Community News

Beavercreek

The United Way of Greater Dayton said it will focus on combating homelessness and financial instability across Greene, Montgomery, and Preble counties.

Local United Way to shift mission to prevent homelessness as eviction moratorium ends

Construction begins on new local GE Aviation building for company’s consolidation plans

Amber Rose precook Matthew Richard works on beef tenderloin Friday July 23, 2021. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Restaurant Week gears up for business amid record high industry job openings

$File photo of Soin Medical Center. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Kettering Health to add surgery beds at Soin Medical Center

Centerville

Centerville schools is moving forward with a plan to return students to in-person classes five days a week while community debate on COVID issues continues. NICK BLIZZARD/STAFF

COVID issues a topic of Centerville school board special meeting

The Montgomery County Administration Building on West Third St. in Dayton. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Montgomery County offers employees $100 COVID-19 vaccine incentive

Whit’s Frozen Custard franchise operator Jeffrey Neace said he hopes the Ohio 48 site on the north end of Centerville’s Uptown district will open in late fall. CONTRIBUTED.

An early look at the 1st Whit’s Frozen Custard business in Centerville

Commercial properties that lost income during pandemic are most likely to benefit from a special one-time COVID-19 Board of Revision complaint program, according to Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith.

Pandemic brings another chance for Ohioans to dispute property tax values

Clayton

Austin Myers OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION

Clayton man on death row for Warren County murder seeks to delay execution

Sean Watson took a photo with the rescue team that saved him from a house fire in March.

Firefighter collaborative honored for bravery

The City of Clayton is among Ohio’s safest cities, according to a national group’s new report. CONTRIBUTED.

Why this Montgomery County small town is attracting millions in development

Left to right: Michelle Farris, Ashley Browning, Ashley Stephens and Ashley Corporal, with volunteer group SoLoved set up a table on Olive Tree Drive in Trotwood to helps serve food and water to those in need in the area Tuesday, May 28 after overnight tornadoes ripped through the region. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Community Gem: Dayton-area woman works to help homeless population

Dayton

Oregon District shooting: Gone but not forgotten two years after Dayton’s dark day

Dayton children found dead in Baltimore car trunk remembered as ‘doll babies’

STAFF PHOTO / JIM NOELKER

Driver indicted after car splits in half, killing Dayton man in Harrison Twp. crash

The Montgomery County Administration Building on West Third St. in Dayton. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Montgomery County offers employees $100 COVID-19 vaccine incentive

Englewood

Local News| 3h ago

Power restored to most after crash in Englewood leaves more than 5,600 in dark

Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot: Walter Messer, left, is shown inside the U.S. Capitol and Therese Borgerding is shown on the Capitol steps holding a "Q" sign in images filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

FBI arrests Englewood man, Piqua woman in U.S. Capitol siege

Grand jury refuses to indict Englewood man facing child sex charges

Sean Watson took a photo with the rescue team that saved him from a house fire in March.

Firefighter collaborative honored for bravery

Fairborn

Wright State University campus. FILE

Wright State reinstates indoor mask mandate

A January 2019 photo of the Wright State campus. FILE

Wright State lifts drinking water warning

Renters see tight market, higher rents in Dayton region

The Greater Dayton LGBT Center hosted the Dayton Pride Reverse Parade on E. 2nd St. and Festival at Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Did we spot you there celebrating Pride? TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Fairborn to hold first pride event

Huber Heights

$The Rose Music Center at The Heights has received more than $3.8 million in federal shuttered venues funds due to the coronavirus, according to the city. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

NEW DETAILS: Rose Music Center awarded $3.8M in federal shuttered venue funds

Commercial properties that lost income during pandemic are most likely to benefit from a special one-time COVID-19 Board of Revision complaint program, according to Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith.

Pandemic brings another chance for Ohioans to dispute property tax values

A photo of the land at the corner of Dial Drive and Longford Road in Huber Heights, where the proposed Dial Park would be. Huber Heights city council has indefinitely postponed building a mountain bike park in Huber Heights at Dial Park. Eileen McClory / Staff

Huber Heights delaying decision on mountain bike trail park project after resident...

