Investigations

Aerial view of homes in the Dayton View Historic District with Dayton skyline in the background Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. NICK GRAHAM VIA DRONE/STAFF

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‘You can’t just hoard homes’: State lawmaker, Trump call to curb investor home buying...

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In Dayton-area ‘hotspots’, investors bought up 30% of homes, new Fed data shows

1 in 4 Montgomery County hotels, motels saw bug, rodent complaints last year

A statue of George Rogers Clark, the namesake of Clark County, in downtown Springfield. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

Springfield has the worst job losses in Ohio: Haiti TPS ending could make it worse

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Fear grips Springfield’s Haitians on cusp of losing legal status to live, work in city...

Aerial view of Kettering Health main campus on Southern Blvd. in Kettering. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Kettering Health misuse of funds: Key takeaways from our investigation

What’s in store for Dayton region’s economy in 2026? Here’s what business leaders tell us

Tax docs: Kettering Health execs, church leaders got $3.2M in improper benefits

A large law enforcement presence was reported at Fuyao Glass America in Moraine on Friday, July 26, 2024. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

Dayton Chamber: Congress targeting Fuyao at behest of Mexican competitor

A Middletown couple has had problems getting their home warranty company to pay for repairs on their broken HVAC system. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Are home warranties a waste? 5 key takeaways from our investigation

Area township trustee among 13 public officials reprimanded for violating Ohio ethics law...

Larry and Teresa Tufts of Middletown were without heat for weeks after their furnace broke. Having received little to no communication from their home warranty company, they finally paid for the repair themselves. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

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Are home warranties a waste? Couple faces weeks without heat despite paying premiums...

Rich Hall (top left), a LifeWise Academy teacher, talks to a group of Ruskin Elementary School students on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at a Dayton church. LifeWise, which is headquartered in Hilliard, is an organization that offers Christian education to public school students during school hours at sites near school buildings. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF

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LifeWise expanding rapidly: Some remain skeptical of Bible-based group in Ohio public...

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

FOP: Dayton police missed deadline to discipline cops under state criminal investigation

Dayton Police Department. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF

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

$Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, left, shakes hands with Joby Aviation Inc. founder JoeBen Bevirt at Hawthorn Hill, the home of Orville Wright in Oakwood, to announce Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, his company's pledge to bring thousands of jobs to the region at through a facility near Dayton International Airport that specializes in the production of "flying cars." MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

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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

Are Ohio tax credits worth the return on investment? 4 projects cost state over $1.2B

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

Dayton city manager’s pay climbs despite no performance review for years: Payroll Project

$Erhardt Preitauer, president and CEO of CareSource, was one of the speakers at the Dayton Development Coalition's annual meeting Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. The event was held at the National Museum of the U. S. Air Force. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Dayton Daily News investigates: Nonprofit executive compensation

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

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

CareSource CEO paid $12M as nonprofit revenue dropped $1B