Ohio House Budget Offers Masons Property-Tax Relief
COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Ohio House has slipped a provision into the state budget exempting fraternal organizations at least a century old from property taxes.Legislative analysts estimate the tax break...
View Article2011 Road Rage Incident Leads to Life in Prison
COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Columbus Dispatch reports a man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to brutally stomping a 68-year-old motorist in a road rage incident in September 2011....
View ArticleFather of 8-Year-Old Killed in Boston Asks for Prayers, Privacy
BOSTON -- Bill Richard is trying to grieve the death of his 8-year-old son who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings, while helping his wife and 6-year-old daughter recover from injuries they...
View ArticleHead Start Reductions to Begin in Miami Valley
SPRINGFIELD -- Early Childhood Development Programs in Miami Valley will soon face five percent in reductions due to government cuts from the sequester. Those affected will be Head Start and Early Head...
View ArticleBoston Meeting Blood Demand in Wake of Bombings
DAYTON -- The Community Blood Center says it has reached out to blood centers in the Boston area and has found that they are meeting demand because of a strong support from area donors."It was the...
View ArticleRestaurant Manager Identified as Bombing Victim
BOSTON (AP) -- A 29-year-old restaurant manager has been identified as one of three people killed in the bombing at the Boston Marathon.Her father says Krystle Campbell, of Medford, Mass., had gone...
View ArticleLocal Runners Return Home, Tell Marathon Story
DAYTON -- Several dozen runners from the Miami Valley are making their way back to Ohio.Mark Schenk is just getting back into his routine, checking the mail at his Dayton home. He got home April 16th...
View ArticleOhio AG Announced 'Operation Download' Child Porn Sweep
COLUMBUS -- Four search warrants were executed today by the Ohio Attorney General's office as they kicked off 'Operation Download'.Agents with the Attorney General's crimes against children initiative...
View ArticleWest Carrollton Police Asking For Help in Solving Murder
WEST CARROLLTON -- Police in West Carrollton are asking for help, trying to find whoever killed an 81-year-old woman in her home.Edith King was found stabbed to death in her home last week.Today,...
View ArticleCancer Survivor Fights to Keep 'F Cancr' License Plate
OKLAHOMA -- A brain cancer survivor is told he must remove a controversial license plate about fighting cancer, because some people may find it offensive.According to the DailyMail: "A man who has a...
View ArticleSuspicious Package Found Outside OSU Student Union Detonated
COLUMBUS -- The student union on the Ohio State University campus was evacuated around 6:15pm Tuesday after a suspicious package was found outside the building.The Columbus Bomb squad was called in to...
View ArticleAP: Picture Released of Mangled Bomb & Bag
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An intelligence bulletin issued to law enforcement includes a picture of a mangled pressure cooker and a torn black bag that the FBI says were part of a bomb that exploded during the...
View ArticleFire Crews Respond to Report of Smoke in High School Basement
GRATIS -- Gratis Township fire and rescue crews responded to Preble Shawnee High School for reports of smoke in the basement.Crews on scene tells us it was because of a heater that overheated.No...
View ArticleMen in Fatal Crash Were Wanted for Recent Crime
MONTGOMERY COUNTY -- Miami Township Police said the car involved in last night's deadly chase was wanted in connection with a criminal investigation.Police said a crime occurred shortly before the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Wanted Suspect From Florida Caught in Miami Township
MIAMI TOWNSHIP -- A man a bounty hunter says was wanted for skipping out on his parole for arson in Florida is nabbed here in the Miami Valley after a short manhunt.King Stokes was apparently hiding at...
View ArticleLocal Police Extra Vigilant After Boston Bombing
BOSTON -- The Boston terror attacks have everyone on high alert from police agencies to parents. "It makes me really nervous especially since I have kids. It was a family event and there were kids,"...
View ArticleMarathon Runners Return Home to the Arms of Family Members
DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT -- Families across the Miami Valley were reunited today after the terrorist attack in Boston.We were there at Dayton International Airport as Amy Johnston-Redden and her...
View ArticleWarren County Racino One Step Closer to Reality
WARREN COUNTY -- Warren County is now one step closer to getting a racino.The Ohio Racing Commission gave preliminary approval to Miami Valley Gaming after they agreed to add more seats for horse...
View ArticleApartment Building Burns for Fourth Time
DAYTON -- Arson investigators are working to figure what caused an apartment building to catch fire for a fourth time.It happened late Tuesday night on Elliott Avenue in Dayton. When firefighters got...
View ArticleUPDATE: I-75 South Reopens After Semi Crash
DAYTON -- I-75 southbound has reopened after a semi crash closed the highway overnight. Stanley Avenue had also been closed because the truck's cab had fallen from the I-75 overpass and landed on...
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