Dayton Daily News
HEALTHY BURROW, BENGALS ARE BACK
The Cincinnati Bengals are back with a healthy Joe Burrow at quarterback, a revamped defense and high expectations for the 2026 campaign. As they enter today's season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it's time for Burrow and the Bengals to...
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National GOP pushes Husted at convention
In a difficult election fight at home, U.S. Sen. Jon Husted took his campaign to Texas this week, using a speech before an unusual midterm GOP convention to make his case against Democrats and former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. While Husted was speaking...
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`IT WAS OUR PEARL HARBOR'
Jason Lindsey, then an Air Force captain, pulled into a parking spot at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland, on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when he heard the frantic report on his car radio — United Airlines Flight 175 struck the...
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Faith leaders demand changes to ICE policies
Faith leaders this week stepped up their calls on U.S. lawmakers who represent Ohio to take action to try to release Haitian ICE detainees and end immigration enforcement activities in Springfield. Pastors from churches in Springfield and other...
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Program will help families navigate pediatric cancer
The state will soon roll out a new navigator resource for all Ohio families dealing with pediatric cancer diagnoses following the passing of 20-year-old Jayden Zurlinden of West Chester Twp. in June. “His parents, Cassie and Jay, did everything they...
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ICE has made 380 arrests in Springfield, DHS says
Federal immigration authorities have made 380 arrests in Springfield, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said during a press conference in Warren County on Friday, Sept. 4. The city has seen increased U.S. Immigration and...
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Suspected suicide witness' wife fundraising for family
Barbara Fidler was on the phone with her husband when he pulled up to a horrific sight on Interstate 70: the body of a 20-year-old college student who had stepped in front of a semitruck. Distraught by what her husband had seen, Fidler is now raising...
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Advocates demand end to monitors after student's death
This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know needs to talk about thoughts of suicide or needs support, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline anytime, 24/ 7, or visit 988Lifeline.org. This is an in-state network that provides...
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Haitian student with ICE monitor dies by suicide
A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates. Pierre Damas Bel was a new student at Wright State University. He was fitted with an ankle...
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Federal judge retires after 46 years on the bench
United States District Judge Walter H. Rice spent nearly six decades on the bench, presiding over landmark cases, mentoring young lawyers and championing second chances for former offenders. On Friday, Aug. 28, his final day as a federal judge, Rice...
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Future of former power station site stirs debate
The remnants and site of a former Dayton Power & Light power generation station on the Great Miami River remain undeveloped, more than five years after a New York developer purchased the site. But the next steps for the property may soon come into...
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DATA CENTERS GET BIG TAX BREAKS D
ata centers being built in Ohio by some of the biggest companies in the world are receiving state and local tax breaks worth billions. The Dayton Daily News examined what incentives projects across southwest Ohio are receiving, how much tax money the...
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Museum responsible for many Air Force artworks
Over its 102-year history, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has always been the go-to custodian for Air Force planes and historical objects, from B-17 bombers to rockets. But since last fall, the museum has had responsibility for the Air...
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Summer weather extremes play havoc with farmers
Rain and warm weather might seem like the perfect combination for growing plants and vegetables, but not when it comes in extremes according to area farmers. A heat dome in late June and early July and record rainfall in August has caused problems...
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Schools step up to help new drivers meet new rule
Nearly 30,000 additional Ohioans are expected to take a driver's education course this year compared to last year, after a change in Ohio law in September 2025 requiring anyone under the age of 21 to take driver's ed classes to get their license. “A...
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Montgomery County hub of group homes for youth
State leaders don't have immediate answers to why Montgomery County houses a disproportionate number of residential group homes for delinquent youths or what can be done to address the local burden those homes place on area resources. “What we learned...
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Piqua OKs agreement allowing AES to serve Meta data center
The Piqua City Commission has approved a 30-year agreement allowing AES Ohio to provide permanent electricity to the planned Meta data center, after Meta committed $8 million toward Piqua's public safety equipment and personnel. The approval followed...
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VP Vance touts $500M federal investment in steel
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s modernization project in Middletown will be supported by a $500 million U.S. Department of Energy grant. The grant's original purpose was to support the conversion of the Middletown Works' energy source to hydrogen. The revised...
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His next mission is building Dayton's future
Meet Mark Williams, a Sierra Nevada Corp. leader who helps bring millions of dollars in aerospace and space work to Dayton. See what transformed his life and made him the leader he is today. Every month, the Dayton Daily News goes Up Close with the...
