Stories for June 2011
Stories for Thursday, June 30
Off-Duty EMTs First On Scene Of Motorcycle Crash
An off-duty EMT and CareFlight pilot were the first two people to give medical attention to a man who crashed his motorcycle on State Route 4 Thursday evening.The man was headed north on Route 3 around 6:20 p.m. when he lost control of the bike and went off the side ...
How To Find Free Money From The State
The state of Ohio is looking for taxpayers who may have left behind money in bank accounts, insurance policies and other investments.David Goodman, Director of the Ohio Department of Commerce said the state holds a total of $1.4 billion. In recent months, his agency has stepped up its efforts to ...
Springfield Man Shot With BB Gun Riding Bike
A Springfield man was rushed to a local hospital after he was shot in the head with a BB gun.The victim told police that he was riding his bike on West Main Street on Wednesday night when someone shot him. However, the man told officers that he was not sure ...
240,000 Swing Sets Recalled
More than 240,000 wooden swing sets are being recalled.Wood in the posts of the fort section can weaken, posing a fall hazard. The recall involves the wooden Adventure Playset Swing Sets.There have been 500 complaints reported about the problem. They were sold at Walmart, Toys R Us and Menards stores ...
Suspect Caught In Auto Shop Robbery
Police in Kettering have arrested a man in connection with an armed robbery.Officers said they believe that 25-year-old Sean Tom, of Spring Valley, is the person who walked into Oak Creek Automotive on Bigger Road on Monday and threatened the clerk at gunpoint before taking off with cash.Tom was arrested ...
More Cuts, Layoffs Proposed To Balance Greenville Budget
There is new information on the proposed layoffs and cuts in Greenville to balance the 2012 budget.Officials said that in addition to two police officers and firefighters, five auxiliary firefighters will be terminated. Officials also said an account clerk will be laid off and a dispatcher's position that has not ...
Prosecutors Review Case Of Convicted Sex Offender
Investigators are interviewing witnesses to see if a convicted sex offender who is accused of serving ice cream inside a Hagerstown, Ind., school committed a crime.The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing the case. Authorities are trying to determine how Murvel Tutterrow's visits will be classified.Officials said if he was ...
RTA Adds Buses For Dayton Fireworks At Riverscape
The RTA is adding 12 additional city buses to help accommodate crowds leaving Dayton’s fireworks display on Sunday, July 3 at RiverScape MetroPark. Buses will park in two rows at a special staging area on Monument Avenue between Jefferson and Main streets. Routes 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 12 ...
Effort To Repeal Senate Bill 5 Sets Record
More than 23 percent of registered voters in Montgomery County have signed a petition to repeal Senate Bill 5, the "We Are Ohio" campaign announced Thursday morning.More than 42,000 people from Montgomery County signed the peition, which will put the issue on the November ballot.A record 1.2 million signatures were ...
Springfield's John Legend To Headline Anti-Dropout Promotion
Singer-songwriter John Legend will headline a Procter & Gamble Co. promotion to benefit dropout prevention as part of his broad support of education reform. Legend has made commercials that will air ahead of P&G coupon inserts with him on the cover that will be in newspapers on July 31. The ...
Man Charged After Woman, Baby Burned
Deputies in Montgomery County said a man has been captured by federal marshals in connection with burning a woman and her infant daughter.On Monday, deputies in Harrison Township, along with firefighters, responded to a residence on Lodell Avenue after getting reports that the woman and her child had been burned.The ...
Greenville Woman Accused Of Trafficking Drugs
A Greenville woman was arrested in connection with trafficking prescription drugs.On Wednesday, around 3:16 p.m., the Darke County Drug Task Force arrested Sherry Tomlinson, 61, after a month-long investigation.Tomlinson was arrested in the 100 block of North Main Street in Ansonia. She was then taken to the Darke County Jail, ...
FDA Rejects Avastin As Treatment For Breast Cancer
The makers of the cancer drug Avastin have taken another blow.Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously rejected use of the drug to treat breast cancer. They said it is not safe or clinically beneficial for those patients.The vote supports a move the FDA made last December to revoke ...
Ohio Posts Largest Decline In Unemployment Claims
Ohio is reporting the nation's largest decline in new applications for unemployment benefits, while the government says the number of claims nationwide is mostly unchanged. That's seen as evidence that the struggling economy isn't generating many jobs. The U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday that Ohio claims dropped by nearly ...
Gas Prices Rising As Holiday Weekend Approaches
Gas can still be found for less than $3.30 per gallon in some places around the Miami Valley, but fuel prices began going up Wednesday.The average price for gas in the area is now $3.43 per gallon, up from $3.36 one week ago, according to DaytonGasPrices.com.The price at the pump ...
Thunderstorms Possible Throughout Holiday Weekend
Thunderstorms are possible throughout the holiday weekend, according to WHIO-TV Meteorologist Rich Wirdzek.It will be hot and humid with highs near 90 both Saturday and Sunday. July 4th temperatures will be in the upper 80s.There is a chance for scattered thunderstorms each day, mostly in the afternoon and evening on ...
3 Break Into Dayton Church To Play Basketball
Two teens and an 11-year-old broke into a Dayton church around 3 a.m. today and were surprised by a security guard, who held one of them until police arrived.Authorities apprehended another suspect a short time later and are still looking for the third.The security guard at Peace Fellowship Lutheran Church ...
Men Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Oregon District Bar
Police are looking for a man who robbed two people at gunpoint outside Ned Pepper's in the Oregon District.Two men were heading back to their car on Jackson Street when the man demanded their wallets, according to investigators.The robber got away with just $7 and neither victim was hurt.
No Explosives Found In Clark Co. Bomb Threat
Deputies in Clark County said a bomb threat at a local business Thursday morning was false, and now authorities are trying to get more information about the incident.According to the sheriff's office, Springfield police received a 911 call around 1 a.m. The caller, who was calling from a BP station ...
Stories for Wednesday, June 29
Renken Ties Records As Dragons Win, 7-1
Dragons starting pitcher Daniel Renken struck out 14 batters to tie a club record as the Dayton defeated the Lansing Lugnuts 7-1 on Wednesday night. A crowd of 8,399 saw the Dragons 811th consecutive sell-out at Fifth Third Field, three short of the all-time sports record.Renken also tied an all-time ...
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