Huber Heights with more than 3,400 images of child porn gets maximum sentence

Kettering

Dylan Dugan, 26, of Trotwood, right, appears with his attorney in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Monday, July 26, 2021, for the first day of his murder trial in the September 2019 death of Mitchel "Max" Miller at a Kettering condominium. PARKER PERRY / STAFF

Trotwood man found guilty of murder in Kettering man’s shooting death

The Victoria Theatre Association’s $6.4 million tops more than 15 area organizations receiving money from the Small Business Administration. FILE

Dayton-area entertainment groups get millions in shuttered venue aid

Amy Schrimpf has been named the new Kettering economic development after serving several years with the Dayton Development Coalition. She was also elected to two terms as an at-large member of Kettering City Council. CONTRIBUTED

Kettering’s choice to head business growth brings Dayton-area experience

The repaving of Ohio 48 in Kettering has involved a 1.5-mile section from the Oakwood corporation line to David Road, where has a daily average traffic count of nearly 26,000 vehicles. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Major Kettering road, bridge work wrapping up, others projects remain

Lebanon

These are the boundaries for a Community Entertainment District that the Ohio Division of Liquor Control recently approved for the city of Lebanon, It will allow additional D-5J liquor permits in the district to help attract new restaurants to the city. Lebanon City Council approved expanding its Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area or DORA to match the new CED boundaries. CONTRIBUTED/CITY OF LEBANON

State approves entertainment district in Lebanon to boost downtown

Tori Kenline, left, and Emily Fox, both of Lebanon, spent part of Friday spreading straw through out a pen for dairy cattle in preparation for the 4-H Junior Fair at the Warren County Fair. They said the animals would be arriving in their pen on today July 17. The Warren County Fair will begin Monday in Lebanon. ED RICHTER/STAFF

Warren County Fair resumes this week without carnival rides, games

Warren County’s Union Village, located on Ohio 741 west of Lebanon in Turtlecreek Twp., is under way with more homes being built. The 1,230-acre master planned community is based on new urbanism which includes principles such as walkability, sustainability and quality of life and will be showcased Oct. 1-17 when Union Village hosts the 2021 Home Builders Association of Dayton Homearama. GREG LYNCH / STAFF

Heading into ‘crunch time’ as Union Village prepares for the Dayton Homearama

The top of city hall in downtown Lebanon, Ohio. STAFF FILE PHOTO

Lebanon council approves new infrastructure projects

Miamisburg

The Montgomery County Administration Building on West Third St. in Dayton. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Montgomery County offers employees $100 COVID-19 vaccine incentive

Commercial properties that lost income during pandemic are most likely to benefit from a special one-time COVID-19 Board of Revision complaint program, according to Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith.

Pandemic brings another chance for Ohioans to dispute property tax values

The Victoria Theatre Association’s $6.4 million tops more than 15 area organizations receiving money from the Small Business Administration. FILE

Dayton-area entertainment groups get millions in shuttered venue aid

At least one person was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle on I-75 south near Stanley Avenue on Friday, July 30, 2021. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Motorcyclist killed in I-75 crash with semi in Dayton ID’d

Moraine

Northridge man indicted again in metal thefts that hit former GM, tornado-damaged sites

Rising number of Baby Boomers retiring may create ‘eye-opening’ changes

Judge tosses woman’s blood-alcohol test in I-75 wrong-way crash that killed Mason family

Dayton man accused of selling meth near Austin Landing pleads guilty

Oakwood

Commercial properties that lost income during pandemic are most likely to benefit from a special one-time COVID-19 Board of Revision complaint program, according to Montgomery County Auditor Karl Keith.

Pandemic brings another chance for Ohioans to dispute property tax values

Oakwood City Schools will require face coverings for some students and staff when classes start. FILE

Oakwood schools to require masks for some students, staff due to COVID-19

The repaving of Ohio 48 in Kettering has involved a 1.5-mile section from the Oakwood corporation line to David Road, where has a daily average traffic count of nearly 26,000 vehicles. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Major Kettering road, bridge work wrapping up, others projects remain

From right to left - Tim Harrison, Michael Webber, and Carole Baskin. Provided by Mike Webber/NIGHTFLY ENTERTAINMENT

