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Community Helps Neighbor Clean Up Storm Aftermath

NEW KNOXVILLE -- The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado hit New Knoxville during the storms Wednesday night.The worst of the damage was just off State Route 219 near the Neil...

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UPDATE: NWS Confirms EF-0 Tornado Touched Down in Mercer Co.

UPDATE -- Mercer County is cleaning up after a tornado touches down Wednesday night.The National Weather Service classified the tornado as an EF Zero, with accompanying winds that may have reached 85...

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Celina Police Chief Fired

CELINA -- The Celina police chief is fired. Chief David Slusser has been on paid administrative leave for months as the city investigated various misconduct charges. A letter, hand delivered to Slusser...

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UPDATE: Trotwood Apartment Fire

TROTWOOD -- Dozens of residents are without a home after their apartment building is destroyed by fire Thursday.  The fire started just before 8 pm at the Woodland Hills Apartments in...

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UPDATE: Trotwood Homicide Victim Only 17

TROTWOOD -- The Montgomery County Coroner's office has released the identity of Thursday's homicide. 17 year old Devonta Marquise Rayford of Dayton is the victim. Police first thought the male to be in...

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Community Picnic Includes Home Tour

DAYTON -- A community picnic featuring free food and entertainment will also include hosted tours of two energy-efficient homes now available for purchase.The picnic will offer free hot dogs and snow...

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Grube Murder Suspects Indicted

CELINA -- Two men charged in connection with the murders of Robert Grube and his daughter, Colleen, were indicted Thursday by a Mercer County grand jury.Bryant L. Rhoades, 22, and Trevin M.A. Sanders...

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"No Refusal" OVI Checkpoint Set for Saturday on Keowee Street

DAYTON -- The Dayton Police Department, along with members of the Combined Agency OVI Task Force of Montgomery County, will operate a “no refusal” sobriety checkpoint at 11 p.m. Saturday in the...

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Former Ohio Justice Now Opposes Death Penalty

COLUMBUS (AP) -- A former Ohio Supreme Court justice who mostly sided with the majority in cases ending in executions says she now opposes the death penalty.Former Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton...

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Turner Includes Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Sexual Assault in NDAA

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Mike Turner, Co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, has included an amendment to the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that...

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8 Tornadoes Touch Down in Ohio During Storms

UNDATED -- The National Weather Service has confirmed at least 8 tornadoes touched down during this week's storms, including the two here in the Miami Valley in Auglaize and Mercer Counties.  Both of...

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Get a Girl Golfing

KETTERING -- The legacy of a well known local golfer and former Kettering-Fairmont teacher lives on.  Diana Schwab, started the ''Get a Girl Golfing'' program 15 years ago, but she was killed in a car...

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Retirement Home Celebrates Flag Day

HARRISON TWP -- A retirement community is honoring retired military and veterans in their own way for Flag Day.Residents at Mercy Siena have been putting putting hundreds of flags along their driveway...

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Balcony at Apartment Complex Collapses

KETTERING--A balcony collapsed Friday afternoon at The Georgetown  Apartments on Far Hills in Kettering.         Three people were reportedly on the balcony when it happened.They only suffered minor...

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OVI Checkpoint in Springfield Tonight

SPRINGFIELD -- Officers will be manning an OVI checkpoint Friday night in Clark County, looking for impaired drivers.The checkpoint will be set up on West North Street in Springfield beginning at...

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Woman Accused of Urging Her Kids to Beat Up Special Needs Child

UPDATE: DAYTON---A Dayton woman was arrested, accused of assaulting a boy with special needs.   According  to the police report, Tomasita Gonzalez, 49,  told police the 7 year old  trespassed  into her...

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RTA Bus, Car Crash in Trotwood; Drivers Sustain Minor Injuries

TROTWOOD -- Police are investigating a crash this morning involving an RTA bus and a car.Riders on the bus say that the driver of the car ran a stop sign at Sale Bend and Wood Creek and crashed into...

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UPDATE: Child With Lighter Causes Massive Trotwood Apartment Blaze

TROTWOOD -- Fire investigators say that a child using a lighter caused the massive blaze that destroyed 22 apartments Thursday night.The estimated loss is valued at $1 million.Trotwood Fire/Rescue and...

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WPAFB Sends 500,000 Meals to Haiti

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- A C-17 Globemaster III airplane from the 445th Airlift Wing of Wright-Patt Air Force Base will be arriving in Haiti Friday with to deliver more than 500,000 meals to...

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Miamisburg Boy Stops Burglar

MIAMISBURG -- A burglar trying to rip off a Miamisburg home is stopped in the tracks by a seven year old boy!Authorities say the burglar broke into the home and snatched an tablet and cell phone, but...

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