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Centerville Middle School Student Found with Knife

CENTERVILLE -- A 12 year old Centerville middle school student is found with a knife at school.  The resource officer at Tower Heights Middle School says the sixth grader brought the knife to school...

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Fire in a Bedroom in Riverside

RIVERSIDE -- A Riverside woman is thankful to be alive tonight, after she escaped a fire that broke out inside of her bedroom. The fire happened at 5218 of Fredonia Avenue before 7:00 p.m. Wednesday....

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Powerball Jackpot $260 Million

KETTERING -- Do you feel lucky? Powerball is at a whopping $260 million. The drawing is at 10:59 pm Wednesday. Playing the lottery is always a gamble. So we asked a past winner, how he did it. Wilbur...

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Butler County Soldier Recovering from Explosion

UNDATED--A soldier from Butler County is recovering tonight after being critically wounded by an explosive device in Afghanistan.Staff Sergeant Sam Shockley, 25, stepped on a roadside bomb while...

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Ohio Marine Killed in Nevada Mortar Explosion

NEVADA -- A Marine from Marietta, Ohio is one of seven who died when a mortar exploded during a training exercise in Nevada.  Lance Corporal Joshua Taylor, 21, died Monday night.His family told the...

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Lebanon Store Owner Convicted of Selling Bath Salts

WARREN COUNTY -- The owner of the Marathon gas station in Lebanon is found guilty of selling bath salts at his business.A Warren County jury convicted Hamza Shalash of eight counts of drug trafficking...

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Kids Being Sent to ER for Medicine Poisoning

DAYTON -- A new report from 'Today Safe Kids Worldwide' found every eight minutes a child is being rushed to the emergency room for medicine poisoning.  Dayton Children's Hospital says they see kids...

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Police: Suspected Drunk Diver Hits Parked Cars Before Rollover Crash

TROY -- A woman is recovering in the hospital after leaving behind a path of destruction early Thursday morning.It all started around 1:00 AM on W. Water Street in Troy. That's where police say a...

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Transgendered Student Denied Admission at Women's College

CONNECTICUT -- A transgendered high school senior had her application returned after trying to apply to an all-women's college.Calliope Wong applied for admission at Smith College in her home state of...

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Kroger Gives Big Donation to Food Bank

DAYTON -- Kroger gives back big to ease hunger in the Miami Valley.  The Cincinnati based grocery store chain presented a check to Dayton's Food Bank Thursday that will cover more than 130,000 meals.In...

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SAY WHAT? Obamacare

SAY WHAT? -- In this week's "Say What?" segment Jack Atherton asks local folks for their opinions about Obamacare (and yes, that's what President Obama now likes to call the Affordable Care Act).Among...

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Synthetic Drugs Still a Problem in Our Area

DAYTON – It’s been a growing problem in the Miami Valley since they first appeared in the area Spring of 2011.  Synthetic drugs and bath salts are still a thorn in the side to police and doctors....

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Part of Main Street in Tipp City to Close Until November

Miami County – SR 571 will be closed in Tipp City between First Street and the railroad crossing beginning Tuesday, March 26th.  The affected section of SR 571 is scheduled to reopen to motorists...

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UD Holds Lecture on Dayton's Future After the Flood

DAYTON -- It's been 100 years since the Great Flood here in Dayton.  Thursday, members of the community came together to discuss what future impacts it may have on the Miami Valley.Doctors held a...

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Drug Task Force Busts 12 for Alleged Meth Making

MERCER COUNTY --  Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced the indictment and arrests of 12 people Thursday in connection with a meth making operation.   All charges are the result of an investigation...

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Man Talks About Near Death From Rock Thrown Over Overpass

COLUMBUS -- Ten years after a Columbus pastor was almost killed after a teenager threw a rock over an overpass, the pranks are still happening. In the last few weeks, there have been several instances...

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UPDATE: Child, Suspect in Amber Alert Case Both Found Unharmed in Fairborn

HUBER HEIGHTS -- A 10 year old boy who was abducted from his home in Huber Heights has been found unharmed in Fairborn.Police say Timothy Conatser JR took his 10 year old step-son, Jordan Tyler Johnson...

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Dogs Killed In Greene County Fire

GREENE COUNTY -- Firefighters battled a stubborn fire at a home in Spring Valley.  The flames erupted just before 9 Friday morning on East Walnut Street.  Firefighters from Xenie, Xenia Township,...

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Three Dead After Shooting at a Virginia Marine Base

QUANTICO, Va. (AP) -- Officials say a Marine killed a male and female colleague at a base in Virginia before committing suicide.   Base spokesman Lt. Agustin Solivan says it began around 11 p.m. with a...

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Drug Arrests in Dayton

DAYTON --  Detectives bust a man they say was selling drug's out of his friend's apartment.  Police say they've been investigating the apartment on Larkswood Drive for several weeks because of...

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