Stories by Mark Bruce
Police: Father Bites Daughter's Face
A man is being held in custody after police received a report of assault and biting his daughter’s face.Police said officers were called to the area of Stockbridge and Somerville in regard to an assault. Officers contacted the 19-year-old victim, who said another man punched him.When officers went to confront ...
Kettering Levy Supporters Make Final Push
Candidates and organizations are going down to the wire to try to sway voters.Kettering school levy supporters spent Monday drumming up support for their proposed property tax increase.The superintendent made a computerized call to all district parents. Students spent the weekend passing out fliers to all the city's houses. This ...
Third Street Bridge Gets Temporary Repairs
Steel plates were installed at the Third Street Bridge to temporarily repair the deck slab at the east end of the bridge.The work began at 9 a.m., and closed all westbound traffic for about four hours.Joseph Litvin, Montgomery County Engineer, said a county engineer's employee observed a failure in the ...
Greenville To Expand Sex Offender Restriction Zones
The Greenville city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to expand restricted zones for sex offenders in their town.The council officially accepted an ADHOC committee’s recommendation to expand the city’s sex offender buffer zone from 1,000 feet to 1,500 feet.A registered sex offender will not be able to live within 1500 ...
Hausfelds Honored At Alter Volleyball Game
Months after a father and daughter die in a plane crash, their memory lives on in Kettering.The Alter High School Volleyball team retired Kacie Hausfeld's number 14 Thursday night.The first Hausfeld legacy night celebrated and honored Kacie and her dad, Tom, who both died when their plane crashed at Wright ...
Business Failing At Toxic Grand Lake St. Marys
People who have spent decades on Grand Lake St. Marys said they don't recognize the place they love.Buzz Goodwin said, "I've seen the lake in many different conditions but nothing like this."Algae and the toxins it produces are killing Grand Lake.Only pockets of the blue-green blooms are visible on the ...
Two Die In Preble County Crash
Two Dayton men were killed and a third hospitalized after a single vehicle crash in Preble County.Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol believe speed, alcohol and a lack of seat belts contributed to the pick-up truck crash.It happened on Camden College Corner Road around 3 P.M. Saturday. Sergeant Chris ...
Springfield Man Pleads Guilty In 2 Shootings
A Springfield man's life changed forever in Clark County Tuesday; he became a convicted felon. Victor Corner,19, pleaded guilty to charges of felonious assault and aggravated robbery. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.As part of a deal with prosecutors, charges of attempted murder and felonious assault were dropped. ...
Dayton Police Fight Rash Of Burglaries
Dayton Police said they need help from residents to fight skyrocketing burglary rates in southeast Dayton.Police said occurrences of home burglaries and car break-ins are significantly up in the Belmont and Linden Heights neighborhoods.Sgt. Donald Burden said, "It seems like we have people wandering up the streets seeking out these ...
Dayton Police Investigating Possible Murder-Suicide
The Dayton Police Department is investigating what they think is a murder-suicide.A family member of one of the two people found dead at 1721 Kipling Drive on Dayton's west side called police around 9 a.m. Saturday.The Montgomery County Coroner's Office identified the bodies as Fredrick Williams, 52, and Sylvia Phillips-Ivy, ...
5 Arrested In Xenia Robbery, Shootout
Xenia Police said late Friday that an armed robbery, police shootout and standoff were not related.Police said the received a call around 2:10 a.m. Friday of an armed robbery that occurred at the Regency Inn on Little Vine Street.Officers said they stopped a vehicle and took one person, Clayton Brady ...
2 Arrested After 9-Hour Standoff
Two people are in custody after a 9-hour standoff with Dayton Police.James Gilmore and Thad Joshua Daubenmire are in the Montgomery County Jail, charged in connection with the incident.Police responded to East Second Street just before before Midnight Friday when a neighbor called 911 to report two men crawling into ...
Woman Killed After Fight With Her Sister
A woman was hit and killed by a car in Dayton and police said the driver was her sister.Dayton Officers responded to 1217 Valley Street around 11:50 a.m. on a call of a pedestrian struck.When they arrived, police found a 45-year-old female severely injured. She was pronounced dead shortly after ...
Urbana Teacher Under Investigation
An Urbana teacher is under investigation,accused of inappropriately touching a 14-year-old boy in the school's locker room.The incident came to light while the teacher was on suspension on accusations he improperly talked to a different student online.The teacher's name is James Zaborowski, a 42-year-old math and science teacher at Urbana ...
Veolia Explosion Not Area's First
The explosion at the Veolia facility in West Carrollton isn't the first chemical plant blast in the Miami Valley.Several plants have exploded over the years but none compare to the “fire of the century” in Beavercreek.The Lammers Barrel Factory fire rocked the area and 40 years after the massive blaze, ...
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