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DPS officials say district doesn't share Flock data
Dayton Public Schools officials say they don't allow outside agencies to access the school district's Flock cameras and they are in the process of creating a formal policy on use of the cameras. The district plans to present a report about how Flock...
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Iran dismisses Trump's economic threats
Iran on Thursday, Aug. 20, dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of economic pain and isolation, while the U.K and other nations condemned Israel over a controversial settlement project. In Gaza City, a mass funeral was held for 50 people...
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Ohio AG: Probe into Kettering Health `not there yet'
Avery Kreemer Ohio's new attorney general picked up the baton on a yearslong investigation into allegations of misuse of hospital funds at Kettering Health, and he's maintaining the same tight-lipped stance as his predecessor. “(We're) not there...
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ICE continues to arrest Haitians in Springfield
Reports of increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Springfield continue into this week with additional arrests. Video shot by local pastor Carl Ruby on Monday, Aug. 17, shows several unmarked SUVs at a car wash near the Southern...
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New faces, fresh perspective
A new school year brings a familiar mix of excitement and uncertainty for students and teachers alike, but for Marie Beattie and Jillian Simon, this year comes with an added sense of newness. Both are joining Tipp City Exempted Village School District...
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How Ohio keeps emerging professionals from leaving
Ohio businesses and universities are working to keep college students who are emerging professionals from leaving the state for job opportunities. While Ohio is a dominant figure in the higher education space, containing the sixth most universities in...
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Payroll Project reveals ballooning overtime
Local governments make payroll with your money, and that's why we produce the Payroll Project. The Dayton Daily News' analysis of payroll data for 50 local governments and the state of Ohio provides transparency about how public employees are paid. We...
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City to add nearly 330 hotel rooms downtown by 2028
As Dayton prepares to welcome two new hotels to the downtown by 2028, the region has maintained steady access to hotels over the last few years as economic development, business and leisure travel, and downtown revitalization efforts drive a demand for...
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Kettering residents ask for time to save ice rink
Samantha Wildow Hockey players and parents of ice athletes asked the Kettering City Council to reconsider the proposed closure of the Kettering Ice Arena, asking for new survey on the ice rink and more time to find a way to save it. The city of...
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Partnership to address skilled-worker shortage
New homes continue to rise across communities such as Springboro, Beavercreek and north Dayton, but finding enough skilled workers to build them remains a challenge. A new partnership between Sinclair Community College and the Home Builders Association...
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Joby acquiring Beavercreek contractor in $500M deal
Joby Aviation, the California company that plans to make electric flying taxis in Vandalia and Dayton, is acquiring a Beavercreek defense contractor, Resonant Sciences, in a deal valued at approximately $500 million. The acquisition will represent a...
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Hundreds rally at site where Haitians required to check in
Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal immigration office Sunday morning, Aug. 9, to show support for Haitian immigrants from Springfield who were called to report for immigration check-ins. The rally, organized by Ignite Peace in partnership...
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Buc-ee's vs. Beaver's: What's in a trademark?
Jen Balduf and London Bishop Within four months of entering the Dayton market, a Texas-based chain of mega travel centers has sued a local small business for trademark infringement over its beaver mascot. Buc-ee's brought its brand to Ohio when it...
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SCHOOLS STRUGGLE WITH RISING DISABILITY NEEDS M
ore and more students in Ohio public schools are identified as disabled — a 7% increase in the last five years statewide, now making up about a fifth of public school rolls. There are multiple factors involved, including more diagnoses for disabilities...
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Navy captain leads Wright-Patt research unit
What's it like being the highest ranking U.S. Navy officer at one of the nation's most important Air Force bases? For Capt. J. Russell “Crazy Juice” Linderman, it's another day on the job in command of the Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton, better...
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Region has over 400K jobs for 1st time since '05
More than 400,000 people in the Dayton metro area have jobs. It's the first time local employment has surpassed that mark in more than two decades, according new preliminary federal labor data. Local employers increased hiring for the fourth...
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Partnership helps keep healthcare workers in area
As the need for healthcare workers is expected to grow, Wright State University and Premier Health are finding success in building up and retaining the nursing workforce with resources developed through the two organizations' partnership. Wright State...
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Air Force Museum hosts drone competition
Some will crash. Some may never get off the ground. But over four days starting Thursday, Aug. 6, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, more than 90 teams will attempt to prove that drones can do something many in aviation once considered...
