Stories for July 2012
Stories for Tuesday, July 31
Fire at nursing home forces evacuation
Firefighters on the scene of a reported fire at a Dayton nursing home requested extra oxygen tanks for evacuated patients.Residents of Riverside Nursing Center, 1390 King Tree, were evacuated around 11 a.m. after a fire was reported. Additional medic units were called to the scene after residents reported breathing problems.By ...
Decorations make school locker 'a symbol of me'
Kids, especially girls, have always hung photos, mirrors or handmade decorations in their school lockers. Now, retailers are giving them the option of buying coordinated locker trimmings that would make interior designers jealous. Options include carpeting, chandeliers, wallpaper and a variety of accessories in bold, bright colors. Everything adheres magnetically ...
Church’s new Jesus statue to be assembled soon
Solid Rock Church officials say the “Light of the World” statue, the replacement for the church’s “King of Kings” statue that was struck by lightning and burned on June 14, 2010, will be delivered and assembled the week of Sept. 3. Church officials say the production schedule has been delayed ...
Reward offered for arson information
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information on the person responsible for a fire in St. Paris last week. The fire occurred at a vacant residence July 24 on Lake Street, according to a release. Accidental causes have been eliminated, and the cause of the fire has been determined ...
New federal transportation law encourages stricter teen driving regs
Susan Vavala's 15-year-old daughter, Kim, went to the movies one rainy night in 1995 with a 16-year-old friend who had just gotten his driver's license and two other kids. They weren't more than five minutes away from Vavala's Wilmington, Del., home when the new driver, distracted by his friends' conversation, ...
Court today for teen suspected in $3M drug ring
A 17-year-old high school student charged with running a $20,000-a-month operation selling high-grade marijuana to teens in the Mason and Kings schools appeared in juvenile court today.The teen admitted to two charges of drug trafficking in a 4 p.m. arraignment.The teen was selling the pot as part of a larger ...
Air advisory for parts of the Miami Valley
The Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency has issued a smog alert Tuesday for counties in Southwest Ohio.The agency expects to see levels of ozone in the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” range on the Air Quality Index in Butler and Warren counties.Megan Hummel, public relations coordinator for the Hamilton County Department ...
Suspected car thief captured in Indiana
Randolph County, Indiana sheriff’s deputies arrested a 43-year-old man Monday evening who allegedly stole a car in Darke County and was traveling with a warrant out for his arrest. The Darke County Sheriff’s office said it had been searching for Robert Scott Kindred since July 16, when he allegedly stole ...
Crash shuts down I-70 in Wayne County
Westbound lanes of I-70 were closed for about an hour and a half late Monday night after a rollover accident at Indiana Road One.Witnesses told deputies that a vehicle rolled and landed on its top.A male driver was taken by Careflight to Miami Valley Hospital.Westbound I-70 reopened around 1:30 a.m. ...
Truck into building prompts haz-mat call
A woman and two children escaped injury late Monday night when a pick-up truck slammed into an apartment building at 3624 Gettysburg Avenue. It also prompted a call-out to the haz-mat team. Police said the driver, 36-year-old Steven D. Turner, was driving southbound on Gettysburg when he crossed into the ...
Driver in 2-county chase has a $100,000 bond
The two-county chase Saturday that resulted in the arrest of a 19-year-old and wrecked the property of a Middletown resident. Terry L. Smith, Jr., of Middletown, was arrested on 25 criminal and traffic charges on Saturday. Police say he ran four stop signs, four traffic lights, traveled as fast as ...
Jail inmate in Indiana found dead
An autopsy has been ordered for a 44-year-old Fayette County Jail inmate found dead in his cell on Monday, the Indiana State Police said.Michael Green, incarcerated since July 23 on a charge of burglary, was pronounced dead by the Fayette County Coroner, according to the ISP Pendleton Post. A preliminary ...
Stories for Monday, July 30
Fire guts small backyard building
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire Monday that gutted a backyard shed and caused upwards of $10,000 in damage.Fire crews dispatched just before 3 p.m. to the 1800 block of Burrowes Boulevard on a report of a structure fire found a small building behind a residence ...
Motorcycle, SUV stolen during festival
The Celina Police Department is investigating two stolen vehicle reports that occurred over the weekend. The first involved a green 1998 Harley Davidson Road King motorcycle that was stolen from the parking area at Main & Lakeshore. The report was filed at 7:42 PM, but the motorcycle had been parked ...
Sidebar restaurant closes, to reopen elsewhere
The owner of Sidebar in Dayton’s Oregon Historic District said Monday night that the restaurant has closed its current location at 410 E. Fifth St. but will reopen elsewhere in the Dayton area. The restaurant’s owner, Brian Higgins, said Sidebar was in the process of being evicted by the restaurant’s ...
3 Miami Co. soldiers killed since October 2007
Since October of 2007 three soldiers with ties to Miami County have been killed in either wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. October of 2007 Samuel Pearson of Piqua was killed in Iraq. Pearson is at rest at Forest Hill Cemetery in Piqua. September of 2009 Randy Haney of Florida, whose ...
Fire destroys golf cart at mall in Beavercreek
A golf cart at the Mall at Fairfield Commons was destroyed after it caught fire Monday evening. The vehicle, owned by the mall’s maintenance department, produced heavy black smoke as it went up in flames behind the Sears Auto Center at about 7:10 p.m., according to Beavercreek fire Lt. Dustin ...
DPS to provide busing to fewer students
Dayton Public Schools will bus about 3,000 fewer students this year than last under a plan district officials say should eliminate transportation problems, including late or sporadic bus service, that have plagued the district. That means more students will be walking to school after the district tightened eligibility requirements for ...
Man slashed during robbery attempt
A Dayton man was arrested Monday after he allegedly used a box cutter to assault a man Sunday night, according to a Dayton police incident report.The report states that Melvin Folks, 21, followed the victim, 20, to the back of a building at 517 Xenia Ave. and attempted to rob ...
Drug raid suspects appear in Miami Co. Court
Eight of nine people arrested Friday in a drug raid in Troy made their initial appearances in Miami County Municipal Court on Monday, authorities said. The raid occurred at a house at 531 Lincoln St. in the city's southwest historic district. On Friday, officers arrested nine people on a variety ...
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