Stories for April 2012
Stories for Sunday, April 29
Tourism funding plan makes Ohio competitive
Ohio's tourism director says the proposed new model for funding tourism marketing would make Ohio more competitive in the region as it lures visitors. Gov. John Kasich's (KAY'-siks) proposal would double the allocation to $10 million and pay for tourism marketing campaigns through sales-tax revenue instead of allotments from the ...
Miami is state's most expensive public school
Miami University will remain the most expensive public college in Ohio. The school's trustees approved new tuition and fees for next year, raising tuition for undergraduates from Ohio by $442 to just over $13,000 for the year. Undergraduates from other states will pay $28,000. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Miami ...
Armed, dangerous man surrenders in Ind.
Union County, Indiana sheriff's deputies say that a man considered armed and dangerous surrendered Saturday afternoon. Jonathon Colwell is held on $40,000 bond. Colwell stole a shotgun from his brother's home at 4260 Oxford-Reily Road, police said a caller reported at about 11:30 a.m. Friday. Colwell returned to the home ...
Woman trapped after car slams into tree
Emergency crews had to cut a woman out of her pickup truck after she crashed into a tree Sunday morning. The Farmersville Fire Department said the woman lost control of her truck on Bull Road near Dechant Road at about 9:30 Sunday morning. The vehicle flipped and landed with its ...
Bedwetting misunderstood but often treatable
Researchers are getting closer to uncovering why children wet the bed and what can be done, but many parents are still in the dark. A new report highlights misconceptions about bedwetting as well as progress in finding out the cause behind the often-embarrassing and traumatic childhood condition, but the report ...
Woman ID'd in fatal Darke Co. crash
A woman found in the wreckage of a crash early Sunday has been indentified. Residents of the 8400 block of Grubbs Rex Road noticed a car had smashed into a tree near their homes at about 6:20 a.m. and called 911. Investigators determined a Mazda driven by Nancy E. Graf, ...
Victim of fatal crash victim in Botkins ID'd
Electric crews trying to find the cause of a power outage found it early Sunday morning on Lock 2 Road near County Road 25-A in Botkins. They came across a downed power pole, and also found a fatal accident. Dead at the scene was Douglas Rickett, 56, of 503 W. State ...
"Armed, dangerous man" in custody
Union County, Indiana sheriff's deputies say that a man considered armed and dangerous surrendered Saturday afternoon. Jonathon Colwell is held on $40,000 bond. Colwell stole a shotgun from his brother’s home at 4260 Oxford-Reily Road, police said a caller reported at about 11:30 a.m. Friday. Colwell returned to the home ...
UD police still looking for robbery suspects
University of Dayton police continue to investigate the robbery of two students early Saturday morning. A male student reported he was robbed at 2:45 a.m. on Alberta Street between East Stewart Street and Woodland Avenue. An officer saw another robbery in progress between Woodland Avenue and Chambers Street a short ...
Parents found passed out with kids in van
One parent is charged, and another is facing charges after they were found passed out in a van late Friday night in a vacant parking lot. Their three-year-old and eight-month-old children were inside the van with them. Officers were called to Lafayette Avenue and Main Street after calls that the ...
Stories for Saturday, April 28
Trotwood store burglarized twice in a week
Two major break-ins in just three days has a Trotwood convenience store owner worried for the future of his business. This weekend, a group of thieves broke into an ATM and also stole cigarettes, checks and cash from the Petra Food Mart on Wolf Road. The owner thinks it's the same three ...
Semi brings down telephone lines
Police said a semi snagged some low-hanging telephone lines Saturday night on West North Street. The lines were pulled down between North Race Street and North Schaffer Street around 7:15 p.m. West North Street was closed much of the evening while AT&T crews came in to repair the lines. Officers ...
Springfield drive-thru robbed by armed man
Police in Springfield said they are looking for an armed man who robbed the Sunny Drive-Thru Saturday night at 915 North Belmont Avenue. Officers said the man entered the store, took money and cigarettes and left on foot. No one was injured during the robbery.
See Shelby Co. Special Olympics video
SEE THE VIDEO WITH A SPECIAL PERSON! "Let me win, but if I cannot win. let me be brave in the attempt", repeated the standing room only crowd in the gym at Sidney Middle School Saturday afternoon. That's the creed of the Special Olympics. The pledge was led by Calvin ...
Vietnam vet honored as National Veteran for 2012
It was an emotional Saturday afternoon for Mike Clark of near Maplewood, Ohio in Shelby County. He was honored as the 2012 National Veteran of Year, selected by the Association of Military Recruiters and Counselors. Clark, a highly decorated veteran of Vietnam, was honored at a ceremony that nearly packed ...
Stranger alerts family to raging fire
A Clark County family is thanking a complete stranger for saving their home, and possible lives, from a fire that erupted in their garage Saturday afternoon. The owner of a home in the 3700 block of Ballentine Pike was working on a motorcycle in the house's detatched garage and stepped ...
Police find missing boy in woods
A teenage boy who ran away from home was found with minor injuries Saturday night. Ty'Sean D. Hawkins, 14, of Bufort Boulevard ran away from his home Saturday and threatened to harm himself, the Huber Heights Police Department said. Officers searched the city for Hawkins throughout the day, and one of ...
Truck takes off porch, sliding off wet street
A pickup truck slid off a rain-slicked street Saturday morning into a the porch of a Troy home. The truck began hydroplaning at the intersection of South and West Market streets, jumped the curb and hit the porch of a home. No structural damage was done to the dwelling, and no ...
Springtime sleet spotted in Miami Valley
Some sleet has mixed in with the rain this morning due to a colder layer of air above the surface. Roads should stay dry as temperatures are well above freezing. Temperatures will struggle to rise today and the north will most likely hover in the upper 40s later this afternoon with folks to the south getting ...
Former judge, auditor to run for Dayton mayor
Former Montgomery County judge and auditor A.J. Wagner is running for mayor of the City of Dayton. Reached Saturday morning, Wagner said he would be making a formal announcement in the next few weeks after a web site, ajwagnerformayor.com, appeared over the weekend Wagner was not pleased when he heard the website launched ...
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