News Stories for August 2011
Stories for Wednesday, August 31
Miamisburg, Miami Twp. consolidate fire departments
Officials from the City of Miamisburg and Miami Township voted to combine the municipalities' fire departments at a special meeting Wednesday night.The department will be known as the "Miami Valley Joint Fire District" is expected to begin handling calls in March 2012 after five years of planning. In the mean ...
DPD: red light, speed cameras making roads safer
Red light and speed cameras have been effective in reducing the number of crashes on city roads, according to statistics released by the Dayton Police Department.Data collected from the intersections showed that accidents were down 26 percent citywide and down 40 percent at light-enforced intersections. The information was collected during ...
Urbana International Fiber Workers return to work
After four long months, a lockout is over and more than 90 International Fiber Corporation employees will return to work in Urbana on Thursday.The workers have spent the past two days in safety training. Some of them met with company managers for the first time in months.The employees said they ...
Police: woman lied about attack in Miamisburg
A Miamisburg woman called for help after she said two men attacked and cut her. However, she is the one in jail.The alleged stabbing happened Tuesday but police in Miamisburg said they now believe their victim was lying.At first, many people in Miamisburg were concerned when they heard about the ...
Dayton man gets 15 years to life for murder
A Dayton man who a judge said got away with murder for a long time was sentenced to prison on Wednesday.Damon Crawford, 39, was sentenced to 15 years to life. He was convicted of murder last week.In 1993, he shot and killed 20-year-old Ebony Fisher in a Jefferson Township parking ...
'Friending' students on Facebook banned for teachers
Administrators with Dayton Public Schools have instituted a new policy that bans teachers from becoming friends with their students on Facebook.The decision comes months after a News Center 7 investigation highlighted inappropriate relationships between teachers and students.School officials said the new policy is designed to protect both the students and ...
8 arrested in Auglaize Co. drug bust
The sheriff of Auglaize County said his department arrested eight people on Tuesday on various drug charges.The arrests were the result of an investigation conducted by the Auglaize/Mercer County Grand Lake Drug Task Force.The investigation into additional drug sales resulted in grand jury indictments against the following:Joey Richardson, 30 Krista ...
Arcanum police investigate pharmacy burglary
Police in Arcanum are investigating the burglary of a local pharmacy and theft of some drugs.The burglary happened on Aug. 23 around 3:50 a.m. at Kaup Pharmacy, which is located inside Sutton's Supermarket on North Main Street. ARCANUM: Police need help in solving drug store burglary Investigators said a person ...
Dayton man gets 15 years for robbing bank
A Dayton man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for robbing a bank in March.Lonnie Johnson, 49, robbed the Key Bank on West Second Street in Dayton.The sentence was longer than usual because he had a previous bank robbery conviction from 2000.Johnson will also spend three years on supervised ...
Former prosecutor charged in fatal hit-and-run
A former Clark County prosecutor is facing charges after he was indicted in a fatal hit-and-run crash.Prosecutors said James Berry, 81, struck 37-year-old James Pierce who had just left a bar and was crossing Springfield-Xenia Road.Pierce was killed when he was struck.The next day, troopers with the Ohio State Highway ...
Lawmaker wants to add Wrights' plane to Ohio seal
An Ohio lawmaker wants to change the official state seal to include a tribute to the Wright brothers.Legislation introduced Tuesday by Dayton area state Rep. James Butler would add the airplane from the Wrights' pioneering flight in 1903. It would go above and to the left of the sun on ...
Man stabbed twice in chest
Dayton police are investigating a stabbing that happened early Wednesday morning.Police found a man with two stab wounds to the chest.The stabbing happened just before 4 a.m. near Huffman Avenue and Meridian Drive.The man was taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he is listed in an unknown condition.
3 duct-taped, robbed in Dayton home invasion
Police in Dayton said a man was tied up, attacked and robbed during a home invasion early Wednesday morning.The victim, Gregory Williams, said he thought he was helping out someone he knew. However, that person and some accomplices helped themselves to Williams' belongings.Williams said three men stolen thousands of dollars ...
Woman escapes burning house in Trotwood
A woman ran out of her house just moments before it was went up in flames.The fire happened in a neighborhood on Old Hickory Place near Olive Road just before midnight Wednesday.The flames started in the garage, where the woman had parked her truck about 10:30 p.m. She said she ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 30
Halladay leads Phillies over Reds 9-0
Roy Halladay allowed a pair of hits in seven innings and drove in three runs with the second double of his career on Tuesday night, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.Halladay (16-5) gave up Brandon Phillips' leadoff single in the first inning, then dominated ...
Police searching for counterfeit money suspect
Huber Heights Police are asking for help identifying a woman they said used counterfeit money to make purchases at Walmart.Officers said on Aug. 28 the woman entered the Walmart at 7680 Brandt Pike and used a large amount of counterfeit money to buy electronics.Police said they believe the woman also ...
EPA finds unsafe levels of toxic vapors in homes
People living in Moraine worry that with every breath they take they could be inhaling toxic vapors left over from the General Motors plant.The EPA began testing 60 homes near Dryden Road in February and Tuesday night they shared the results with the community.They said it's not safe for people ...
Another drug arrest in Sidney result of citizen tip
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 9:20 a.m. officers and detectives from Sidney Police Department executed a narcotics search warrant at 100 W. Ruth St., Sidney. As a result of the search, evidence was recovered leading to the arrest of Joseph L. Overton, age 24, an occupant of the residence. ...
Woman accused of stealing from purses arrested
Police in Beavercreek said a woman accused of stealing from purses belonging to employees of two local businesses has been arrested in Heath, Ohio.They said the woman walked into the employee break room of Ulta Beauty Salon on Towne Drive and grabbed wallets from employee's purses.The same woman also targeted ...
Reward boosted to $25K in woman's disappearance
The reward for information in the disappearance of a young Butler County woman is now five times larger, at $25,000.Officials with the local CrimeStoppers organization tell The Cincinnati Enquirer that family and friends of 22-year-old Katelyn Markham have added $20,000 to the $5,000 in reward money that came earlier from ...
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