Gas prices, DeWine address, Haiti TPS update and more headlines

One day is in the books for this workweek, as we move into this Tuesday. Speaking of books, we have a story about “The Dollar Book Swap” here in Dayton that is free for anyone to read, near the bottom of this newsletter. If you love books like I do, you are going to want to read that story from Kailey Bree. However, before we get to that, we have some local news to bring to your attention this morning...

🗩 DeWine address: Today, Gov. DeWine will deliver his final State of the State address of his tenure at noon, which he says will focus on our state’s future. Our own Avery Kreemer will be covering the speech, and you can follow our website for updates. Avery tells us that it remains to be seen what sort of initiatives DeWine will try to spend his remaining political capital on. You can read more about the speech, as well as where to watch it, here.

🏛️ Haiti TPS update: We have previously reported that an appellate court in Washington, D.C. has rejected the Trump administration’s emergency request to allow the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti to go into effect immediately while a lawsuit challenging the legality of the process the government used to make that determination proceeds. However, we now know that the federal government promises to appeal the court order to the Supreme Court. Read more about what could be next in Cornelius Frolik’s story here.

📈 Gas prices rise: Our Daniel Susco reports that, in the past week from March 2-9, Dayton and Cincinnati have seen some of the largest regular gas price increases in the country. However, the absolute greatest change has been in Springfield, according to data from GasBuddy.com. Daniel writes that data from the gasoline price tracker showed that of the metropolitan areas with the greatest price increases from March 2-9, Springfield topped the list at an 86-cent rise to an average of $3.468 per gallon, and Dayton came in at 26th.

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LOCAL NEWS

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LIFE

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CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

New Lebanon man gets prison for fleeing police, crash that killed teen, injured 3

Man indicted in double shooting at Dayton apartment

SPORTS

Boys basketball: Northmont headlines newcomers advancing to regionals

Report: Former Chiefs safety Bryan Cook signing three-year, $40.25M deal to anchor Bengals secondary

Dayton basketball: Thomas makes most of first appearance in two weeks

NATION & WORLD

Iran launches new attacks at Israel and Gulf countries as it keeps up pressure on the Middle East

Dignified transfer for Kentucky soldier who was the 7th US service member to die in Iran war

FAA briefly grounds all JetBlue flights after request from airline

FREE CONTENT: For $1.50 books, head to Dollar Book Swap in Dayton

I love buying used books, so naturally this story grabbed my attention like it may be grabbing yours right now. Kailey Bree writes that “The Dollar Book Swap is a thriving community space dedicated to the shared passion of reading, knowledge and lifelong learning.” She has great photos and information you need to know about this family run business here, describing the location as “a sprawling warehouse filled to the brim with books that only cost $1.50 each.” Consider me intrigued, as I plan a trip there myself.

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