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    Investigations

    Montgomery County Clerk of Courts Mike Foley, 56, was arraigned on multiple accounts Monday morning, Aug. 19, 2024, before a visiting judge in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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    Did Clerk of Courts Foley violate probation by drinking? State auditor wants to know
    Sen. Jon Husted (R-Upper Arlington, left) and U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-Dayton) listen on Friday, Sept. 26 during a groundbreaking ceremony for the first stage of onMain's development of the former Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton. Both helped bring the project to fruition. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Ohio’s senators, Dayton’s congressman mum on restrictions to legal immigration
    Nineteen immigrants became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 5, between innings during a Dayton Dragons game at Day Air Ballpark. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Immigrants losing legal pathways to make Dayton home
    Dayton police at a city commission meeting. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
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    FOP: Dayton police missed deadline to discipline cops under state criminal investigation
    Dayton Police Department. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
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    Oregon District hero cop, officer who attended concert on sick leave fired by Dayton...
    Director of Photography Phillip Booth operates the camera on set of director Lana Read's new film, "Death for Dinner", at the historic home of Helen and Rick Stevens-Gleason in early morning hours Saturday, March 16, 2024 in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Ohio spends $50M a year subsidizing movies, theater: Critics give program a thumbs down
    The cast of the new touring version of "Elf The Musical" preparing for its opening show on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Clark State Performing Arts Center.
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    Ohio spent $463K to bring Elf The Musical to the stage for three days
    Northmont High School is located in Clayton. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Northmont schools got tip about bus driver years before many of his alleged sex crimes
    Who’s paying to influence D.C.? What local governments and companies are spending on...
    Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, shakes hands with Joby Aviation Inc. founder JoeBen Bevirt at Hawthorn Hill, the home of Orville Wright in Oakwood, to announce Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, his company's pledge to bring thousands of jobs to the region at through a facility near Dayton International Airport that specializes in the production of "flying cars." MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF
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    Ohio gives companies billions in tax breaks. Is it worth it? 7 key takeaways from our...
    Construction of the L-H Battery Company plant near Jeffersonville, a joint venture of Honda and LG Energy Solution, is nearing completion, Sept. 2025. This joint venture between Honda and LG Energy was awarded a tax credit, in 2022, from Ohio valued at approximately $71.3 million. L-H BATTERY CO. / CONTRIBUTED
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    Are Ohio tax credits worth the return on investment? 4 projects cost state over $1.2B
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    Payroll Project: Dayton’s highest paid employees in 2024
    Dayton City Manager Shelley Dickstein at a city commission worksession in May 2024. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
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    Dayton city manager’s pay climbs despite no performance review for years: Payroll Project
    Erhardt Preitauer, president and CEO of CareSource, was one of the  speakers at the Dayton Development Coalition's annual meeting Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. The event was held at the National Museum of the U. S. Air Force. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF
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    Dayton Daily News investigates: Nonprofit executive compensation
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    Search: How much area’s largest nonprofits pay their top-paid employees
    Dayton Daily News reporter Michael Kurtz works a desk in the paper's office in downtown Dayton on Thursday, Sept. 11. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    How and why we investigated area nonprofit CEO pay
    Wittenberg University President Michael Frandsen speaks at the school’s convocation. JEFF GUERINI/STAFF
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    From Wittenberg to Wilberforce to welding institute, area private school leaders’ pay...
    The Miami Valley Nonprofit Collaborative holds training sessions for area nonprofits. Pictured, 2022’s Core Excellence workshop. attendees.
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    Government funding cuts put most Ohio nonprofits at risk
    Erhardt Preitauer, president and CEO of CareSource, was one of the  speakers at the Dayton Development Coalition's annual meeting Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. The event was held at the National Museum of the U. S. Air Force. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF
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    CareSource CEO paid $12M as nonprofit revenue dropped $1B
    Ty Sutton joins VTA after three years as the Inaugural Executive Director of the Butler Arts Center at Butler University.
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    Nonprofits facing revenue losses say executive pay raises necessary
    Middletown, Ohio is one of many areas hit with a large property tax increase. The state legislature has formed a new committee to reform property taxation in the biennial budget in the face of property values that are soaring 40% or more in some places. FILE
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    Her tax bill went up $824 despite no new taxes: Here’s why, and what Ohio lawmakers can...
    Dayton Daily News Statehouse reporter Avery Kreemer.
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    How and why we investigated what southwest Ohio villages face possible dissolution
    "Goldie" is a dog that belongs to Tina E., who is one of the people who lived in a homeless encampment at McIntosh park in northwest Dayton. The city of Dayton cleared the encampment on Aug. 6, 2025. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
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    Dayton homeless encampments: 5 key takeaways from our reporting
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    ‘It’d be devastating’: Dozens of local villages face dissolution vote under new Ohio law
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    Records show schools knew of complaints before bus driver charged with 82 sex crimes
    David Lawrence, Dayton Public Schools superintendent, reads to first-graders at Cleveland Elementary on Friday, March 1. Eileen McClory/ Staff
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    Comparing area private and public school test scores: 5 key takeaways from our reporting
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    Boyfriend had history of violence for years before 7-year-old’s ‘tragic, preventable’...
    Takoda Collins' father ruled competent to stand trial in abuse case
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    Should reforms after Takoda Collins’ death have protected Hershall Creachbaum?
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    Do private schools offer Ohio students a better education? Not necessarily
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    How and why we reported on Ohio public and private school test scores
    Nightingale Montessori. Courtesy of the school
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    Search the data: Area private and public school proficiency scores
    Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has taken a hard stance on immigration since taking office more than two decades ago. He had 10 deputies credentialed to serve as ICE agents in the county, and said he plans to have more deputies eventually go through the training. Pictured is Jones in the hallway of the Butler County Jail on Wednesday, June 9, 2025. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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    Inside the Butler County Jail, southwest Ohio’s ICE holding facility
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