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`Waste heat' captured to help power UD campus
A Fayette County plant is collecting waste heat and using it to make electricity for the University of Dayton from a carbon-free source. The university says that power is now flowing from a waste-heatto-power project, which will satisfy all of its...
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Battle to win union voters in Ohio governor race
In this year's race for Ohio governor, Democrat Dr. Amy Acton will hope to curb — and Vivek Ramaswamy will hope to extend — a political trend that has seen a significant share of union voters shift from Democrat to Republican. That “stark change” in...
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Region a powerhouse for aerospace innovation
Electra's decision to build an $850 million factory in Springfield — bringing nearly 2,000 jobs over the next decade — is the latest sign that southwest Ohio is becoming a powerhouse for aerospace innovation. The Dayton Daily News examines why...
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Film produced by WSU grad is a high earner in theaters
The filmed version of “Hadestown: The Musical” shot during performances in London's West End in 2025 and produced by a Wright State graduate became the highest-grossing live show capture (of a live stage production) during its opening...
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Kettering proposes closing city's ice arena
The city of Kettering is proposing permanently closing the Kettering Ice Arena in the city's draft Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Master Plan, dubbed the Kettering Playbook. While the city still plans to operate during the 2026-27 season, city...
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Study: Universities push AI, but students skeptical
Some Ohio universities will require students to take courses using large language models this fall, and more universities will likely be incorporating LLMs like Claude or Gemini into their courses in the future. University of Dayton freshmen, for...
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Air Force draws 2,000-plus downtown for conference
The Air Force wants to move faster. It wants advanced weapons, faster acquisition and new ways of delivering technology to warfighters. But it also wants to keep flying a bomber that first entered service in the early 1950s. The challenge of...
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Mediators see progress in efforts to halt war
Samy Magdy and Elena Becatoros CAIRO — Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in attacks coming...
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Flock camera use led to arrests in local killing
While automated license plate reader cameras have been the source of some controversy for their potential to be used in immigration enforcement and other surveillance concerns, the Clark County Sheriff 's Office said without the technology, recent...
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THE IMPACT OF SB 1 ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Ayear after Ohio Senate Bill 1 went into effect with the stated goal of overhauling higher education in the state, the impact is mixed. One area university cut 16 faculty positions, with the arts hit the hardest. And more positions were eliminated...
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Drones hit Iraq city where U.S. forces are based
IRBIL, Iraq — Drones carrying explosives targeted a city in northern Iraq where U.S. forces are stationed and sirens rang out in Bahrain on Friday, July 24, hours after the American military said it finished its 13th night of strikes against Iran. The...
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Officials laud Electra's Springfield investment
The upcoming arrival of a new aerospace production facility bringing almost 2,000 jobs and an $850 million investment to Springfield is a “once-in-a-generation opportunity,” Greater Springfield Partnership President Mike McDorman said. Virginia-based...
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Hotel near convention center to open in 2028
A new Marriott-branded hotel will be developed for the Dayton Convention Center and is expected to open in late 2028. The hotel project on South Jefferson Street between East Fifth and Stone streets will be developed and operated by Concord...
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Electra investing $850M, envisions 1,975 jobs
A Virginia-based aerospace company is investing $850 million into a new production facility at Springfield's AirPark Ohio with plans to create 1,975 jobs over the next decade. Electra announced on Tuesday, July 20, during the Farnborough International...
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Doctors struggle to get reimbursed by insurers
In her office off South Main Street in Centerville, clinical psychologist Dr. Kathy Platoni held a file more than an inch thick of copies of emails, forms, and other correspondence she's had with one health insurance company since the start of this...
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Why your electric bill is so high, what to do about it
Temperatures are rising this summer. And so are tempers, when we see our electric bills. “I can't afford to keep it going up and up and up and up,” Xenia resident Ildiko Marcus told a member of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in a public...
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Redefining retirement
An AARP survey found nearly half of the retirees who recently returned to work did so for financial reasons. For some, it provides a muchneeded boost to fixed incomes. For others, it helps support family members, repay debt or maintain a sense of...
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Montgomery County home values up by average $35K
The average value of a Montgomery County home increased by $35,678 in the past year, according to tentative value data released by the auditor's office. Larger spikes are expected in communities like Oakwood, Butler Twp. and Washington Twp. “The...
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DPS to put $14.6M property tax levy on ballot
Eileen McClory Dayton Public Schools will be asking voters to approve a $14.6 million, 7-mill continuing levy on the November ballot. The measure is estimated to cost homeowners $245 per $100,000 in value. The board discussed an income tax proposal,...
