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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

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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

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Former Fairborn ROTC leader pleads not guilty in sexual battery case

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’

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

A rendering of what the Wooden Family Fieldhouse would look like on the Athletes in Action complex in Xenia. CONTRIBUTED

Greene County commits $1M toward water line project to Athletes in Action development

Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command. Air Force photo

Wright-Patt command playing ‘key role’ in defense of Ukraine

Eriks Gunars Fricsons | Photo courtesy of the Greene County Jail

Former Fairborn schools ROTC coordinator indicted on 83 charges

$Residents have complained about the Dovetail Biodigester in Greene County. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Renergy, Ohio EPA file to dismiss biodigester lawsuit from Bath Twp., Fairborn

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

Rising costs for construction materials due to inflation is causing local school districts to consider adjustments on new building projects. Franklin City Schools is working on building a new high school and renovating the current high school into a junior high school. Material backlogs for items such as steel are forcing the district to delay projected completion dates. This is an artist's rendition of what the new high school could look like. Once plans are approved, construction is expected to begin in March with a new projected completion date of January 2024 due to various material delays. CONTRIBUTED/FRANKLIN CITY SCHOOLS

Building material delays, rising costs causing issues for local school building projects

Alex Price (left) and Ryan Aubin - The new owners of Mills Park Hotel in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

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Historic hotel in Yellow Springs has new owners

City and county officials and members of sound design and distribution company PUI Audio cut the ribbon on the company's new Fairborn location Monday.

Audio tech company moves to Fairborn with plans to create jobs, launch new products

Greene County water and sewer customers will see some changes in their bills starting next year as the county works to provide softer water and service to more areas. STAFF FILE PHOTO

Greene County to adjust water rates in pursuit of softer water

Matthew Sherwood, director of Wright State’s Center of Neuroimaging and Neuro-Evaluation of Cognitive Technologies, says a new MRI scanner promises to lead to new collaboration between Wright State, the Air Force and researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. CONTRIBUTED

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MRI scanner will spark new Wright State-Air Force collaboration

A Kettering Business Park property that formerly housed about 1,900 jobs has been sold in a $7.5 million deal, Montgomery County land records show. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Kettering land that housed 1,900 Synchrony jobs sold to redeveloper of several area sites

Owen Watkins, a member of the civil air patrol, holds a wreath and walks among the grave markers at Dayton National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 18. Eileen McClory / staff

72 years after his death in Korean War, local soldier to be buried in Dayton

As the Greene County commission seeks bids on several of its Greene Forward project to upgrade the county’s water and sewer systems, worries about the cost of iron and lead time for materials may affect this multiyear, multimillion-dollar project. CONTRIBUTED

Greene County water projects hit by uncertainty of costs, timing

$Crews are working to complete a $2.3 million traffic safety project along Colonel Glenn Highway near Wright State University in Fairborn. The project includes installing sidewalks, bike path and pedestrian access along the busiest traffic corridor in the city. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Fairborn traffic work near Wright State, business corridor targets safety

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Fairborn schools ROTC coordinator arrested on sexual battery charges

Aerial view of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Area B.

New Wright-Patterson installation commander announced

Fairborn officials said American Rescue Plan Act fund recipients will include non-profit groups, small businesses, and stormwater and economic development projects. FILE

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Fairborn narrowing scope for spending $6.8M in ARPA funds

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Cities move to keep fireworks ban before new Ohio law starts

Two more local cities are proposing to ban using fireworks, bucking an Ohio law allowing their detonation. Fairborn and Oakwood may join cities such as Beavercreek and Dayton in prohibiting fireworks. FILE

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UPDATE: More local cities propose fireworks bans, despite Ohio law

$1M in federal funding set aside for Greene County nonprofits called a ‘supercharger’

$Wesley Smallwood, 6, gets help picking out a book from Head Librarian, Jessica Winegarner, middle, and Library Aide, Joan Taylor at the Fairborn Community Library Thursday, April 28, 2022. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Public libraries may be winning the streaming wars

Wright State President Sue Edwards, center, presents at the Wright State Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, April 29. EILEEN McCLORY / STAFF

Wright State enrollment chief ‘cautiously optimistic’ about fall numbers

Yellow Springs councilwoman Lisa Kreeger is stepping down from village council.

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Kreeger resigns from Yellow Springs Village Council

The front windows of the Walter H. Rice Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse downtown. THOMAS GNAU / STAFF

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Fairborn man, leader of fentanyl ring, gets 14 years in federal prison

$A storage pond housing fertilizer produced by the Dovetail biodigester in Greene County. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Ohio, Renergy settle over biodigester emissions case

A man armed with an AR-15 inside a Cadillac that hit a Fairborn apartment building Thursday, April 21, 2022, was taken into custody following a SWAT standoff. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

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Man facing charges after driving into Fairborn apartment complex, prompting standoff

Maj. Gen. William Cooley, then the Air Force Research Laboratory commander, delivers opening remarks at the AFRL Commander’s Challenge 2017 kick off. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)

Ex-AFRL commander sentenced in court-martial at Wright-Patterson