Local filmmaker releases documentary on exotic animal industry

Springboro

Warren County school districts have issued the common reopening plan for the 2021-22 school year. FILE PHOTO

Reopening plans for all Warren County schools released

Numed Pharma hosting job fair in Springboro

Daniel J. Schroer, former Springboro Schools superintendent

Ex-Springboro Schools superintendent indicted for theft in office

The Victoria Theatre Association’s $6.4 million tops more than 15 area organizations receiving money from the Small Business Administration. FILE

Dayton-area entertainment groups get millions in shuttered venue aid

Trotwood

3-year-old boy’s gunshot not life-threatening after he apparently shot self in Trotwood

Dylan Dugan, 26, of Trotwood, right, appears with his attorney in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Monday, July 26, 2021, for the first day of his murder trial in the September 2019 death of Mitchel "Max" Miller at a Kettering condominium. PARKER PERRY / STAFF

Trotwood man found guilty of murder in Kettering man’s shooting death

Dylan Dugan, 26, of Trotwood, right, appears with his attorney in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Monday, July 26, 2021, for the first day of his murder trial in the September 2019 death of Mitchel Miller at a Kettering apartment. PARKER PERRY / STAFF

‘Nobody had to die:’ Murder trial against Trotwood man starts in Dayton

Trotwood principal resigns for new position within district

Troy

Robert M. Pellman

Troy man pleads not guilty to rape of 1-year-old child

The Troy City Schools again are taking steps toward a possible proposal to build new schools in the community. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Troy schools considering new school building options

Lawsuit claims Sinclair Community College violated employee’s speech rights.

Lawsuit claims Sinclair Community College violated employee’s speech rights

Miami County Courthouse

Miami County Board of Elections allows judge candidate to stay on ballot

Vandalia

U.S. 40 ramps near Dayton airport close today for construction

The United Way of Greater Dayton said it will focus on combating homelessness and financial instability across Greene, Montgomery, and Preble counties.

Local United Way to shift mission to prevent homelessness as eviction moratorium ends

Amber Rose precook Matthew Richard works on beef tenderloin Friday July 23, 2021. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Restaurant Week gears up for business amid record high industry job openings

9 arrested in internet prostitution sting in Montgomery County

Waynesville

Austin Myers OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION

Clayton man on death row for Warren County murder seeks to delay execution

Franklin's 4th of July Parade plans to continue to live up to it's billing as "the wettest ever" as hundreds lined the streets of downtown Franklin for the parade. Splash Zones were set up along the parade route where spectators were treated to a very wet and refreshing soaking by water guns to Fire Engine hoses. FILE PHOTO

Plenty of fireworks, parades and fun in Warren County this weekend

Waynesville Village Council discuss the proposed short-term rental ordinance. Council unanimously approved the new ordinance at its June 21 meeting. ED RICHTER/STAFF

Waynesville approves Airbnb ordinance, lifts moratorium

Resident Robert Cross expresses his concerns from the podium to Waynesville Village Council Monday about a new ordinance that would regulate short term rentals under 30 days through companies such as Air BnB. After a lengthy discussion, council agreed to make some tweaks in the proposed ordinance. Council intends to vote on the ordinance at its June 21 meeting. ED RICHTER/STAFF

Waynesville closer to regulating Airbnb homes in village

West Carrollton

I-75 S reopens in West Carrollton after semi crash Thursday night

Xenia

Emma Schnecker, middle, shows her hog, "Magic Mike" Tuesday at the Greene County Fair. Schnecker won the Junior Fair Market Hog competition.

Young people and their animals remain focus of Greene County Fair

Greene County Fair continues through Saturday

Payton Fannin from Jamestown practices her brace with her market lamb, Curley, at the Greene County Fair on its opening day Monday August 2, 2021. The fair runs through August 7 at the fairgrounds in Xenia. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Greene County Fair starts today: What you need to know

$Maria Frutiger was nominated as a Dayton Daily News Community Gem by Mindy Schwickerath of Riverside, who said she’s worked with Frutiger in Blue Star Families. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Community Gem: Maria Frutiger helps military spouses

© 2021 Dayton Daily News.
All Rights Reserved.

By using this website, you accept the terms of our

Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices.

Learn about Careers at Cox Enterprises.

Back to Top