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Homeowners can appeal tentative property values
More than 150,000 Montgomery County property owners will be receiving their new tentative property values in the mail in the coming days as part of the county's 2026 property reappraisal. The Montgomery County Auditor's Office in June announced that...
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Commission orders AES Ohio to refund $11M to customers
Ohio utility regulators voted Wednesday, July 8, to give Dayton-area electric utility consumers a refund of $11 million, far short of the more than $80 million consumer advocates wanted. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday ordered AES...
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Dayton considers cap on foster care group homes
Dayton is moving forward with a proposal to create a citywide cap on foster care homes in the city. Dayton has far more foster care group homes than any other community in the state of Ohio, a 2024 Dayton Daily News investigation found. This raised...
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Prosecutor: `No smoking gun' in theft, cover-up case
Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser in a recent interview with the Dayton Daily News said there was “no smoking gun” to prove a Dayton police officer's allegations that members of the Dayton Police Department stole property from search warrant scenes...
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A congenital condition cost Kendra (Garman) Herber her right foot and part of her right leg when she was a toddler, but in the nearly four decades since, she's shown she has more than most everyone else, not less. After showing prowess as a three-sport va
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Meteorologists: Heat dome to last at least a week
Most of America's Lower 48 states are about to swelter under an unusually large, strong and long-lasting heat dome that will spike temperatures in a way that the National Weather Service calls “significant and dangerous.” The heat wave will start this...
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Ex-DCI leader: State failed to support prison's medical team
A former prison administrator tasked with running Dayton Correctional Institution's medical department resigned from her post in late 2025 and penned a resignation letter that took the state to task for a lack of support amid staffing shortages. The...
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Mainstay in Dayton real estate begins new chapter
Long a familiar name in Dayton real estate and construction dealings, Dave Dickerson is building a new chapter in his long career. But he's still in the game. The longtime business development president for Miller Valentine Construction, Dickerson,...
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1986 train derailment in Miamisburg remembered
Rick Melton was on his way home from his shift as a Miamisburg patrol officer on July 8, 1986, when he first heard the reports of a train being derailed in the city. “The more I listened, the more I thought, `This is pretty serious stuff,'” said...
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Former GM site has seen `great successes' so far
When General Motors closed its Moraine facility in December 2008, about 2,400 people were left jobless. Now, the former GM facilities, along with other parts of Moraine, house companies from different industries, so if one sector hits a rough patch,...
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Police officers won't face criminal charges for theft
A special prosecutor who investigated allegations that members of the Dayton Police Department stole property while executing search warrants declined to present the case to a grand jury to pursue criminal charges, according to records obtained by the...
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IS PILOT PROGRAM ANSWER TO DAYTON GUN VIOLENCE?
Apilot program, in partnership with Felons with a Future, to stop the spread of violence in one Dayton neighborhood is turning a hot spot of crime into a bright spot for the city. North Riverdale is a neighborhood just a few miles northwest of downtown...
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12 immigrants become U.S. citizens ahead of 250th
For 12 new United States citizens, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence will hold significant personal meaning. Twelve area residents from six different countries took the oath of allegiance in a ceremony between the...
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Are backyard fireworks legal? It depends
As Independence Day approaches, Ohio residents stocking up on fireworks may be wondering whether it's legal to set them off in their backyards. The answer depends not only on state law, but also where they live. Since 2022, Ohio law has allowed...
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Greene County property values jump by $4.8B
Property values in Greene County have risen sharply in the latest revaluation, with agricultural land increases far outpacing residential and commercial gains, according to the county auditor's office. Overall, property values in the county climbed by...
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How Flock was used for immigration enforcement
More than 140 agencies accessed Dayton's Flock camera system for searches related to immigration over the past three years, with more than half of the searches performed by the U.S. Border Patrol, according to an analysis by the Dayton Daily...
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Committee still doesn't have report on Fuyao
Members of Congress still have not heard from the U.S. Department of Justice on a congressionally mandated, overdue update on its examination into suspected labor trafficking and other unlawful practices by auto parts and auto glass companies...
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More than 3 million Ohioans to hit the road
A record number of Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home between June 27 and July 5 for the Independence Day holiday, according to AAA, and they'll be going by plane, by boat and especially by car. “We pick up around the Fourth...
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How this region helped shape the nation
FOR 250 YEARS, America's story has been created by ordinary people doing extraordinary things — and few places embody that spirit more than southwest Ohio. Locally, invention wasn't an abstract idea; it was a way of life. From bicycle shops that...
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