👔 City manager to retire: After serving as the top administrator in the city of Centerville for almost a decade, City Manager Wayne Davis has announced plans to retire in September. Centerville City Council is planning a nationwide search for its next city manager, according to the city. Read more in Samantha Wildow’s story here.
🏀 Raiders win: The Wright State Raiders did it! They beat Detroit Mercy 66-63, winning the Horizon League tournament and an automatic NCAA bid. Read more about the game, and see photos, in our story from Doug Harris here.
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LOCAL NEWS
• Kettering Health faces hundreds of lawsuits stemming from 2025 cyberattack
• Dayton Public to change school start times to reduce downtown traffic
• Wright State Physicians join Premier Health Physicians group
LIFE
• Nearly 115 game machines in rotation at Clarkade in Huber Heights
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
• Federal charges filed in case of pregnant woman found dead in container
• Ashley Flynn case: Defense seeks gag order, restricted public access to court records
SPORTS
•Boys basketball: Dennis makes last-second shot, Trotwood defeats Tippecanoe
• Dayton basketball: Breaking down the 2026 A-10 tournament field
• Boys basketball: Badin beats Hughes to earn first regional final berth since 2002
NATION & WORLD
• The Latest: Iran fires at Gulf states as Australia grants asylum to women on Iranian soccer team
• Iran keeps up pressure on oil infrastructure as concerns of global energy crisis grow
• Severe storms whip up tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, leveling homes
THE ROAD TO BUC-EE’S: How traffic near the megastore will flow
The grand opening of Ohio’s first Buc-ee’s store is now only weeks away, and our Aimee Hancock has the news you need to know on what the Huber Heights project means for the Miami Valley. Aimee writes that nearby roadways have been upgraded to accommodate the anticipated influx in traffic, and she goes on to explain local traffic implications in her latest story here. Meanwhile, she tells us that a second Buc-ee’s location could be coming to our state as well!
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