Stories by Steve Baker
Body of Marion Local teacher pulled from pond
Emotions are running high and low all at the same time Saturday among the residents of the Marion Local School District in Mercer County. While jubilant over winning another state championship Saturday in high school football, the community is in shock over the death of Marion Local elementary school teacher ...
Piqua fire guts a two-family dwelling
A mid afternoon fire in Piqua Saturday heavily damaged a two-family two-story dwelling at 715 Walker Street off Park Ave. in Piqua. The blaze possibly started in the basement of the house and traveled inside the walls up into the attic. No one was home. Piqua called for mutual aid ...
Piqua house suffers $79K in damage
A mid-afternoon fire in Piqua Saturday heavily damaged a two-family two-story dwelling at 715 Walker Street off Park Ave. in Piqua. The fire happened around 3:15 p.m. Saturday in the basement of the house in or near to the furnance, and traveled inside the walls up into the attic. No ...
Mercer Co. father, daughter to be buried Monday
Joint funeral services will be Monday morning in Fort Recovery for Robert Grube, 70, and his daughter, Colleen, 47, both of Burrville Road near Fort Recovery. They were found murdered in their home Wednesday morning by a relative. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 Monday morning ...
'Alleged victim' now a suspect in false report
Originally on November 20, 2011 Sidney resident Jennifer Bumgarner,30, reported a robbery to the Sidney Police Department. After additional investigation, including a statement taken from Bumgarner, charges have been filed against Bumgarner for falsification. Even though Bumgarner told Officers that on November 20, 2011 at approximately 8:50 p.m. a white ...
'Alleged victim' now a suspect in false report
Originally on November 20, 2011 Sidney resident Jennifer Bumgarner, 30, reported a robbery to the Sidney Police Department. After additional investigation, including a statement taken from Bumgarner, charges have been filed against Bumgarner for falsification. Even though Bumgarner told Officers that on November 20, at approximately 8:50 p.m., a white ...
Greenville man charged with death of bicyclist
A Greenville man entered pleas of not guilty to two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and one count of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol Thursday in Darke County Common Pleas Court in Greenville. He is Patrick Jackson, 47, Greenville. The charges are in connection with ...
Dayton man charged in robbery of elderly man
An elderly Troy man returned to his Union Street home in Troy Wednesday morning and found a burglar standing in front of his house with two shotguns belonging to the resident. Following a brief struggle, Terry Ammon of Dayton, fled the area on foot, but was captured a short time ...
West Milton woman accused of having sex with teens
A West Milton woman is accused of having sex with teenage boys, police said. Francis Cooper faces two counts of unlawful sex with minors and six counts of providing alcohol to minors. She is accused of buying alcohol three to four times a week, police said. According to officers, Cooper ...
Snow in the Northern Miami Valley
Snow everywhere Tuesday into early Wednesday morning. As much as 2 to 3 inches. Jenna Deery takes us into Darke County to look at our first snow fall of the season. Are you ready? Jenna reports she wasn't!
Ohio deer-gun season in underway
Ohio's annual deer-gun season got off to a cold, wet and muddy start today. In Shelby County Trenton Peacock, age 8, Sidney, in the third grade at Northwoods School in Sidney, got his first deer before noon on opening day. He was hunting with the father and uncle. They came ...
Vegetable oil shuts down SR47 in Sidney
Approximately 25 gallons of spilled vegetable oil closed down State Route 47 into downtown Sidney Monday morning into the afternoon. The highway was closed between Fourth St. and Wilkinson Ave. Sidney fire officials and Cargill Inc. representatives determined there was an accidental vegetable spill on the roadway. An outside contractor ...
Former Miami Co. judge running for Court of Appeals
Miami County attorney Jeffrey M. Welbaum has announced his candidacy for Judge of the Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District. Welbaum is a former Miami County prosecutor and Common Pleas Court judge and currently serves as Chief of the Criminal Justice Section of the Office of the Ohio Attorney General. ...
3-year-old Sidney child to be laid to rest
As Shelby County deputies continue their investigation into the death of 3-year-old Cho-Chagna Fogt, she will be laid to rest Monday at Graceland Cemetery in Sidney. Cho-Chagna was killed in a car-pedestrian crash in front of the Riverside Carryout and Cones Tuesday evening, November 22, 2011 on East State Route ...
Tipp City police investigates nursing home drowning
Police in Tipp City are investigating the apparent drowning of an elderly female resident of the SpringMeade Health Center on South County Road 25-A. Police said Irmgard J. Stickel was found floating in a pond on the grounds of the facility at 9:25 Saturday morning. CPR was started by the ...
Airplane wreckage moved to airport hanger
The wreckage of the single engine Beechcraft was removed from the scene of the fatal crash to a hanger at the Phillipsburg Air Park Friday afternoon. The plane was owned by Clovis Dawson of Prospect, Ohio in Marion County, who died in that crash Wednesday evening. The scene was a ...
Pilot killed after crashing plane in Miami County
A 70-year-old man was found dead Wednesday night after he crashed his small private plane into a wooded area west of West Milton Wednesday night. Clovis Dawson, 70, of Marion County, Ohio and the plane wreckage were discovered at 6421 South Rangeline Road about 9:22 p.m., approximately 30 minutes after ...
EF3 tornado hits Arcanum 19 years ago
Nineteen years ago Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1992 an EF-3 tornado tore through the village of Arcanum in Darke County. The tornado hit around 7 p.m. on a Sunday. Authorities said there was only one report of an injury when a child was struck in the eye by debris. About a ...
Two more arrested for residential breakins in Miami Co.
Two more arrests could solve still more unsolved residential burglaries in Miami County. The pair were nabbed Tuesday afternoon following a break-in of a home north of Piqua on Demming Road. The apprehensions were made following about a one hour search for the suspects by Piqua police and Miami County ...
2 more arrested in Miami Co. residential break-ins
Two men accused of breaking into several residential properties were arraigned in court on Wednesday morning. Chip Mills and Steven M. Baker were captured on Tuesday afternoon following a break-in at a home north of Piqua on Demming Road. Mills, of Houston, was charged with one count of burglary and ...
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