drugs by drone into prison

Franklin man indicted in Lebanon child rape case

Dolly’s Burgers & Shakes CEO says people will find new things on menu. The goal of...

Miamisburg

Antisemitic vandalism closes Miamisburg restaurant

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Underground Chuck’s to open in May near Dayton Mall

Police arrest 19-year-old who allegedly assaulted Miami Twp. officers, injured...

Miamisburg City School District’s Board of Education plans to hire Lakota Local Schools Assistant Superintendent Stacy Maney as its new superintendent Friday, April 25, 2025. CONTRIBUTED

Miamisburg schools name Lakota, Dayton leader as new superintendent

Moraine

Homeland Security officers and local law enforcement agencies raided a home in the 1100 block of Irving Ave. in Dayton on Friday, July 26. While authorities went in and out of the house, seven people sat outside in zip-tie cuffs. JIM NOELKER / STAFF

Fuyao investigation: Who knew what and when about alleged $126M criminal network?

A crowd of more than 100 people lined both sides of West Dorothy Lane in front of the Tesla Service Center in Moraine on Saturday, March 29 as part of a nationwide “Tesla Takedown” movement. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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PHOTOS: Local protest was part of nationwide ‘Tesla Takedown’ movement

Local ‘Tesla Takedown’ protest pushes against Musk, DOGE government cuts

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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Man sentenced to 2 years in Moraine bank robbery

Oakwood

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Oakwood students protest new policy that ‘severely restricts’ cellphones

Meadowlark bartender who won Buckeye Vodka ‘Battle’ ready to defend title

How to get a rare glimpse of Hawthorn Hill, the Wright family’s Oakwood mansion

Students at Smith Elementary School go down the stairs to exit the 95-year-old building. Jim Noelker/Staff

Elementary school updates are focus of Oakwood’s $40M bond levy on May ballot

Springboro

Police: Sex offender broke into Warren County home, touched self as residents slept

Wheat Penny’s cocktail wins first place at Buckeye Vodka Battle of the Bartenders

The Buckeye Vodka Battle of the Bartenders returned to the Steam Plant in downtown Dayton on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Wheat Penny in Dayton paired a "The Queen Stays Queen" cocktail with coconut shrimp and bang bang sauce. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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PHOTOS: 10 restaurants compete at Buckeye Vodka Battle of the Bartenders in Dayton

Clearcreek Heights is a proposed single-family housing development off Ohio 73 in Clearcreek Twp. that would be connected to Richard's Run, shown at bottom right, and North Hills of Stone Ridge in Springboro, shown at top. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Developers propose new subdivision with 132 homes off Ohio 73 in Clearcreek Twp.

Trotwood

Local leaders hope to breathe new life into former Hara Arena site

$Trotwood's Consumer Square property on Salem Avenue has seen little progress in the 15 months since a developer announced plans to renovate it. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Vacant Trotwood shopping center set for redevelopment sits idle a year later

Man found guilty in police chase, US 35 shooting in Dayton

Timeline and map for chase, crash, officer-involved shooting from Trotwood to US 35

Troy

Wheat Penny’s cocktail wins first place at Buckeye Vodka Battle of the Bartenders

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PHOTOS: 10 restaurants compete at Buckeye Vodka Battle of the Bartenders in Dayton

3 firefighters injured while battling house fire in Troy

Troy deaths ruled murder-suicide, police confirm

Vandalia

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‘Keep It Rural?’ Residents push back against new housing, cities seek balance

$The newly constructed roundabout at Union Airpark Blvd. and Dog Leg Road near the Dayton International Airport is designed to improve truck traffic flow through the commercial development in the area. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Why big trucks are a big problem in Vandalia

A GE Aerospace welder on the job. GE photo

GE to invest nearly $26M in Dayton this year

Clayton city council gave a developer rezoning approval in a plan to build more than 500 homes on vacant land south of Sweet Potato Ridge Road, just across the street from a suburban development in the neighboring city of Union. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Clayton council OKs huge 529-home development in third vote; tension continues

Waynesville

Combo platters are the way to go, with choices of meat that include turkey, pulled pork, tri tip, hot link or smoked wings. FILE PHOTO

1572 Roadhouse Bar-B-Q at Renaissance Park to reopen next month

At least 3 tornadoes touch down in Butler, Warren counties

New recreation facility with pickleball, sand volleyball to open on US 42 near Xenia

From left to right: Veil Perez of the Dayton-based Dracula themed party rock band DracMina, Lindsay Hastings of Literary Adventures in Waynesville and Jon Wahl as Edgar Allan Poe during the Literary Adventures Night of Poe event in downtown Waynesville on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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PHOTOS: Night of Poe in downtown Waynesville

West Carrollton

West Carrollton to demolish elementary schools ahead of new building’s opening

$Chief Doug Woodard is retiring Sunday, March 9, after 40 years in law enforcement, 37 of them with West Carrollton. Woodard has been the city's police chief since 2013. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

‘How can I help?’ Police chief retires after 37 years in West Carrollton

West Carrollton Police Chief Doug Woodard

West Carrollton police chief retiring after nearly 40-year career

Xenia

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Xenia ‘Sidewalk Saturdays’ to showcase downtown small businesses starting May 3

$Inside the new Warner Middle School in Xenia. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Xenia schools protest state budget proposal in letter to DeWine, legislators

This is an aerial photograph of the intersection of Dayton Xenia Road and North Fairfield Road in Beavercreek, Ohio. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Several major Greene County roads to have construction, paving this summer

Human remains found in Greene County to undergo testing