Vandalia News

$In 2023, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine helped unveil the re-imagined Welcome Center on I-70 eastbound in Preble County and announced the plan to replace 33 rest area buildings over the next four years. SAMANTHA WILDOW\STAFF$

All I-75 rest areas in region to be closed for months starting July 7

United Alloy worker TJ Pullins cuts through a company on Tuesday as company officials watch during a ceremony at the company's facility off Union Airpark Boulevard. The company hopes to have 400 employees when hiring at the metals fabrication business is finished. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

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Sparks fly as United Alloy opens expanded $48 million Union facility

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20 Miami Valley communities expand energy programs to residents, small businesses

Procter & Gamble Mason Business and Innovation Center on Mason Montgomery Road. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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P&G’s 7,000 planned layoffs: What it means for area plant, research locations

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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Vandalia man sentenced to at least 3 years for child porn

COMMUNITY GEMS: Nominate someone doing something great in your community

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

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Man pleads guilty in 2024 SWAT standoff at Butler Twp. hotel on Miller Lane

Bill’s Donut Shop is located at 268 N. Main St. in Centerville. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

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It’s National Donut Day: Freebies, raffles happening across the Dayton region

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The best donuts in the Dayton region: Where to find them for National Donut Day

Vandalia Municipal Building. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

Vandalia residents oppose development, have election spat with city leaders

The 48th annual Troy Strawberry Festival took place on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, 2024 in downtown Troy and the Great Miami River levee. Featured festivities included strawberry themed foods, vendors, live music and more. Here are scenes from Saturday plus a behind the scenes glimpse at the making of the festival’s famous strawberry donuts by Troy Music Boosters volunteers at Troy Memorial Stadium. This year’s festival theme was Blooming Berries. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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Troy Strawberry Festival to have 2 stages of entertainment, car show and more

2 people injured after Vandalia fire; 1 jumped from window, 13 people displaced

The Panera Bread on Miller Lane in Butler Twp. closed its doors recently. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

Panera Bread closes one of its Dayton restaurants

Former area school administrator sentenced to 18 months in child sex abuse case

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Vandalia man pleads guilty to 72 counts of child porn

The Vandalia-Butler City Schools Board of Education office is located at 500 S. Dixie Drive in Vandalia. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

Vandalia-Butler appoints Smith as new school board member

The Goodyear Blimp is prepared for takeoff, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Long)

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Goodyear blimp to visit Dayton Air Show

A "Keep It Rural" sign in a yard on the corner of Johnsville Brookville Road and Air Hill Road just outside Brookville. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

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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

$The site of a proposed housing development south of Interstate 70, on the east side of South Brown School Road. Poplar Creek Road serves as northern border of site. Southern border of site sits just south of Foxfire Trail. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Vandalia council OKs housing subdivision plans for South Brown School Road

Incoming Vandalia Police Chief Brandon Sucher, left, will replace former Chief Kurt Althouse, right, who now serves as the city manager. CONTRIBUTED

Vandalia police captain to assume chief role